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Report 94: April - May 2026

I had a short leave that turned out medical, so I spent most of the april in the comfort of my flat, hence so many games played.

Clean Break - Short psychological game about breaking stuff. Had some fun achievements. 6/10
Growing My Grandpa - Pretty cool horror game with weird concepts and some cool-ass visuals. A bit heavy on the text side though. 7,5/10
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse - I loved Infectonator games way back then, and it’s still fun. I should aslo finish that Survivors one. 7,5/10
Wordle 3 - Although this is the cheapest-looking word game franchise, it’s still a word game and I enjoy those. What I didn’t enjoy is the fact that the Flowers section near the end is pretty much impossible to beat without hints and it took about 75% of the playtime. 5/10
Wordle 4 - And that’s the installment I’ll play last, that’s for sure. This one is just lazy and extremely short. The only reason I got 3 hours on it is because I left it on for cards farming. 2/10
Black Souls II - I still can’t believe it’s on Steam, feels like a fever dream. It’s obivously unplayable if you don’t install the content patch though. Anyway, it’s a huge step up from the previous one. If you’re okay with very questionable h-parts. 9/10
Water Womb World - Eh. I liked GMG way more. 5,5/10
Tharsis - This is a pretty fun dice-based survival game where you have to repair your ship and manage your crew on their way to Mars. You’ll get used to carefully plan everything after a few runs, but it’s short enough so it doesn’t get too boring. 7,5/10
BALL x PIT - Very fun and engaging at firtst, but gets more tedious when you go for the achievements completion. It’s stll really good, don’t get me wrong. 7,5/10
Crush the Castle - Never played those in the past, but it was pretty fun (although a bit rage-inducing sometimes). 7/10
Ricihi City - I had problems connecting to the servers for more than a year now, and in May the game finally stopped connecting at all. It’s a shame, since I really love mahjong. Riichi City was going full-coomer mode with gacha characters and their outfit (unlike Mahjong Soul), which may be a problem for someone, but it had quite a few cool collaborations. I got to 6th dan on 3p Mahjong and I didn’t even bother to get the 1st dan on 4p since it felt so painfully slow after 3p (and I was playing mostly with newbies that took their sweet time discarding the tiles.) My only hope is that the war will someday be over, we’ll hopefully stop with the internet blocking bullshit, and I’ll be playing that game again. 9,5/10
Panzer Dragoon Remake - Really fun, what I can say. Whoever thought making an achievement for playing 100 hours was a good idea is a crazy person though. 7,5/10
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders - Never read it. It’s a simplified point’n’click that throws occasional puzzles here and there to make you scratch your head a bit. Overall I had a good time, but some of the deduction segments are kinda annoying since you have no idea what the game wants you to pick exactly. And also an achievement for observing everything is ridiculuous and ruins the game flow. I had to go through the game with a guide, since getting it the natural way is almost impossible. 7/10
Cryptmaster - An extremely fun dungeon crawler with typing mechanic that controls pretty much everything in the game. The grinding can a be a bit tedious, and I encountered a few bugs here and there, but nonetheless I loved it. 8/10
Cooking Witch - Weird little game with hilariously fucked-up sounding premise. Had to grind for a while for that last achievement. Nothing much to say about it. 6/10

Backlog progress status:

16% (519/3258)
4% (131/3258)
5% (160/3258)
72% (2349/3258)
3% (99/3258)
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TemporalKnot

Completed The Wolf Among Us

Very good mystery and story. So far the best telltale game I’ve played.

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Cece09

May 2026

Stats

Completed: 43
Achievements: 46,563
Perfect: 1212
Average %: 95

Comments

While looking through my completed list I found a few that had new achievements added to it without my knowledge so I decided hey lets put them in new. I then decided why not do the same for all beaten games I frankly didn’t realise how many I had uncompleted as I lost over 100! A whole 2% got removed by my decision and while I could wrangle them back in place I’ll just leave them be because that sounds like a pain

My favourite of the month goes to Judgment. While I would love to have another yuri to round off the favourite again I just can’t. Judgment was a great game and frankly our home betrayed me. It calls itself a cute and wholesome story. Don’t get me wrong most of that is true, but I mean it starts off with suicidal thoughts and ends in bloodshed. I then immediately played a tithe of blood and got hit the same way but that game at least lets you know!!! That was just a bad day for my yuri

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HurrJackal1

May 2026

  • Mafia: Definitive Edition

    11.0 hours playtime

    27 of 43 achievements

  • Mafia II: Definitive Edition

    14.0 hours playtime

    32 of 67 achievements

  • Assemble with Care

    1.6 hours playtime

    14 of 14 achievements

  • Gori: Cuddly Carnage

    6.5 hours playtime

    15 of 34 achievements

  • Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

    15.6 hours playtime

    11 of 12 achievements

  • Life Eater

    4.2 hours playtime

    11 of 11 achievements

  • The Red Pearls Of Borneo

    5.9 hours playtime

    31 of 31 achievements

  • The Monster Inside

    0.1 hours playtime

    7 of 7 achievements

  • Conscience

    0.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    17.7 hours playtime

    49 of 59 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Lingo 2

    17.6 hours playtime

    5 of 14 achievements

  • Vampire Crawlers

    25.75 hours playtime

    153 of 161 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Motorslice

    11.3 hours playtime

    24 of 24 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    3.4 hours playtime

    12 of 26 achievements

    GAME
    PASS

  • Archives of Trevosa

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • The Case of the Dungeon Descent

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • My Friends the Monster Trainers

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Mafia: Definitive Edition: This is a post-GTA3 game, but one with clarity of design. Each of its 21 chapters is a single mission of varied styles and content, and while your One Man Army will explore the map over the course of these, it does not encourage you to go off-piste. Indeed, it may time you out if you stray too far outside zone. Similar games will drown you in side activities and side quests, which can actually draw attention to the thinness of their worlds. Mafia has a bunch of collectables but those are mostly for its free roam mode. Its laser-focus on progression through the story it wants to tell might feel constraining in a lesser game, but Mafia has such good writing and acting overall that it wasn’t an issue. Driving generally felt pretty good. Only significant niggles were that the AI was not great, that stealth could have used a distraction method, and that the somewhat janky lateral cover system could have included a dash forward into next cover rather than needing manual disengage and movement. 9/10
  • Mafia II: Definitive Edition: I was wondering why the characters of this game felt worse than its predecessor, when I discovered that M1:DE had had a new writer overhaul the original. It’s still the same missions and broad beats, but with significantly strengthened relationships. In particular Tommy’s love interest Sarah is barely in the original version, while she is a consistent figure throughout the rework. M2:DE, however, appears to be fundamentally the same game as M2. Unlike M1, the writing and acting didn’t absolutely have to be replaced (at least from my quick sample of a youtube playthrough), and the duration that the story extends over was welcome, but the relationships do feel lesser and pulpier and more caricatured than M1:DE. There are vintage Playboy Playmate nudie pictures as collectables but the models aren’t identified in any way other than a collectable number, which speaks to a specific lack of care. 8/10
  • Assemble with Care: A recent BLAEO review reminded me that I’d stalled halfway in this tiny tinkering puzzle game, so I finished the remaining puzzles. I did not pay attention to the story once I resumed, as it was largely why I initially stopped; if it wasn’t deliberately constructed to pad out a very short game, the writing and acting was at least not compelling enough to justify the roadblock in progressing to the next puzzle. As for the puzzles, you’re taking apart small personal and household items, replacing broken/misplaced parts, and putting them back together – and they’re ok, but mostly straightforward. 7-/10, but be prepared to race through the story if it shits you.
  • Gori: Cuddly Carnage: An anthropomorphic cat on a hoverboard kills an Adorable Army of mutated biological toys, mostly unicorns. The game tries way way way too hard to be edgy, they could have cut a percentage of the combat, the combat camera would be better a little further out, because it tends to be quite chaotic and it can be a little tricky to track ranged combatants behind you. But the hoverboarding definitely works – there’s a button to lock onto rails, a double jump, an air jump, limited wall-riding, and some generous hang time to help you manoeuvre both during platforming and arena sections; it was rare that I fell during the former. And the levels are mechanically different enough despite common enemies. 8/10. (Steamgifts win)
  • Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library: A second screen game for those with mild OCD. Books have been removed from their shelves by a mischievous fairy, and you need to put the sets of books back in order into the right section. At the start it’s a slow object hunt, but the more sets you do, the more points you’ll have to spend on spells to make the job easier. By the end, you’ll be grabbing and shelving a full set with a couple of button presses… unless you are going for the one non-magical achievement which is a far slower and more painstaking process. I didn’t experience any physics bugs (books pushing on books resulting in things falling through surfaces could have been catastrophic). 8/10 – but it very much is what it is.
  • Life Eater This game is one of those oddities where it’s not pleasant or enjoyable, and nor is its gameplay particularly good, but I’m still going to recommend it if you are into experimental games. In Life Eater you are probably an insane serial killer, but you may well also be the only person stopping the god Zimforth from destroying the world. Either way, you take no pleasure in performing each year’s necessary kidnappings and sacrifices. You will spend your limited time selecting methods of gaining information to identify what your potential victims are doing and who they are (just a short text description with a name of an associated non-openable media file for each time period), while attempting to avoid notice. When you finally kidnap them, their status and attributes will determine how they are to be mutilated (there are a couple of more or less static images for the post-investigation phase, but the gore level is mild). The investigation gameplay is rote and significantly random (there’s a post-game endless mode), and is really more of a resource management game than a detective one. Disappointingly, except for unlocking some related periods, the methods you use to uncover information do not appear to affect your risks and abilities in future information gathering – you are not following delicate threads so much as making educated guesses with a shotgun and hoping to hit one of the few pieces of key information by happenstance. 7-/10 for gameplay, 8/10 for vibe (Steamgifts win)
  • Red Pearls of Borneo – This pure detection game is well worth a play. You are a psychic who, in search of a client’s sister, works out what happened within a plantation in WW2 Borneo under looming threat of Japanese invasion, and beyond. A partial transcript for a particular hour at a particular location can be read when you use an object associated with a person at the scene, and the full transcript unlocks when you identify all people there at the time. There are a few minor oddities in the writing (though no AI use has been declared), and a fair bit of the last third is worse due to the structure and writing, but it’s still a 9-/10… and it’s free!
  • The Monster Inside: A microscopic pulp noir visual novel. Music and art are effective. Gameplay consists either of selecting a conversation choice or finding a couple of hotspots to progress to the next of its seven chapters. Good for what it is, which isn’t much 7.5/10 (free)
  • Conscience: A 10 minute snack of a fair detective game - 3d, but uses a Golden Idol style word-slot mechanic. 7.5/10 (free)
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: A surprisingly enjoyable action adventure which very much captures a Weird Space Fantasy feel. With the exception of Gamora, who generally felt overly gentle character-wise, the team hold their own against their MCU counterparts (and surpass in the case of Mantis), with some well-written and acted banter. Of note was that there were some choices and consequences in the dialogues which had a little mechanical effect. 8.5/10
  • Lingo II: Like Lingo, where you need to enter words into panels to progress, but with a different main mechanic. This has been overall far kinder to this point both in a bunch of cluing and design choices, and getting to the first ending was significantly easier, though there’s definitely rabbit hole ahead. Curiously, the order in which I’ve reached my 4 endings are the same as the order by percent of players finishing, so it’s again giving that read-my-mind magic. 9/10
  • Vampire Crawlers: A card battler spin off of Vampire Survivors where the three companions you use determine which cards you have in your pool, and you move around 2.5d levels, which gives you some choice in order of combats. It was fine as a second screen game, but it relies on you buying permanent unlocks of necessary improvements using coins collected in a run to deal with its balance issues, and it’s nowhere as mechanically complex/interesting as Slay the Spire or Inscryption (Kaycees mod). 7.5/10 (Xbox 25.75h 153/161)
  • Motorslice: A girl armed with a chainsaw performs feats of improbable parkour while traversing a ruined megastructure infested with construction robots gone aggressive. There’s some Shadow of the Colossus here as you reach gigantic bosses and do enough damage to their weakspots, and some Prince of Persia: Sands of Time with its wall runs, pole jumps, and traps; and some Mirrors Edge in the feel. It’s not as good as any of those at what it wants to do (eg: the weakspots are somewhat exploitable and there’s no stamina meter), but it’s still reasonable. The sense of impossible scale is great. The combat was mostly not great, and was mandatory as there are magic walls that won’t let you progress until you’ve killed all robots in an area. The perviness in the cut-scenes was surely unnecessary, and possibly influenced by some Japanese game I’ve not played. There’s one rather amusing and silly achievement, but none for the load of optional orbs that can be collected for extra challenge. 8/10 (Xbox 11.3h 24/24)
  • Mixtape: As a GenX/Xennial, this was a joyously bittersweet and highly playful nostalgic work that should be experienced blind if possible. It’s been a very long time since something made me giggle anywhere near as much. At one point I (correctly) realised that this was probably Australian despite the US setting (Rage was/is very much a mixtape of a music program overnight on Fridays and Saturdays). There are a bunch of relatively minor flaws, but its emotional core is true, and that’s what made it a 10/10 for me, but I don’t know how much anemoia will hit those who came of age in a post-analogue world. I will say that if it’s not for you because you want more game than toy/story in your systems that’s understandable – I have that with a fair few games that focus on story over gameplay – but there’s a bunch of discourse that is fucking stupid to the point of hysteria. (Xbox 3.4h 12/26)
  • Archives of Trevosa: A good little Roottrees-like where you work out the names and monikers of a royal dynasty by hunting through (and for) incompletely-translated documents. 8.5/10 (free)
  • The Case of the Dungeon Descent: A small Obra-Dinn/Roottrees-ish puzzler where you must determine the fates of those who entered a fantasy dungeon by scrying for people, their objects and spells, and the locations they have visited. You can only view a scene when you can isolate one of its unique scrying combinations. Good plotting. 8/10 (free)
  • My Friends the Monster Trainers: Another small jamwitch puzzler where you must determine the nature and capabilities of various Pokemon-style creatures through letters you receive. 7.5/10 (free)
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nellyneko

June/July: Beach Read

It's sweatin' time again! Time to cool off at the beach, then relax with a good book! Don't know about you, but I'd actually rather stay inside in the shade, so let's just take that classic summer activity and turn it into our next theme! Play games taking place at the beach and/or related to books/reading (sure, regular visual novels count).

You can use the following format to track your progress in the comments, and/or add your own thoughts about the played game(s) to your post!

name of game 1 | language(s) | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 1 | language(s) | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 1 | language(s) | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
total: | achievements obtained | language(s) | playtime this month | Number of games finished

Theme Song

We're just moments

FAQ

Do I have to participate in this month’s theme?
No, as with every theme, these are merely suggestions for anyone who is unsure about what to play next. If you already have a battle plan for your backlog and/or don’t like this month’s theme, you’re free to ignore it.

What happens if I don’t participate in the theme?
Nothing.

What happens if I play all of my unfinished games before the theme is over?
Your backlog will be a much smaller place.

I don’t have any unfinished games - I’ve beaten everything I’ve started.
Really? well that makes one of us… I salute you.

I already finished my entry can I play another?
Go ahead - the goal is to reduce your unfinished games list. The more you can play the better.

Meow?
Pspspspspsps.

about 11 hours ago 0 comments

Yesterday

Moony1986

Stats End of May

Overall

Overall statistics

15.971% (1133/7094)
19.425% (1378/7094)
1.607% (114/7094)
31.520% (2236/7094)
31.477% (2233/7094)

Monthly change

Completed
+8
Beaten
+20
Unfinished
+2
Unplayed
-33
Won't play
+-0

Overall wins statistics

20.637% (499/2418)
24.607% (595/2418)
2.688% (65/2418)
22.829% (552/2418)
29.239% (707/2418)

Monthly change

Completed
+2
Beaten
+11
Unfinished
+-0
Unplayed
-11
Won't play
+-0

Yearly Challenges

Yearly Challenge 2026 - Simulations

30.769% (16/52)
9.615% (5/52)
59.615% (31/52)

Finish all games on the Secret Santa 2025 list

41.935% (13/31)
6.452% (2/31)
51.613% (16/31)

Beat all least 50% of the games on the Runs on a Toaster list

23.000% (23/100)
6.000% (6/100)
71.000% (71/100)

Beat all least 50% of the games on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Play Them list

21.250% (17/80)
7.500% (6/80)
71.250% (57/80)

Beat all least 50% of the games on the Trust Issues list

15.000% (6/40)
2.500% (1/40)
82.500% (33/40)

Beat all least 75% of the games on the Old wins list

19.000% (19/100)
7.000% (7/100)
74.000% (74/100)

Beat all least 50% of the games added in 2025

32.222% (58/180)
2.778% (5/180)
65.000% (117/180)
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Garcias

May 2026

I really enjoyed the games I’ve played through this month. Onto the next one!

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

8/10
about 37 hours playtime
24 of 53 achievements (45%)

An improvement over the first game when we talk about gameplay and exploration, but I do think that the introduction of the open-world made the game a bit too long for my taste. Although I DID enjoy exploring the planets and everything in them, at the 25-30 hour mark I just wanted the game to end. Nonetheless, I do still recommend this to everyone who liked Fallen Order, the story and characters continue to hit the mark (those were great!!!).

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Thank Goodness You're Here!

8/10
about 3 hours playtime
21 of 32 achievements (66%)

Thank Goodness You're Here was a short but very funny game! It does not overextend at all, the jokes are all hitters and the art style is very charming.

Life is Strange: True Colors

Life is Strange: True Colors

8/10
about 14 hours playtime
28 of 40 achievements (70%)

This was a bit of a surprise! I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much, but it's probably my LiS favourite game after the original one even though it took me a bit to get in the mood/atmosphere and accustomed to the world and characters. The first and fourth chapters were great! I got attached to some characters and didn't want to part ways with them at the end of the game :')

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

8/10
about 6 hours playtime
5 of 27 achievements (19%)

I haven't played a COD in a while but this one was pretty good! It was a good reboot and it was nice to see Cpt. Price back again after all this time.

  • Proverbs
    Proverbs

    8 hours playtime

    18 of 94 achievements

  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder

    2 hours playtime

    7 of 46 achievements

  • Blue Estate
  • Saints Row
  • Bright Memory: Infinite
  • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
  • Copycat
  • Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
  • Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
  • Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
  • Viewfinder
  • Proverbs
  • Homefront: The Revolution

Monthly Statistics:

May Finished Added Balance Most Satisfying Reduction Most Exciting Addition
Steam 4 11 +7 STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Viewfinder
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Warriot

May 2026 Main recap

Since i play 30+ games each month, here a main recap :

Top 5 Playtime Games beaten

Pagan: Absent Gods
14 hours this month – 25 hours in total – OK tier hack’n’slash, get it at 10 eur on 2020, now removed from the store, max level reached, enough for me.

Ephemeral Tale
11 hours this month – 13 hours in total – Nice little RPG overall, game completed + max level reached (50).

Another Crab’s Treasure
10 hours this month – 14 hours in total – Nice great mix of sark souls & 3D platform game, game completed.

The Smurfs - Village Party
9 hours this month – 9 hours in total – Nice party game with exploration, game completed.

Hot Lap Racing
9 hours this month – 11 hours in total – Ok tier arcade racing game, game completed.

Top Playtime Game unfinished

Sonic Rumble Party
11 hours this month – 90 hours in total – Nice little battle royale, at score multiplicater x34, playing daily for current event (82% done)

Top Playtime Game Abandonned :

GranAge
1 hour this month – 1 hour in total – Tested this F2P game, but not for me …

Some others backlog game i will try to beat : Shining Resonance Refrain / Pictoquest / Terra Memoria / CRYSTAR / World Racing 2

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fernandopa

lol the irony. Since writing my end of month recap a few hours earlier, not only I beat another game but I also won another game on SG. Mental rule - never write the post before the month is actually over hahaha

May Assassination #8 (Backlog)

1.5 hours
Played on itch.io

Interesting although a bit unpolished little game. It's a point-and-click puzzle game, where you have to go into 5 rooms and perform a series of tasks to wrap that room and move to the next (keeping it spoiler-free). The constrained nature of the puzzles help the game, as you know that what you need to solve the room is in the room. The first room is always the hardest because you're not sure of the rules of the game, and at least I didn't expect the level of pixel hunting or the amount of moon logic required. Once I adjusted, the other four rooms went by much easier and the game got a bit better, but the first room was very frustrating.

The art and the puzzles are charming, and if you're okay with a game that lasts 1.5 hours (more if you want to do all the right things in the right order to unlock what I imagine to be a secret ending), this is not a bad pick, but it's also hard to go our of your way to recommend it


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Yekhus

Progress Report #36: May 2026

30.1% (224/744)
24.0% (179/744)
3.4% (25/744)
20.6% (153/744)
21.9% (163/744)

Monthly tally - Backlog: 8, Yekhus: 1

Total play time: 6h

This month came as a (much needed) clear turn. While still low on play time, I managed to break the no-play rut. And that was thanks to two generous SG friends, whose excellent game gifts kicked my butt back into action.

More importantly, I reframed my whole games backlog definition. Instead of adding absolutely every single game I own (including the monthly avalanche of free games I never heard of and will probably never try), I only add:

  • 1) Games I actually intentionally acquired or ever actively intended or decide to play
  • 2) All games won on SteamGifts.

It's the obvious explanation for the complete transformation in my stats, in case anyone noticed.

Hopefully that will align better with a realistic and healthy gaming hobby, and motivate me more effectively to assassinate a backlog I can actually take a stab at.

Special thanks to coleypollockfilet for their off the cuff, yet very insightful comment that sparked the inspiration for my reset idea.

Completed or Beaten (1)

Also Played (1)

Was very much in the mood for an old-style horror point and click, when this delicious SteamGift fell from the sky. Brings back enough sweet memories of Shadow Over Innsmouth, while having its own very strong character (as I would expect from Wadjet Eye).

Added to collection (Steam) (7)

What an insane month on SteamGifts! I don't think I've ever won so many giveaways in a month, by far. Someone paranoid might see it as a conspiracy to compensate for my more restrictive backlog goals: "Oh yeah, SteamGifts are all backlog? Here you go. You're welcome." 😅

  • Pacific Drive
  • Unity of Command II (SG giveaway)
  • Metal Slug X (SG giveaway)
  • Streets of Rage 4 (SG giveway)
  • Train Valley 2 (SG giveaway)
  • The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (SG giveaway)
  • Eldest Souls (SG giveaway)

Added to collection (GOG) (1)

  • Pinball Spire
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