October: Spooktober

Same! Didn’t even realise I get to participate with that, cool. :blobdogpeek:

Blue Ϟ Lightning

we are all going play little nightmares this month its a deal :3

tsupertsundere

Oh yeah, Umineko DEFINITELY counts. Catch a screenshot of the pumpkin lollipop somebody gives to Maria for SUPER SPOOKY POINTS.

Blue Ϟ Lightning

🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN FOR MARIA 🎃
UwU

Lucky Thirteen

I see I started to visit BLAEO again just in time for this lovely theme!

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Rack N Ruin	24/31	21 hrs (11 this month)	beaten - does this one count?
The Shrouded Isle	15/16	30 hrs	beaten - lovecraftian dream!
Zombidle: REMONSTERED	29/35	364 hrs (231 this month)	endless - had to include this ;D
Shadows: Price for our Sins	-	4 hrs	beaten - halloween HOG
Fran Bow	0/18	N/A	unplayed :/
Goosebumps: The Game	0/40	N/A	unfinished :/

adam1224

Recently finished Doom 3 and I kinda considered replaying it on the hardest difficulty as well… so horror is set after I survived the game. Maybe something really spopy…

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Costume Quest	21/21	6 hours	finished - halloween and costumes and goblins of course
Costume Quest 2	18/18	5 hours	finished - halloween version 2 with even more costumes
Trick or Treat - Visual novel	5/5	1.4 hours	finished - halloween kinda mostly just in name but evil spirits?
Pixel Puzzles Undeadz	34/34	6 hours	finished - zombies, totally spooky zombies
Trick and treat rpg	18/18	1 hours	finished - halloween even has jumpscare warning
Confess my love	21/21	2.3 hours	finished - love is the scariest thing of all (also demon monster)
Left in the dark: no one on board	13/13	5 hours	finished - scary hookman and ghost girls
Once upon an all hallows eve	4/4	1.3 hours	finished - mainly name but spirits too
Cursed	12/12	3 hours	finished - no hog but ghosts and monsters
Total:	146	31 hours	9 finished

never thought id ever do a monthly theme but since costume quest is all about halloween thought I could do this month at least
according to my tags on game my 100% orange juice counts as a survival horror XD
frankly alot of my games surprisingly have horror for what I dont class as horror so think ill stick to anything halloween theme or my classing of horror i guess even if it doesnt scare me since I dont buy jumpscares horrors

86maylin

Last month. Only one done but did do some progress on others.
Dang it, it’s horror theme again. D: I guess it’s time to gather up my courage once again. ><

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Between Me and The Night	18/18	2.9 hours(idled 4 hours 43 minutes)	Completed
LIMBO	12/13	3.2 hours	Completed
Total:	30	6.1 hours	2

tsupertsundere

Dangit! Madison and I just finished Among the Sleep before it could count.

I was debating revisiting Night in the Woods, and this is the perfect chance to!

Games	Status	Theme
Night in the Woods	Finished	The perfect autumn/spooky game. You gotcher cosmic horror, existential horror, real adult horror, and fall time.
the Ghost of Joe Papp	Completed	There’s a ghost in it
Wailing Heights	Completed	Classic campy cheesy “spooky”
Brilliant Shadows	Finished	Necromancers and grisly organ stealing!
the Witch’s Isle	Completed	Break a witch’s curse! on a spooky island! at night!
the Norwood Suite	Completed	Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeird

Bangledeschler

I got goosebumps from finding out this theme. From excitement that is :D. Definitely a nice excuse to break from my regiment and move onto something more spooky ^_^ (not that I don’t do that every year anyways :3). Hopefully I will actually have time to play all these and more!

Games	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Alien Isolation	achievements obtained	playtime this month	unfinished/finished
Amigdala	achievements obtained	playtime this month	unfinished/finished
Five Nights At Freddy's 2	achievements obtained	playtime this month	unfinished/finished
Dino Crisis	achievements obtained	playtime this month	unfinished/finished
Betrayer	16/21	7h	Beaten
Total:	Achievements Obtained: 16	Playtime This Month: 7h	Number of Games Finished: 1

Trent

Then you should play this.

Bangledeschler

Very cheeky, and despite the joke I might if it goes on discount, even just for the joke. :3

JaffaCaffa

All of these games are tagged Horror! Didn’t play several that I wanted to, but gonna continue the spooky theme into November. :D

Game	Achievements	Hours Played	Status
Dead by Daylight	39/107 (+5)	41 hrs	Multiplayer
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle	44/60 (+44)	5.8 hrs	Beaten
Visage	4/7 (+4)	1.1 hrs	Currently Playing
Killing Floor 2	68/239 (+0)	1.8 hrs	Currently Playing
Left 4 Dead 2	3/70 (+1)	1.1 hrs	Currently Playing
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth	59/403 (+1)	5.4 hrs	Currently Playing
Total:	+55	56.2	1 Finished

Name	Achievements obtained	Playtime	Status
Little Nightmares	7/22 (+4)	3.8h (+2.4h)	finished
Goosebumps	25/40	2.7h	finished

seems like it should be little nightmare theme instead. since it was last monthly games everyone is just playing that now

Killerqueen

Name	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Dreaming Sarah	11/22	5.3h	unfinished
Just Ignore Them	33/33	7h	Finished
Silence of the Sleep	None	-	next
Total:	44	12.3h	1/3

Kap

I’ll hop on the Little Nightmares train as well (and will add more if appropriate) :)

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Little Nightmares	8/22	5.4 hrs	finished
Among The Sleep	3/10	3 hrs	finished
Dreaming Sarah	22/22	2.4 hrs	finished
total:	33	10.8 hrs	3 games finished

kiseli

Finally got around to playing Inside after long planning :D Might add more games later :)

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Inside	14/14	4 hours	Completed
Rampage Knights	38/84	7 hours	Beaten
Goblin and Coins	4/10	1 hour	Started
total:	56	12 hours	2,5

*edit: Beaten Rampage Knights with a friend and started GnC, both Halloween related :)

Trilled Meow

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches	0/0	19 hours	completed
Year Walk	10/10	6.5 hours	completed
Trick & Treat	8/8	0 hours	completed
total:	18/18	28.6 hours	3 beaten/completed

Quisty

I’m in. Making the list already cause last month I forgot to post my progress.

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
Cursed	12/12	2 hours	completed	a “HOG” without a single hidden object scene
Oxenfree	13/13	17 hours	completed	Recommended even to those who don’t like horror stuff. The story is more about paranormal things. At least three playthroughs are necessary for getting all the achievements.
Goosebumps	40/40	7 hours	completed	Several playthroughs to get all the achievements
The House in Fata Morgana	16/16	32 hours	completed	One of the best VN I ever read.
Dead Hungry Diner	11/11	19 hours	completed	Diner Dash clone with undead customers. Very grindy.
Vampire Legends: The True Story of Kisilova	10/10	3 hours	completed	Standard Artifex Mundi HOG
Year Walk	10/10	4 hours	completed	-
Simulacra	20/24	10 hours	beaten	-

Total: 8 games, 132 achievements, 94 spooky hours

Thank you for hosting the monthly theme, Skanda! It got me out of my Sims 3 addiction and now I’m back to slaying my Steam backlog.

cursed really doesnt have a hidden object scene, why did I activate it on my account then! now makes me wonder if their other games even do

Quisty

I played another HOG from Jetdogs and that one actually had hidden object scenes. It’s called Sinister City.

okay at least one i activated has one heres hoping the rest do too

Nicknames

A HOG game without hidden object scenes… that definitely looks like a cursed game (sorry for the bad pun, I couldn’t help it)

Quisty

Haha! Good one :p

chimyatta

i’m a big ol’ scaredy cat so this is going to be … fun.

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Doki Doki Literature Club	—	1 hour	started
Replica	0/8	0 h	not started
SOMA	0/10	0 h	not started

stef

Games	Achievements	Playtime	Status
SIMULACRA	13/24	5 hrs	beaten
Nepenthe	—	2 hrs	beaten
Seven Mysteries: The Last Page	19/26	3 hrs	beaten
Death’s Hangover	15/50	1 hr	beaten
Rusty Lake Hotel	—	2 hrs	beaten
Costume Quest 2	8/18	9 hrs	beaten
Witch It	3/70	1 hr	unfinished
Transparent Black	4/11	1 hrs	beaten
total:	55	22 hrs	6 games beaten

metyGAME

Free games

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
Trick & Treat	8/8	2.9 hrs	finished	freebie rpgmaker with halloween theme (meh)
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel	5/5	1.6 hrs	finished	free amateur VN set on halloween (poor)
Traum	11/11	2.3 hrs	finished	polished horror rpgmaker (obvious)
Trap	-	0.8 hrs	finished	short rpgmaker 1st chapter (intriguing)
The Grandfather	-	0.5 hrs	finished	experimental freebie with great artwork (weird)
The Bottom of the Well	12/12	2.5 hrs	finished	apocalyptic vn buggy achievements (repetitive)
The Alpha Device	-	1 hrs	abandoned	v. laggy and no keyboard/mouse support unplayable (disappointing)
September 1999	-	0.1 hr	finished	baby mindf* game (ominous)
PRICE	8/8	1.3 hrs	finished	puzzle vn (surprisingly good)
Perceptions of the Dead	-	1.8 hrs	finished	vn with great characters and voice acting (wishlisted pt 2)
Marie’s Room	7/7	1 hrs	finished	v good walking sim with narration (recommended)
Disturbed	17/17	1.2 hrs	finished	text based adventure with plenty of death (fun)
Concluse	17/17	5 hrs	finished	v weird and unpleasant (used walkthrough)
Blameless	4/4	0.8 hrs	finished	short adventure (hmm)
Absent	6/6	4.4 hrs	finished	fun p&c with good voice acting (plotholes!)
Take the Dream IX	-	4.0 hrs	finished	weird/experimental rpgmaker (scariest so far)
Once Upon an All Hallow’s Eve	4/4	0.9 hrs	finished	vn of girl lost in woods meets boys in house (boring)
total:	99	32.1 hrs	16

I also managed to play:

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
Belladonna	-	2.9 hrs	finished	straightforward short p&c (lovely if predictable)
Shiver	11/11	0.7 hrs	finished	straightforward short p&c (jumpscares)
1Heart	22/22	13.3 hrs (real ~4)	finished	weird p&c adventure (aggravating)

I have to admit that so far none of these have been ‘horror’ in the true sense so as we get closer to Halloween I might try something a little creepier? Gorramit I hate jumpscares! >:[

Fnord

The Park	14/14	1,2h	finished
The Uninvited	-	0,6h	finished
Cursed	12/12	1,6h	finished
total:	26	3,4h	3

Kaleith

I guess participating in this is not a bad way to celebrate having some time to play again :3

Game	Achievements	Playtime this month	Status
SIMULACRA	24/24	6.7 h	completed
Little Nightmares	24/24	3.2 h	beaten
	32	9.9 h	Games beaten: 2

Did Laura lose her phone again?

Kaleith

It was full of weird pics, you don’t wanna know

thoughtfulhippo

First time actually picking up a challenge, and I know I’m being overly ambitious, but I like to aim high. All SG wins to reduce my shame:

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Neverending Nightmares	4/4	4 hrs	completed
Whispering Willows	0/20	0 hrs	not started
Goetia	0/16	0 hrs	not started
Costume Quest 2	0/18	0 hrs	not started
POSTAL Redux	0/25	0 hrs	not started
DreadOut	0/42	0 hrs	not started

Nicknames

This looks fun. I’ll give it a go.

Games	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
Cursed	12/12	3.4 hrs	Completed \[T]/	Not bad. PS: That fucking kid, yo!
Evil Pumpkin: The Lost Halloween	4/15	5.5 hrs	Abandoned	Hit a game-breaking bug and rage-quitted ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°)
Save Halloween: City of Witches	46/63	13.8 hrs	Beaten \o/	Prolly it took an hour or so less to beat. I accidentally left it idling from time to time ^^;
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel	5/5	1.3 hrs	Completed \[T]/	No wonder it was free XD
Season Match 3 - Curse of the Witch Crow	31/31	12.2 hrs	Completed \[T]/
Total:	98/126	35.7 hrs	Games finished: 3

I ended up picking a bunch of casual games though ^^;

Never participated in monthly challenges (partly because I don’t have faith in my ability to stick with the games I picked) so I will start small:

Game	Cheevos	Playtime	Status	Notes
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die	39/78	5.6 hrs	finished	Turns out it doesn’t have much horror in it. Pity it will never be finished, I loved this game, its quirky story, and unique mechanics.
Amnesia™: Memories	10/26	12.8 hrs	finished	Again, not really a horror, although it does have a few gory and/or wtf moments. A slightly above average visual novel.
Sound of Drop: Fall Into Poison	2/21	0.2 hrs	abandoned	Edit: yeah, abandoning this one. Bad writing or bad translation? Hard to tell but probably both.
total:	51	18.6 hrs	Games beaten: 2

Trent

Now that I’m finished Life Is Strange (S1), I can participate in the monthly challenge.

Game	Cheevos	Playtime	Status
Bonbon	6/6	1h43m	completed
Shiver	11/11	43m	completed
A Wolf in Autumn	N/A	1h23m	completed
Deep Sorrow	6/6	1h55m	completed
Total:	23	~6h	Games beaten: 4

I am a big scaredy cat indeed and have no jumpscare tolerance but I found a few I could play that can fit

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Status
Costume Quest	20/21	7.9 hrs (real : 6.3 hrs)	completed*
Goosebumps: The Game	40/40	3.8 hrs	completed
The Last Door - Collector’s Edition	13/16	4.3 hrs (real : 3.1 hrs)	beaten
STASIS	27/27	6.9 hrs	completed
Total	100/104	22.9 hrs (real : 20.1 hrs)	4/4

List

* one achievement missing, just need to launch the game on Christmas

I have the same problem so thanks for mentioning Goosebumps. I think I can manage that one.

According to a thread it might have some mild jumpscares : https://steamcommunity.com/app/361360/discussions/0/3276824488718015436/
I’m starting it now, so I can tell you about it soon

The Last Door has jumpscares too, but there’s only 1 or 2 of them.

Thanks for the info, I looked up some videos and saw 2 jumpscares from it. It’s definitely scarier than how scary I expected a pixel art game could be but hopefully I can manage it, the story seems really interesting

oh boy why did I start this slightly drunk around midnight ;_;

That… actually sounds like a good time to me.

Well, it’s like sticking your tongue or finger somewhere you shouldn’t, in the heat of the moment it always seems like a good idea.
But alcohol usually amplifies what you feel, which in this case was anxiety.

Besides that initial tipsy session it wasn’t too bad, I handled it like a big boy 💪
Based on the reviews I did expect the story to be more compelling though, I felt like it was all just a setup for season 2.

Yeah, I didn’t like the game all that much, mostly because the story felt underwhelming and unfinished.

Finished a playthrough, to be honest I was more bored than anything else. There are a few things that can take you by surprise but it’s not too bad, for example see 2nd screenshot on the store page (you’ll see that one coming) and 10th screenshot (this one happens as soon as you enter the area)