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NateSCC
Half-Life 2

The Last of Us™ Part I

8/10
29.9 hours
19 of 29 achievements (66%)

#391
#1 of 2026
January 6, 2026

devonrv

If you got One Gun Guy when it was free, it’s an okay little game, but at its base price of $5–or even its sale price of $0.70–it’s much harder to recommend. Not only is the entire game only around 20 minutes long, but the level design can be kinda repetitive at times, with more than a few areas that just make you stop and wait on stuff (the frequent invincibility powers are mostly just used to skip the waiting–assuming they’re not in a position where you can’t even get back to the enemies before the power runs out). Worse, hard mode doesn’t change the level design at all (at least for the few minutes I tried it); it just disables your power-ups, and when I took a break, I learned that the game doesn’t save your progress at all: if you don’t beat the entire game in one sitting, you have to start the whole game over from the beginning.

Without being free, it really pales in comparison to actual free games, like this one:

  • Amelite

    38 minutes playtime

    4 of 13 achievements

Platformer, no controller support. A moves left, D moves right, W jumps (IIRC you can also use spacebar if you want), and holding left-click draws a platform like in Kirby Canvas/Rainbow Curse. Platforms slowly start to disappear after a second or two, and the game has trouble filling your platform meter back up when it’s supposed to, so to get around this, you can simply right-click to remove all drawn platforms instantly while also filling your platform meter back up to full.

Level design is okay, but as you can probably guess by the total playtime, this game doesn’t exactly reach its full potential, either. The game introduced no-drawing zones? All you can do otherwise is move and jump (and wall-jump and grab ledges). The game introduced turrets? Just draw a line to block them. The game combined turrets with no-drawing zones?? Yeah, just keep running left; you can pretty much keep pace with them until you reach the next drop. The only time I actually had some trouble was when the game reused the path-opening blobs but quietly made it timed, yet you also have to ride a moving platform up so you can wall-jump up the no-drawing shaft; it’s always irritating when the game makes you do a timed challenge that involves you having to wait on stuff.

Overall, though, it’s a decent little game, and I can recommend it since it’s free.

Jan 05 2026

samwise84

Update 152: December 2025

Still struggeling with recovery after my hospital stay and but my energy is slowly returning. The end of 2025 was a nightmare for my backlog, not because I won or bought so many games, but because I have an crazy amount of friends that buried me under snow. Thanks to every last one of them <3

Half-Life 2

Golf With Your Friends

6/10
0.9 hours
9 of 83 achievements

Golf With Your Friends is a fun and chaotic multiplayer mini-golf game that shines best with friends, but is still enjoyable solo. The courses are creative and varied, often introducing clever mechanics that keep things interesting. Some holes can be surprisingly difficult, especially on the later or more gimmicky courses, which adds both challenge and frustration. Playing alone is great for learning layouts and improving your skills, while multiplayer sessions quickly turn into hilarious messes of bad shots and friendly trash talk. Probably gonna pick this one up again.

Half-Life 2

F.E.A.R. 3

5.5/10
11.4 hours
13 of 50 achievements

F.E.A.R. 3 is, in my opinion, the weakest entry in the trilogy. It plays like a fairly generic shooter, lacking the atmosphere, tension, and clever AI that made the earlier games stand out. The horror elements feel toned down, and most encounters blur together without anything truly memorable. Technical issues didn’t help either: the game crashed multiple times, forcing restarts, and repeatedly dropped into windowed mode in the middle of gameplay, which was especially frustrating. While it’s not outright terrible, it feels uninspired and rough around the edges, making it a disappointing finale to an otherwise strong series.

Also finished a bunch of DLC's:
  • Coloring Pixels Pets

    59.1 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles Halloween

    15.5 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • WooLoop Advent 3

    13.3 hours playtime

    no achievements



Overall Backlog Progress: +0,74% change to last times unfinished/never played games (58,09% unfinished games)

21.66% (399/1842)
18.84% (347/1842)
3.20% (59/1842)
54.89% (1011/1842)
1.41% (26/1842)




Overall SG Wins Progress:+0,4% change to last times unfinished/never played games (46,43% unfinished games)

28.66% (237/827)
24.55% (203/827)
1.81% (15/827)
44.62% (369/827)
0.36% (3/827)
Here are the games I'm currently working on. Reviews will follow once I'm done with the games:
I've won 7 games and got snowballed with waaaay too many. Thanks to my Secret Santa Tewam and all the awesome friends that bombed me with game-sized snowballs. I've got pelted with 32 game-sized snowballs and 15 DLC-sized snowballs D: I've beaten 2 games this month, so +37 for the month of December. So my yearly count is at +81 games. I did beat F.E.A.R.3, so my count on beaten old games is at +8 for the year. Was planning on getting to at least 12, but my illness and lack of energy made that impossible. Well 8 out of 12 isn't too bad either.


SG wins: Santa gifts and snowballs: DLC-sized snowballs:
  • AMERICAN TRUCK SIMULATOR - ARKANSAS

    0 hours playtime

    0 of 4 achievements

  • WOOLOOP - ANIMALS PACK

    0 hours playtime

  • COLORING PIXELS - GOTHIC PACK

    0 hours playtime

  • Wooloop Cats

    0 hours playtime

  • WOOLOOP - TRANSPORT PACK

    0 hours playtime

  • JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: VARIETY PACK 8XS

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: VARIETY PACK 26

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: BIOFRAME

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: LIGHT TRAIL

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: VARIETY PACK 27

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • PIXEL PUZZLES TRADITIONAL JIGSAWS PACK: VARIETY PACK 12

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • JIGSAW PUZZLE PACK - PIXEL PUZZLES ULTIMATE: VARIETY PACK 25

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • PIXEL PUZZLES TRADITIONAL JIGSAWS PACK: WINTER

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • PIXEL PUZZLES TRADITIONAL JIGSAWS PACK: CHRISTMAS

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • PIXEL PUZZLES TRADITIONAL JIGSAWS PACK: BUTTERFLIES

    0 hours playtime

    no achievements

Games I want to play within the next few weeks:

PoP: thanks to itsly & TempeteJoachim for challenging me
ninglor03

Ninglors Log 422

29.12.24 – 05.01.26
57% (766/1354)
14% (195/1354)
1% (10/1354)
25% (342/1354)
3% (41/1354)

December Progress:
11
PPU monthly:
done
December Additions:
52
January Progress:
2
PPU monthly:
done
January Additions:
1

Resolution 2025:
Success! I did reduce the number of unplayed presents until November.

Resolution for 2026:
Goal: reduce gifts by November to at least 25% unbeaten games

Games finished this week:

Hidden Cats in Berlin

2 hours, 61 of 61 achievements
Secret Santa '25!


Unavowed

24 hours, 56 of 56 achievements
Present from 2025


Satellite

11 hours, 27 of 27 achievements


Vane

5 hours, 17 of 17 achievements
Snowball from 2025


Won/Gifted Games:
I was a Teenage Exocolonist
Dead Man’s Rest – Ty Kubi <3
Bought Games:
Currently playing:
Furry Shades of gay 3

May 2018

42%
8%
3%
46%
2%

December 2018

42%
8%
2%
47%
2%

December 2019

48%
10%
2%
38%
2%

December 2020

53% (403/761)
10% (75/761)
1% (4/761)
35% (266/761)
2% (13/761)

December 2021

55% (506/912)
9% (80/912)
34% (310/912)
2% (16/912)

December 2022

58% (592/1013)
11% (108/1013)
0% (1/1013)
28% (288/1013)
2% (24/1013)

December 2023

59% (660/1113)
12% (137/1113)
0% (2/1113)
25% (281/1113)
3% (33/1113)

December 2024

59% (720/1221)
13% (157/1221)
1% (10/1221)
24% (297/1221)
3% (37/1221)

December 2025

57% (766/1354)
14% (195/1354)
1% (10/1354)
25% (342/1354)
3% (41/1354)

So much from me :3
Have a lovely week!
Queen Ninglor

Jan 04 2026

Vasharal

NEW YEAR. NEW FOCUS.


I've got a plan and I'm not afraid to use it

In recent months I feel I've got a few more time to focus on the objectives I've set forth.
Although I've derailed completely from my 1st Year Dad Plan, I am enjoying some new games.

At the end of the year it seems that I've placed myself into a JRPG bubble and I just existed it with Clair Obscur: Expedion 33, right on the 31st of December.
This year, I've started with quite a difficult game... Hollow Knight. I intend to complete it as anything else, but please bare with me as this is a tough one.
Other than that, I'll try to explore some massive large open worlds. Maybe Red Dead Redemption 2 or AC: Valhalla... or both?

JANAURY - MARCH 2026


Unfinished Beaten Completed Backlog+ Library+ Wishlisted
9 3 0 ⇑ 0 ⇑ 1 ⇓ 801

Achievements Games Completed Average Completion Rate
⇑ 8 302 73.5%

Completed (303 Games)
Backlog (651 Games)

Yearly Challenge - Completed Games (0/40)

Completed this Quarter: 0

43% (6/14)
14% (2/14)
29% (4/14)
14% (2/14)

BEST SINGLEPLAYER THIS QUARTER

MOST EXCITING ADDITION

BEST MULTIPLAYER THIS QUARTER

WISH I PLAYED SOONER

        ADDED TO BACKLOG

        ADDED TO BACKLOG

        ADDED TO LIBRARY

        ADDED TO LIBRARY

        ADDED TO LIBRARY

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Mortvie

Update 12 - Year 1
Little late to this one, but here we are. I’ll start off with a few fun stats and stuff (definitely not an attempt to hide how many games I’ve beaten in December 🤫).

My GOTY: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Fav game I played that didn’t come out this year: Disco Elysium
Comfort GOTY, right place right time: Schedule 1
Game with the longest session: The Outlast Trials - 7h30mins
Best game played in the middle of boring uni lectures: Megabonk
Game I yapped about the most: Expedition 33 - 7365345958295407652845 hours

Games beaten:

Half-Life 2

SILENT HILL f

7/10
11 hours
19 of 57 achievements

This is probably the weirdest game I've ever played. It's interesting and all the town stuff is pretty and fun, but all the otherworld stuff is a little boring and repetitive I suppose. There are some fun gameplay mechanics, but they don't really last very long since the game is quite short. Combat being clunky is definitely not an issue that I noticed, I don't see the problem with it. The boss fights were cool, but easy and over very fast. I would perhaps suggest playing on a higher difficulty than normal if you're familiar with these types of games, since you get showered with healing items like crazy, I discarded so many of them and only ever used items with the offering option for offerings instead of using them as part of the gameplay. Good game, but don't expect something like Silent Hill 2. Main reason why I'm deducting points from this game is unfortunately the otherworld.

Currently playing:

Ghost of Yotei (this is SO PEAKKK)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (also peak, a shame I wasn’t able to finish it in time for the previous PoP cycle)
Megabonk (I am struggling trying to actually beat the final boss, my plan was Kevin but apparently his rarity got nerfed and I haven’t even unlocked him yet so who knows)
Universe for Sale
Cyberpunk 2077 (I know, this has been on here for ages, I just play like an hour a month lmao)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

New backlog additions:

  • The Last of Us™ Part I
  • COCOON
  • Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
  • Assassin's Creed Origins
  • Control Ultimate Edition
  • Eldest Souls
  • SkateBIRD
  • Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
  • DREDGE
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo
  • Bastion
  • Steelrising
  • Shelldiver
  • SUPERHOT
  • Quantum Break
  • Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
  • Call of Cthulhu
  • 1000xRESIST
  • Death and Taxes
  • Bendy and the Ink Machine
  • Spec Ops: The Line
  • Webbed
  • Bramble: The Mountain King
  • Beacon Pines
  • Gori: Cuddly Carnage
  • Martha Is Dead
  • Cronos: The New Dawn
  • Dead Space
  • Look Outside
  • Dead Island 2
  • Pentiment
  • DAVE THE DIVER

Many thanks and a huge appreciation to the PoP/PAGYWOSG discord, a lot of the ones above are from Secret Santa and snowballs, with Beacon Pines being a SG boxes win :)
To a successful 2026, full of gaming!

4% (14/317)
19% (60/317)
6% (18/317)
58% (185/317)
13% (40/317)
nellyneko



The winners of the BLAEO Game Awards 2025:


GAME OF THE YEAR


CHOICES MATTER


BEST STORY


BEST CO-OP/MULTIPLAYER GAME


BEST FREE TO PLAY GAME


MOST VALUE FOR MONEY


BEST GAME UNDER $20


BEST ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SERIES


MOST ADDICTIVE GAME


PRETTIEST GAME


BEST SOUNDTRACK


BEST DLC


BEST EARLY ACCESS GAME


BEST UNDERDOG/HIDDEN GEM


BEST CHARACTER

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Henry of Skalitz

BEST CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE


BEST REMASTER/REMAKE/PORT


BEST QUOTE

We have a tie!


And the winner of the raffle:

... is Jaded!


Thank you all for participating again, and we hope you enjoyed the event and that it helped you discover interesting games that might have otherwise gone unnoticed!
Here’s to a healthy, happy and successful 2026 for you and your backlogs!

Jan 03 2026

OC/DC

Year of 2025

Steam Replay

Played: 54

Added: 61

Beaten: 31

Started: 31

Completion avg: 81.016% (-0.265)

Points avg: 4987 (+112)

Progress:

10% (143/1380)
26% (364/1380)
2% (22/1380)
59% (818/1380)
2% (33/1380)
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

Test of Time
45.9 hours
38 of 50 achievements

Less emphasis on combat and exceptional focus on rich dialogue and narrative writing - dense lore, existential themes, and a story shaped by the player’s decisions make this a uniquely rewarding and thought-provoking RPG

Wandersong

Wandersong

Most Wholesome Game
12.3 hours
67 of 75 achievements

A warm, creative game about being a hero in unconventional ways. Joyful mechanics, storybook art style, and thoughtful themes that all come together as a celebration of kindness

DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal

Album of the Year
22.8 hours
25 of 50 achievements

Sitting on the rock-solid base of Doom (2016), Eternal expands with new mechanics, systems, enemies, and lore, resulting in an exhilarating "up to 11" experience (that can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming)

Slay the Spire

Slay the Spire

Roguelike of the Year
92.0 hours
33 of 46 achievements

Lives up to its reputation as absorbing card-based roguelike - deep deck-building, distinct play-styles, and smart risk-reward design make this one easy to grasp, tricky to master, and dangerously addictive

Jusant

Jusant

Environmental Vibes
7.7 hours
21 of 21 achievements

A short, but mechanically engaging climbing game with beautiful environmental storytelling. A quiet, contemplative, and affecting experience

UNSIGHTED

UNSIGHTED

Hidden Gem
22.5 hours
28 of 42 achievements

Wins points for being a tightly designed metroidvania, and for having a bold real-time death timer - the constant tension might not be for everybody, but it sure is a unique feeling. A mechanically excellent, and sometimes thought-provoking experience, even if its characters don't fully live up to the concept

High On Life

High On Life

Real Alien Style
18.9 hours
29 of 44 achievements

My feelings on the game weren't the best when i first played it (and the dialogue might still grate even now), but something about the music, the art-style, the actually alien characters and weird ideas - just the general vibe - stuck with me for longer than other games. Maybe i'm losing my mind

Felvidek

Felvidek

Cultural Art
6.4 hours
no achievements

A short, but very distinctive game with the most charming art, music, and writing. It simply radiates cultural character, leaving me with a strong sense of place and a deep desire for more experiences like this

Undertale

Undertale

Millennial Memes
17.2 hours
no achievements

Lives up to its long-awaited reputation as a culturally significant RPG. Subversive design, internet-era humour, and an endearing cast of oddball characters make Undertale uniquely resonant and easy to recommend

Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

Spirit of Exploration
25.1 hours
15 of 31 achievements

Beautifully crafted exploration game set in a small, intricately designed solar system. It uses knowledge-based puzzles and your own sense of curiosity to drive its existential mystery, resulting in one of the most rewarding and affecting experiences i've had in a very long time

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition

CRPG of the Year
150.6 hours
48 of 54 achievements

Deep and flexible in its design, with rich table-top style skill systems and a sprawling RPG narrative, D:OS is very rewarding but requires a significant time investment

Nioh: Complete Edition

Nioh: Complete Edition

Souls-like of the Year
141.6 hours
52 of 79 achievements

Taking the souls-like formula and adding systems-upon-systems to it for all you mechanics freaks out there, Nioh manages to hold on to the tense action core, and has some of the best level design i've seen in a while

The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds

So Much Potential
97.6 hours
50 of 68 achievements

So, so close.. The Outer Worlds is a polished, enjoyable sci-fi RPG with some nice quality-of-life improvements on the classic formulas, but it fails to step out of the shadow of Fallout: New Vegas. Here's hoping the sequel can do better (especially with daddy Microsoft looming over the company)

Persona 4 Golden

Persona 4 Golden

JRPG of the Year
135.9 hours
43 of 50 achievements

A genuinely memorable experience, thanks to its rich storytelling and lived-in time span. A finely crafted creature-collecting RPG whose journey left me feeling bittersweet (but in a good way... kinda..)

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Most Sequel Ever
22.1 hours
31 of 37 achievements

A visually stunning and smoothly playable sequel that refines and expands on its predecessor with new abilities, mechanics, and world-building - a heartfelt and easily recommended metroidvania experience

A touch late, but i finally managed to write up 2025's review. So many good games played, as usual.
Still pretty low on the beaten to added ratio, but not sure what to do about that for now. Maybe stop buying entirely ? Let's see...

Anyway, not much else to say besides happy new year to you all. Keep posting your stuff for me (and others) to read, and i'll try keep up mine

HurrJackal1

2025 Retrospective

Last year I…

  • Beat 68 games - 44 Steam, 23 PC Gamepass, and 1 Epic (and played quite a lot more)
  • Won 32 games on SG
  • Gave away 57 games on SG
  • Bought 32 games. 15 were in the first half, and 8 in the second half (though second half was slightly more expensive than the first because first half had some cheap bundles)
  • Added 30 keys through 3 months of Humble Choice
  • Added 8 keys through 1 Humble Bundle
  • Activated 49 keys, some quite old. (Humble is starting to time limit some keys and run out of others, so I’ll continue activating or giving away the older ones while I can)
  • Was subscribed to Gamepass for 11 months and tried a bunch of games through that (including some which I have unactivated keys for).

My current ratios for are 19% completed, 32% beaten, 21% will not play further, 19% unfinished (although some of those are really likely to also be DNFs), and 8% yet to play, with an average Achievement percentage of 54%, 6.1 hours average per played win, and 774 hours total. Of those played, 39.7% (52/131) have more than 5 hours and 9.92% (13/131) more than 10 hours – though Gemcraft - Frostborn Wrath, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mad Max really skew times

Looking forward…

  • I still have about 350 keys to activate or give away – probably about half each
  • I need to cut way down on the number of new games I buy. There’s a few that are definitely on my list, though. Obenseuer is in early access, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes looks intriguing but might not come to GP or HC, and Travelling at Night is a day one purchase (I love Alexis Kennedy’s writing and lore building … the gameplay not so much).
  • I’ve been thinking that perhaps some kind of ratio is the way to go - maybe a ration of 1 per 10 games beaten (ie: not 100 cats).
  • I really need to deal with some more SG games. Problem is, one’s feelings when entering doesn’t always survive past the win. Elex II in particular, since I was really unable to get into Elex. I have 39 unplayed or unfinished wins. Some of those are likely to turn Will Not Play for different reason (Orbi Universo I’ve played a bunch, Rain World is just too damn hard, Flashback and The Way the controls just shit me, …)
  • I’ll continue with Humble Choice and Gamepass very selectively. With various changes, both have now gone from something I would just keep on regardless to something I’ll subscribe a month at a time for.
  • Life is too short to beat games when one is really not having fun with them. It’s also too short to complete games for the sake of completing them, particularly when my Pile Of Shame is so large. Some games are great for a time, and then I hit a point at which I’m done, and that’s ok.
robilar5500

Alright. December and 2025 are done and dusted. Tried out a decent selection of games, finished some. My favorite for the month is the one I’m still playing, The Temple of Elemental Evil. It’s been a mostly bug-free experience, which is a far cry from the original release which was so bug-ridden that I was never able to finish it. Outside of a single crash, the only issue I’ve had with the game is some weird thing where it won’t register keyboard commands for up to thirty seconds. It can be played mouse only, so it’s not a deal breaker or anything, but a weird bug nonetheless. I’ll finish this run over the next week or so. It is definitely a game with huge replay value including the ability to play as an evil party, with a story that accommodates all alignment choices. It’s pretty true to the original module as well (not the T1 original original release, but the T1-4 full adventure that bridges the gap between T1 and A1-4…IYKYK). Anyhoo….

December Completions

Queen of Moths

0.3 hours, 2 of 7 achievements
Decent little CYOA horror VN. Not the best, but it's aight and hella short, so your commitment is nominal.


Stories from the Outbreak

6.5 hours, 5 of 37 achievements
Stellar node-based 'Escape from a city overrun by the undead' type (J)RPG. Could benefit from a greater variety of encounters, but still a very good game regardless. Tons of replay value as well.


Kong: Survivor Instinct

9.9 hours, 24 of 43 achievements
A mostly good 2.5D Monsterverse adventure featuring King Kong of course. You play as an idiot father trying to save his adult daughter based fully on the assumption that she can't save herself, lol. It's not without issues from a gameplay perspective, but I still had fun with the game.


LIDAR EXPLORATION PROGRAM

3.8 hours, 23 of 30 achievements
This game was COOL! It's a walking sim in a pitch-black set of levels that are illuminated via your Lidar scanner. There are some implied horror elements to this game, but actually, it's just a chill adventure. Neat and enjoyable.


Far Fishing

3.5 hours, 8 of 8 achievements
Almost cozy fishing adventure that will appeal to people who like almost cozy fishing adventures but also will appeal to Flerfers. Unhinged though they may be, lol. There are RPG mechanics at play in this game as well. Fun quick hitting adventure.


Spilled!

1.2 hours, 6 of 11 achievements
Excellent quick adventure featuring a strong environmental message and also featuring charitable contributions by the devs for every copy sold. Arguably a must play. This is a boat game, btw. :)


Dragon Ruins

2.3 hours, no achievements
It's aight. This is an auto-battler, but instead of the Survivors format, it's a dungeon crawler instead. Might be worth a look.


December Retirements

  1. Poly Roam - Although there are some interesting ideas at play with this drive to the horizon type game, it’s also pretty broken.
  2. ANGST: A Tale of Survival - This survival game isn’t broken, and the actual survival gameplay is pretty decent, but the combat is hella bad. I refunded this game.
  3. BLADE.EXE - This is a pretty unique auto-battler. Your character doesn’t move. Because it’s also kinda a clicker, and you will be clicking upgrades and buffs and such. But it’s possible to end a run prematurely by clicking the wrong button(s). Fun, but kind of a one-trick pony and really made for leaderboard champs.
  4. Jump Space - This is actually more like what Destiny 2 was before Bungie sunsetted everything to try and force people to buy the newest expansions, then also lied and claimed they just didn’t have server space or what have you (nevermind that games like ESO and FF14 never sunset stuff). It’s a lot jankier than Destiny 2 however. Still, there is a quality game here even though it couldn’t hold my interest.
  5. Big Dig Energy - Maybe the best digging game. It has one fatal flaw though. If you leave the game and come back, it saves your gear progress, but all your digging is lost. Which is a significant issue.
  6. Fishing Vacation - It’s just bad, lol.
  7. A Simple Garbage Sorting Game - Cool idea. Flawed execution. It has some commonality with Portal, but not as good of course.
  8. Assassin’s Creed Shadows - Actually is not even close to being bad. But, it does get hella repetitive. And even though the dual protagonists are both super cool, the voice acting isn’t, and the writing takes some unusual…ummm…leaps of faith. Decent game, but not nearly as good as Origin - Mirage.

And now the 2025 Completions List

  1. Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness (Steam)
  2. Forest Ranger Services: Episode 1 (Steam)
  3. Under A Star Long Cold (Steam)
  4. Zompiercer [NG+] (Steam)
  5. A Conversation With A Magical Deer (Steam)
  6. Year Unknown (Steam)
  7. Qazaq: Son of the Sun (Steam)
  8. Tree Hugging Simulator (Steam)
  9. King Arthur: Knight’s Tale (Steam)
  10. Utility for the Soul (Steam)
  11. My monstrous roommate. (étude) (Steam)
  12. Nobody Wants to Die (Steam)
  13. Vendir: Plague of Lies (Steam)
  14. Pyramid Curse (Steam)
  15. The Auto Sort Is Broken (Steam)
  16. Project Hailstorm (Steam)
  17. Right and Down (Steam)
  18. Luck be a Landlord (Steam)
  19. Mouthwashing (Steam)
  20. Megalith (itch.io) (https://nikita-kryukov.itch.io/megalith)
  21. A Game About Digging A Hole (Steam)
  22. Daiku no Medium (itch.io) (https://nikita-kryukov.itch.io/daiku-no-medium)
  23. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Steam)
  24. Trawl [3x] (itch.io) (https://houseofwire.itch.io/trawl)
  25. The Fabled Woods (Steam)
  26. Robotherapy (Steam)
  27. Night Drive (itch.io) (https://flankstaek.itch.io/night-drive)
  28. Causeway [2x] (itch.io) (https://yarnspinnergames.itch.io/causeway)
  29. Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand (itch.io) (https://lushfoil.itch.io/newzealand)
  30. Anthology Of The Killer (Steam)
  31. PANELKI (Steam)
  32. Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness (Steam)
  33. Wartales (Steam)
    33a. Wartales - The Tavern Opens! (Steam)
  34. Silent Breach [2x] (Steam)
  35. The End of You (Steam)
    33b. Wartales, Pirates of Belerion (Steam)
  36. Relaxing Kite (Steam)
  37. The Midnight Bus (Steam)
  38. The Ultimate Death Clock (Steam)
  39. Missing Hiker (Steam)
  40. Lantern of Worlds - Layla’s Quest (Steam)
  41. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Steam)
    41a. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows (Steam)
  42. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Steam)
  43. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (Steam)
  44. Cargo (Steam)
  45. Starless Abyss (Steam)
  46. Nothing But the Silent Deep (Steam)
  47. I Got Hired To Guard The Button That Destroys The Earth (Steam)
  48. Zompiercer [NG+ After Update] (Steam)
  49. Zompiercer [NG++] (Steam)
  50. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (Steam)
  51. Clawfish (Steam)
  52. Condo (Steam)
  53. RATSHAKER (Steam)
  54. This Is Not Your House (Steam)
  55. Sumerian Six (Steam)
  56. Dystopika (Steam)
  57. The Simplest Game in the World (Steam)
  58. All Fridges Are Psychotic (Steam)
  59. Neyasnoe (Steam)
  60. I Am Busy Digging A Hole (Steam)
  61. A Game About Mining Rocks (Steam)
  62. Au Revoir (Steam)
  63. Dust Raiders (Steam)
  64. Asteroid Requiem (Steam)
  65. Terminus: Zombie Survivors [Terminus] (Steam)
  66. Terminus: Zombie Survivors [Fortified House] (Steam)
  67. A Doctor’s Term (Steam)
  68. A Game About Flicking A Switch (Steam)
  69. Old Skies (Steam)
  70. Dustwind: Resistance (Steam)
  71. Amerzone - The Explorer’s Legacy (Steam)
  72. Serious Sam 3: BFE [co-op] (Steam)
  73. Clue/Cluedo (Steam)
  74. Lil Gator Game (Steam)
  75. The Chess (Steam)
  76. Beyond Galaxyland (Steam)
  77. Neon Hearts City (Steam)
    78a. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (Steam)
  78. Cyberpunk 2077 (Steam)
  79. Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 3 (Steam)
  80. POOLS (Steam)
  81. It Takes A War (Steam)
  82. Avernum 2: Crystal Souls (Steam)
  83. Songs of Rats (Steam)
  84. Queen of Moths (Steam)
  85. Stories from the Outbreak (Steam)
  86. Kong: Survivor Instinct (Steam)
  87. LiDAR Exploration Program (Steam)
  88. Far Fishing (Steam)
  89. Spilled! (Steam)
  90. Dragon Ruins (Steam)

2025 Retirements

  1. Dustland Delivery
  2. Relaxing Simulator
  3. Untravelled Planet
  4. WhereHurt
  5. Bunny Guys!
  6. Cozy Campzone
  7. Isle of Jura
  8. REKA
  9. The Dead Await
  10. Neon Blood
  11. Oikospiel Book 1
  12. Right and Down and Dice
  13. Frostpunk 2
  14. Worshippers of Cthulhu
  15. BioEntity
  16. SpHero
  17. Wartales - The Pits
  18. Wartales - The Skelmar Invasion
  19. Gone Golfing
  20. Galactic Vanguard
  21. Zeno Clash
  22. Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers
  23. Goldenheart
  24. Roots of Harmony
  25. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition
  26. Talented
  27. No Sun to Worship
  28. Neva
  29. Metal Slug Tactics
  30. Starless Abyss
  31. Envyus
  32. Animal Well
  33. Endless Miles
  34. A Game About Mining Rocks
  35. Fur and Fables
  36. Deep Space Cache
  37. Psychopathy Assessment
  38. Return
  39. Grim Tides
  40. Cosmic Parkour: Infinite Journey
  41. Supermoves: World of Parkour
  42. Ertugrul of Ulukayin
  43. CONDEMNED TO BE FREE
  44. Forever Skies
  45. CONCRETE
  46. Twelve Minutes
  47. Quantum of Hope
  48. Picklock
  49. Rolly
  50. Qume: Echoes of Sand
  51. Pinball Squire
  52. Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior
  53. Jumpbound
  54. Wandering Trails: A Hiking Game
  55. Short Snow
  56. Red Dead Redemption
  57. Arctic Drive
  58. The Last Sanctum
  59. Ruins
  60. Look Outside
  61. Liminal Shift
  62. Shatterland
  63. Spin Hero
  64. Swat Commander
  65. Alan Wake 2
  66. Poly Roam
  67. ANGST: A Tale of Survival
  68. BLADE.EXE
  69. Jump Space
  70. Big Dig Energy
  71. Fishing Vacation
  72. A Simple Garbage Sorting Game

2025 Persistent/Paused Games

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN - Tons of fun. Could benefit from a stable group though.
Lords of the Fallen - Better than I expected, but also kind of annoying once you get to bosses that can heal themselves and otherwise cheese battles. IDK. I may or may not pick it back up.
The Planet Crafter - Planet Humble (actually paused due to the death of my friend and crafting/building game co-op partner just before the holidays). Not sure if I’ll play it again, honestly.
Serious Sam 4 Co-op. IDK. Everyone’s interest kinda faded on this one, but there’s still a chance we’ll dive back into it.
American Truck Simulator - The game never ends. I play this when I don’t have anything specific I want to play or when I just want to go sight-seeing. It’ll be on this list likely every year.

Plans for January

I’ll wrap up this run of The Temple of Elemental Evil and then probably jump into Clair Obscur. Beyond that I’ve got a chunk of other SG wins I’d like to try to get to as well as gifts and purchases from this Steam Winter Sale. We’ll see how it goes. :)