July’s Stats

• Terraria
  

  653 hours playtime

  75 of 88 achievements

• Slay the Spire
  

  167 hours playtime

  24 of 38 achievements

• What Remains of Edith Finch
  

  3 hours playtime

  9 of 9 achievements

• Song of the Deep
  

  15 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• Tabletop Simulator
  

  4 hours playtime

  3 of 27 achievements

• Darkest Dungeon®
  

  4 hours playtime

  1 of 104 achievements

• The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Under Leaves
  

  2 hours playtime

  29 of 29 achievements

• Moon Hunters
  

  2 hours playtime

  8 of 47 achievements

• Firewatch
  

  5 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• The Banner Saga 2
  

  18 hours playtime

  28 of 55 achievements

• The Last Door - Collector's Edition
  

  4 hours playtime

  16 of 16 achievements

What Remains of Edith Finch

3 hours playtime, 9 of 9 achievements

One of my favorite of this month. I love good walking simulators (understand: not too sluggish and with interesting story/things to discover) so I was really please by Edith Finch. I found the design really gorgeous and loved all the smaller stories piecing up together to tell the whole story of this family. Strong recommend if you like games that focus on story telling.

Tabletop Simulator

4 hours playtime, 3 of 27 achievements

I finally found some friends to play TTS with, and that was a really fun time. There is not much to explain about this one, it is literally what it says it is. It provides a virtual environmment to play table top games with your friends across the internet. You pick the games themselves in the steam workshop, so the sky (and I assume lawsuits) is the limit. This is neither a recommend or not, as it's a very specific thing that does what it says pretty well.

Song of the Deep

15 hours playtime, 10 of 10 achievements

One of the game that was picked for me in July's Pay or Play, and it turned out to be way longer than I expected. Mostly because I'm bad at navigating a maze. It's a gorgeous underwater metroidvania with a lot to explore and discover. The main story is okay, but the game really shines in the exploring part. It introduces new mechanics as you upgrade your submarine and progress in the game. If you're into metroidvania it's definitely worth giving it a try.

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

2 hours playtime, no achievements

After that, I needed a short game to take a break in the middle of the month, so I finally played the free episode in the Life is Strange series of games, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. It's more like a glorified demo/introduction to Life is Strange 2, presenting the new main character. I really liked it (even though it does hit way too close to home for comfort) and even if there is a few clichés, things still look well done. I won't spoil it as it's a free short game but if you liked Life is Strange I strongly recommend trying this one for yourself.

Under Leaves

2 hours playtime, 29 of 29 achievements

It's one of the only thing I got for myself during the steam sales, as I had heard it was a nice hidden object game and it was really cheap. It's gorgeous and entertaining (it's not an Artifex kind of HoG, there is no story per se, just items to find in still scenes). The only little thing that unpleasantly surprised me was how needy the game was. It's just still scenes (with sometimes a bit of background animation) yet it was making my laptop GPU overheat and the laptop shutdown, while HoGs with more animation/cinematics run just fine. Still a really nice HoG that I'd recommend if you PC specs are not a problem.

Moon Hunters

2 hours playtime, 8 of 47 achievements

Skanda picked this one for me for the challenge me, and it was way better than I expected. It's an adventure roguelite with beautiful pixel art and a great soundtrack. The panel of characters have different playstyles which keep the game fresh. Each run of the game is about an hour long, which I find is a good balance, and you unlock more things for your future runs as you go. I'll put a few more hours into this one for sure.

Firewatch

5 hours playtime, 10 of 10 achievements

It was another nice walking simulator I finally got around to play this month. It puts you in the shoes of a man going to work a summer in a natural park in a watchtower. It was so nice to have a virtual outdoor adventure while being able to stay inside in the less hot environment (I'd lie if I said cool). The game has an interesting story telling and a great way to plant an atmosphere. Another great recommend if it's your kind of game.

The Banner Saga 2

18 hours playtime, 28 of 55 achievements

Out of all the great games I've played this month, this was the best of them. I waited for a long time before playing this as I was told the cliffanger at the end was worse than at the end of the first one, but with the final episode coming out last week, I finally got at it. It is hard to talk about the story without spoiling it, so I'm gonna skip on that. Basically the game picks up right where the first one finished, so if you haven't played it, this is where you need to start. As the first one, Banner Saga 2 is a great turn-based tactics game with a solid storyline and hard choices to make. I absolutly recommend the series, but you need to play them in order. Can't wait to play the 3rd, probably will talk about in my august report.

The Last Door - Collector's Edition

4 hours playtime, 16 of 16 achievements

Last but not least, I finally played this P&C, and it was great. And horrifying. I wasn't prepared for a pixel art P&C to jumpscare me that much (yes, I'm a wuss when it comes to horror games). That being said, the story was really good and it got me hooked for more. Good thing season 2 is sitting on my backlog. Recommended if you like P&C in the line of Wadget Eye games, with a bit of horror atmosphere (Think Lovecraft or Poe).

• The Banner Saga 3
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 50 achievements

• Solo
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 20 achievements

• Under Leaves
  

  2 hours playtime

  29 of 29 achievements

• Lethis - Daring Discoverers
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 38 achievements

• Infectonator : Survivors
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 19 achievements

• Convoy
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 29 achievements

• Future Proof
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 16 achievements

• Yakuza 0
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements