Karmic Koala Scarwiz’s profile
Just your friendly neighborhood koala trying to assassinate all of his games
My gaming career:
Games played in 2011 (approx. 30 hrs played)
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Portal
29 hours playtime
10 of 15 achievements
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Portal 2
49 hours playtime
37 of 51 achievements
Games replayed in 2012 (approx. 30 hrs replayed)
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Portal
29 hours playtime
10 of 15 achievements
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Portal 2
49 hours playtime
37 of 51 achievements
Games played in 2013 (approx. 180 hrs played)
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Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
28 hours playtime
35 of 47 achievements
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Half-Life 2
16 hours playtime
19 of 33 achievements
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Half-Life 2: Episode One
3 hours playtime
4 of 13 achievements
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two
6 hours playtime
9 of 22 achievements
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Batman: Arkham City GOTY
55 hours playtime
42 of 64 achievements
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Metro 2033
12 hours playtime
14 of 48 achievements
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RAGE
16 hours playtime
23 of 60 achievements
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LIMBO
5 hours playtime
9 of 13 achievements
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Mark of the Ninja
15 hours playtime
19 of 38 achievements
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The Walking Dead
24 hours playtime
48 of 48 achievements
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FEZ
21 hours playtime
12 of 12 achievements
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BioShock
13 hours playtime
no achievements
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Spec Ops: The Line
7 hours playtime
30 of 50 achievements
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution
24 hours playtime
29 of 49 achievements
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Deadlight
2 hours playtime
21 of 31 achievements
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BioShock 2
13 hours playtime
23 of 68 achievements
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Scribblenauts Unlimited
8 hours playtime
13 of 25 achievements
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Poker Night 2
16 hours playtime
17 of 18 achievements
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Remember Me
19 hours playtime
33 of 50 achievements
Games played in 2014 (approx. 290 hrs played)
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Remember Me
19 hours playtime
33 of 50 achievements
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Bulletstorm
8 hours playtime
no achievements
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Metro: Last Light
10 hours playtime
18 of 70 achievements
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
6 hours playtime
12 of 12 achievements
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Brütal Legend
9 hours playtime
9 of 59 achievements
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Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
17 hours playtime
no achievements
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Contrast
4 hours playtime
17 of 22 achievements
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Dishonored
40 hours playtime
38 of 80 achievements
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Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken
5 hours playtime
11 of 29 achievements
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Dear Esther
61 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Scribblenauts Unmasked
5 hours playtime
27 of 40 achievements
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Call of Juarez Gunslinger
4 hours playtime
11 of 26 achievements
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The Wolf Among Us
8 hours playtime
30 of 35 achievements
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Hotline Miami
6 hours playtime
9 of 35 achievements
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Deponia
8 hours playtime
12 of 19 achievements
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Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
5 hours playtime
8 of 50 achievements
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Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative
4 hours playtime
no achievements
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Portal 2
49 hours playtime
37 of 51 achievements
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Borderlands
50 hours playtime
49 of 80 achievements
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Deponia: The Complete Journey
23 hours playtime
54 of 105 achievements
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Shank 2
7 hours playtime
4 of 20 achievements
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The Walking Dead: Season Two
7 hours playtime
32 of 40 achievements
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Batman: Arkham Origins
30 hours playtime
28 of 60 achievements
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I Am Alive
6 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
11 hours playtime
7 of 75 achievements
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Borderlands 2
27 hours playtime
30 of 69 achievements
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Alan Wake
2 hours playtime
7 of 67 achievements
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BioShock 2
13 hours playtime
23 of 68 achievements
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Valiant Hearts: The Great War
8 hours playtime
no achievements
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NaissanceE
8 hours playtime
no achievements
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Hitman: Absolution
19 hours playtime
32 of 47 achievements
Games replayed in 2014 (approx. 50 hrs replayed)
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Tomb Raider
13 hours playtime
24 of 50 achievements
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Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
28 hours playtime
35 of 47 achievements
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Far Cry 3
21 hours playtime
no achievements
Games played in 2015 (approx. 420 blaze it hrs played)
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ENSLAVED™: Odyssey to the West™ Premium Edition
8 hours playtime
28 of 58 achievements
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BioShock 2
13 hours playtime
23 of 68 achievements
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
4 hours playtime
14 of 14 achievements
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Sleeping Dogs™
20 hours playtime
28 of 59 achievements
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Deponia: The Complete Journey
23 hours playtime
54 of 105 achievements
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The Stanley Parable
69 minutes playtime
4 of 10 achievements
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Mind: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
8 hours playtime
12 of 23 achievements
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Portal Stories: Mel
12 hours playtime
16 of 28 achievements
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Borderlands
50 hours playtime
49 of 80 achievements
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Papo & Yo
3 hours playtime
6 of 10 achievements
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Bastion
13 hours playtime
12 of 24 achievements
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
14 hours playtime
8 of 29 achievements
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Gone Home
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Bad Rats
4 hours playtime
2 of 13 achievements
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Fallout: New Vegas
87 hours playtime
39 of 75 achievements
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
68 hours playtime
21 of 42 achievements
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Life Is Strange
15 hours playtime
41 of 60 achievements
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Transistor
8 hours playtime
10 of 33 achievements
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Fallout 4
96 hours playtime
32 of 84 achievements
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Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
12 hours playtime
48 of 48 achievements
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
4 hours playtime
21 of 53 achievements
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FTL: Faster Than Light
15 hours playtime
no achievements
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Shadow Warrior
11 hours playtime
40 of 92 achievements
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A New Beginning - Final Cut
13 hours playtime
23 of 28 achievements
Games replayed in 2015 (approx. 60 hrs replayed)
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Mark of the Ninja
15 hours playtime
19 of 38 achievements
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BioShock Infinite
21 hours playtime
35 of 80 achievements
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Batman: Arkham City GOTY
55 hours playtime
42 of 64 achievements
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LIMBO
5 hours playtime
9 of 13 achievements
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FEZ
21 hours playtime
12 of 12 achievements
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Metro 2033 Redux
8 hours playtime
24 of 49 achievements
Games played in 2016 (approx. 430 hrs played)
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To the Moon
6 hours playtime
1 of 1 achievements
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The Beginner's Guide
88 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Braid
5 hours playtime
11 of 12 achievements
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CAT Interstellar
4 hours playtime
0 of 18 achievements
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The Talos Principle
38 hours playtime
29 of 40 achievements
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
23 hours playtime
37 of 143 achievements
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Ori and the Blind Forest
10 hours playtime
37 of 50 achievements
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Firewatch
5 hours playtime
5 of 10 achievements
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
16 hours playtime
31 of 74 achievements
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Republique
14 hours playtime
11 of 26 achievements
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Portal Stories: Mel
12 hours playtime
16 of 28 achievements
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SOMA
10 hours playtime
10 of 10 achievements
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Alien: Isolation
29 hours playtime
40 of 50 achievements
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The Walking Dead: Season Two
7 hours playtime
32 of 40 achievements
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The Swapper
5 hours playtime
0 of 10 achievements
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Super Meat Boy
13 hours playtime
4 of 48 achievements
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INSIDE
4 hours playtime
5 of 14 achievements
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The Turing Test
6 hours playtime
15 of 15 achievements
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Batman: Arkham Knight
35 hours playtime
74 of 113 achievements
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Shadowrun Returns
12 hours playtime
no achievements
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Mad Max
38 hours playtime
28 of 49 achievements
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Deponia Doomsday
12 hours playtime
17 of 36 achievements
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Volume
6 hours playtime
18 of 24 achievements
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The Fall
4 hours playtime
11 of 17 achievements
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Oxenfree
4 hours playtime
4 of 13 achievements
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The Walking Dead: Michonne
4 hours playtime
21 of 21 achievements
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
11 hours playtime
18 of 85 achievements
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The Room
2 hours playtime
5 of 5 achievements
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The Room Two
3 hours playtime
7 of 7 achievements
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
114 hours playtime
45 of 78 achievements
Games replayed in 2016 (approx. 140 hrs replayed)
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Metro 2033 Redux
8 hours playtime
24 of 49 achievements
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BioShock Infinite
21 hours playtime
35 of 80 achievements
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
11 hours playtime
23 of 50 achievements
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Dishonored
40 hours playtime
38 of 80 achievements
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
29 hours playtime
37 of 59 achievements
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The Walking Dead
24 hours playtime
48 of 48 achievements
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
3 hours playtime
14 of 14 achievements
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Remember Me
19 hours playtime
33 of 50 achievements
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Mind: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
8 hours playtime
12 of 23 achievements
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Bastion
13 hours playtime
12 of 24 achievements
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
6 hours playtime
12 of 12 achievements
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Portal 2
49 hours playtime
37 of 51 achievements
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NaissanceE
8 hours playtime
no achievements
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Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
17 hours playtime
no achievements
Games played in 2017 (approx. 480 hrs played)
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Zup!
3 hours playtime
118 of 118 achievements
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Zup! 2
3 hours playtime
229 of 229 achievements
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
114 hours playtime
45 of 78 achievements
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Batman - The Telltale Series
11 hours playtime
30 of 30 achievements
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SUPERHOT
16 hours playtime
23 of 26 achievements
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Aragami
10 hours playtime
31 of 39 achievements
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Jotun
6 hours playtime
9 of 36 achievements
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Broken Age
10 hours playtime
27 of 45 achievements
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Owlboy
10 hours playtime
0 of 12 achievements
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Styx: Master of Shadows
21 hours playtime
23 of 33 achievements
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ABZU
2 hours playtime
5 of 12 achievements
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The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day
3 hours playtime
26 of 32 achievements
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DOOM
17 hours playtime
19 of 51 achievements
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Little Nightmares
3 hours playtime
7 of 13 achievements
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Epistory - Typing Chronicles
5 hours playtime
33 of 55 achievements
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Between Me and The Night
3 hours playtime
13 of 18 achievements
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Puzzle Agent
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Puzzle Agent 2
3 hours playtime
50 of 52 achievements
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Lumino City
4 hours playtime
no achievements
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Whispering Willows
3 hours playtime
15 of 20 achievements
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Metrico+
4 hours playtime
2 of 18 achievements
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Event[0]
![Event[0]](https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/apps/470260/4d3bb3382decb9c88ab9923e5b157d65cd0cb65f.jpg)
3 hours playtime
6 of 12 achievements
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Fabric
3 hours playtime
1 of 14 achievements
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
73 hours playtime
24 of 41 achievements
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Planet of the Eyes
89 minutes playtime
13 of 14 achievements
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Maize
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Beyond Eyes
2 hours playtime
2 of 10 achievements
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Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
3 hours playtime
14 of 19 achievements
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Hollow Knight
38 hours playtime
26 of 52 achievements
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Shadow Complex Remastered
9 hours playtime
18 of 39 achievements
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Hyper Light Drifter
13 hours playtime
7 of 23 achievements
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
23 hours playtime
15 of 38 achievements
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
147 hours playtime
54 of 78 achievements
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The Witness
25 hours playtime
1 of 2 achievements
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Gods Will Be Watching
13 hours playtime
10 of 35 achievements
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The Silent Age
3 hours playtime
17 of 24 achievements
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Scanner Sombre
2 hours playtime
no achievements
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Furi
8 hours playtime
17 of 33 achievements
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Hob
11 hours playtime
21 of 37 achievements
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The Evil Within
18 hours playtime
17 of 71 achievements
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Four Sided Fantasy
79 minutes playtime
6 of 11 achievements
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Stories Untold
3 hours playtime
10 of 13 achievements
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What Remains of Edith Finch
2 hours playtime
4 of 9 achievements
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The Journey Down: Chapter One
2 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Journey Down: Chapter Two
4 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Night of the Rabbit
18 hours playtime
10 of 17 achievements
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
11 hours playtime
25 of 34 achievements
Games replayed in 2017 (approx. 10 hrs replayed)
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Oxenfree
8 hours playtime
8 of 13 achievements
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Little Nightmares
6 hours playtime
8 of 16 achievements
Games played in 2018 (approx. 350 hrs played)
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
8 hours playtime
13 of 14 achievements
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Thinking with Time Machine
2 hours playtime
no achievements
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Peregrin
3 hours playtime
24 of 27 achievements
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Pyre
15 hours playtime
32 of 51 achievements
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Dark Souls III
72 hours playtime
30 of 43 achievements
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Tacoma
3 hours playtime
4 of 12 achievements
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Black The Fall
3 hours playtime
8 of 14 achievements
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Aporia: Beyond The Valley
7 hours playtime
21 of 41 achievements
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
13 hours playtime
25 of 34 achievements
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
8 hours playtime
no achievements
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Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
7 hours playtime
8 of 12 achievements
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FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
39 hours playtime
44 of 90 achievements
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Lara Croft GO
7 hours playtime
17 of 17 achievements
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Night in the Woods
14 hours playtime
15 of 31 achievements
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Tengami
80 minutes playtime
4 of 4 achievements
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Last Day of June
3 hours playtime
16 of 21 achievements
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Hue
9 hours playtime
13 of 13 achievements
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Old Man's Journey
63 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Another World
3 hours playtime
13 of 13 achievements
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Machinarium
4 hours playtime
12 of 12 achievements
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
7 hours playtime
30 of 30 achievements
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Styx: Shards of Darkness
23 hours playtime
25 of 38 achievements
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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Botanicula
3 hours playtime
43 of 53 achievements
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This War of Mine
11 hours playtime
13 of 35 achievements
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FTL: Faster Than Light
51 hours playtime
no achievements
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
5 hours playtime
24 of 58 achievements
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Type:Rider
4 hours playtime
11 of 12 achievements
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Grim Fandango Remastered
11 hours playtime
34 of 47 achievements
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This War of Mine
43 hours playtime
19 of 35 achievements
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The Floor is Jelly
2 hours playtime
1 of 7 achievements
Games replayed in 2018 (approx. 35 hrs replayed)
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
11 hours playtime
42 of 57 achievements
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BioShock Remastered
13 hours playtime
40 of 65 achievements
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Metro: Last Light Redux
13 hours playtime
29 of 49 achievements
Games played in 2019 (approx. 625 hrs played)
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Titan Souls
4 hours playtime
6 of 27 achievements
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Seasons after Fall
5 hours playtime
21 of 21 achievements
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Rexaura
3 hours playtime
2 of 3 achievements
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Salt and Sanctuary
23 hours playtime
32 of 37 achievements
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Dishonored 2
25 hours playtime
21 of 50 achievements
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GRIS
3 hours playtime
5 of 17 achievements
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Pony Island
2 hours playtime
15 of 20 achievements
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The Whispered World Special Edition
11 hours playtime
14 of 20 achievements
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
21 hours playtime
22 of 44 achievements
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RUINER
7 hours playtime
14 of 33 achievements
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Fallout
26 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Surge
42 hours playtime
47 of 67 achievements
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Dust: An Elysian Tail
14 hours playtime
21 of 30 achievements
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This War of Mine
53 hours playtime
19 of 35 achievements
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The Sexy Brutale
7 hours playtime
18 of 18 achievements
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™
30 hours playtime
20 of 81 achievements
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Seven: Enhanced Edition
43 hours playtime
35 of 35 achievements
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This War of Mine
66 hours playtime
20 of 35 achievements
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Refunct
40 minutes playtime
9 of 10 achievements
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Teslagrad
7 hours playtime
36 of 36 achievements
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DarkMaus
7 hours playtime
no achievements
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The Journey Down: Chapter Three
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Rain World
30 hours playtime
12 of 21 achievements
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Stories: The Path of Destinies
15 hours playtime
37 of 37 achievements
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Gorogoa
2 hours playtime
6 of 11 achievements
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Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
14 hours playtime
11 of 30 achievements
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Celeste
54 hours playtime
30 of 32 achievements
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Back to Bed
2 hours playtime
10 of 20 achievements
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Observer
8 hours playtime
11 of 19 achievements
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Full Throttle Remastered
4 hours playtime
30 of 40 achievements
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Conarium
5 hours playtime
12 of 26 achievements
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
23 minutes playtime
1 of 6 achievements
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Gravitas
33 minutes playtime
10 of 20 achievements
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Creature in the Well
6 hours playtime
25 of 25 achievements
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Celeste
72 hours playtime
32 of 32 achievements
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Burning Daylight
45 minutes playtime
no achievements
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RiME
6 hours playtime
12 of 31 achievements
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Cultist Simulator
52 hours playtime
23 of 72 achievements
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Marie's Room
43 minutes playtime
5 of 7 achievements
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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
22 hours playtime
16 of 101 achievements
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Sundered: Eldritch Edition
18 hours playtime
16 of 20 achievements
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The Fall Part 2: Unbound
8 hours playtime
20 of 37 achievements
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Dex
11 hours playtime
26 of 32 achievements
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The Signal From Tölva
7 hours playtime
37 of 42 achievements
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice
35 hours playtime
14 of 34 achievements
Games replayed in 2019 (approx. 80 hrs played)
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Metro: Last Light Redux
13 hours playtime
29 of 49 achievements
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Tales from the Borderlands
11 hours playtime
35 of 35 achievements
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STAR WARS™: Knights of the Old Republic™
41 hours playtime
no achievements
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Furi
14 hours playtime
19 of 33 achievements
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
2 hours playtime
7 of 10 achievements
Games played in 2020 (approx. 440 hrs played)
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice
50 hours playtime
23 of 34 achievements
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Blasphemous
24 hours playtime
38 of 45 achievements
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Hades
35 hours playtime
no achievements
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Into the Breach
43 hours playtime
28 of 55 achievements
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Donut County
2 hours playtime
7 of 20 achievements
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
27 hours playtime
54 of 99 achievements
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Rusty Lake Hotel
2 hours playtime
no achievements
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Kentucky Route Zero
1 hours playtime
1 of 24 achievements
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Yoku's Island Express
11 hours playtime
31 of 31 achievements
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Darkwood
3 hours playtime
1 of 15 achievements
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Kentucky Route Zero
3 hours playtime
3 of 24 achievements
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Journey
2 hours playtime
2 of 14 achievements
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Hidden Folks
9 hours playtime
8 of 8 achievements
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Outer Wilds
28 hours playtime
17 of 17 achievements
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Sayonara Wild Hearts
60 minutes playtime
0 of 24 achievements
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SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
19 hours playtime
14 of 14 achievements
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
8 hours playtime
4 of 41 achievements
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Horizon Zero Dawn
51 hours playtime
51 of 79 achievements
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Kentucky Route Zero
4 hours playtime
4 of 24 achievements
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Hades
57 hours playtime
30 of 49 achievements
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Kentucky Route Zero
7 hours playtime
5 of 24 achievements
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NieR:Automata™
45 hours playtime
30 of 47 achievements
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Darkest Dungeon
77 hours playtime
50 of 120 achievements
Games replayed in 2020 (approx. 50 hrs replayed)
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Transistor
19 hours playtime
16 of 33 achievements
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Hollow Knight
78 hours playtime
41 of 63 achievements
Games played in 2021
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Disco Elysium
28 hours playtime
9 of 25 achievements
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Her Story
2 hours playtime
8 of 13 achievements
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Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
31 hours playtime
12 of 88 achievements
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Psychonauts
15 hours playtime
18 of 37 achievements
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Afterparty
6 hours playtime
11 of 23 achievements
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The Messenger
22 hours playtime
35 of 48 achievements
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Desperados III
7 hours playtime
1 of 36 achievements
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Q.U.B.E. 2
5 hours playtime
14 of 29 achievements
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VVVVVV
3 hours playtime
1 of 19 achievements
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The Solitaire Conspiracy
7 hours playtime
20 of 20 achievements
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Superliminal
4 hours playtime
7 of 27 achievements
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In Other Waters
9 hours playtime
no achievements
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Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
6 hours playtime
0 of 3 achievements
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Death's Door
19 hours playtime
20 of 24 achievements
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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
19 hours playtime
29 of 30 achievements
Games replayed in 2021
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Thomas Was Alone
6 hours playtime
35 of 35 achievements
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Hyper Light Drifter
42 hours playtime
17 of 23 achievements
I FINALLY BEAT DARK SOULS
It took me a month and a half, 73 hours and probably a couple thousand deaths but I did it! I finally did it.. And now I’m aching for more!
I’d had this game recommended to me a bajillion times before I finally picked it up and my only regret is not playing it sooner. It’s probably the most intricately designed world I’ve ever seen in a video game. Every line of dialogue, every item description and even just the design of certain enemies or areas has lore implications. As far as gameplay is concerned, I was scared it would be too hard or too grindy (I did do my fair share of grinding but that’s just because I sucked at the beginning - and now I’m shredding Lord Gwyn to pieces with my mad parrying skills) but I found myself really enjoying the gameplay loop. The game really pushes you to pay attention to your surroundings and learn for each run (until you die by falling off a freaking cliff…).
Anyways, I’ve already talked about Dark Souls a bit in my previous update but I just wanted to share my prowess with you guys! Time to move on to different things now. Probably Dark Soul II! Or maybe NG+?
Git Gud, BLAEO
I’ve had finals and projects to give in for the past few weeks so I haven’t been able to play much but I did discover one of my new favorite series!
May (Part. 2)
Event[0] is a slow paced walking simulator with text-based mechanics that tells a SciFi story through puzzles and witty dialogue. The gist of it is, you’re boarding a seemingly abandoned ship and interact with its AI in order to find out what happened. The outcome of the story depends in part on the relationship you build with the AI, which makes replays really interesting, although I didn’t find myself hugely invested in the story to begin with.
Verdict: Probably not a must play but definitely worth checking out if you like puzzle games and a cool space setting
Fabric is a first person puzzle game, definitely influenced by Portal but that still does it’s own thing. It slowly introduces interesting new mechanics which completely change the puzzles. But the puzzles themselves aren’t as tightly designed as one would want them to, there’s ways to cheat your way through a lot the puzzles and I often found myself wondering if I solved it the right way. Ad to that the lack of basically any story whatsoever, and I had to stop playing even though I got about 80% through. It just got boring and repetitive
Verdict: Take a pass on that one
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
/r/RandomActsOfGaming Backlog Assassination Contracts Gifts10 of 41 achievements (24%)
Dark Souls… I put off playing this game for a while because I heard the series was insanely hard and the few videos I’d seen of it didn’t really inspire me at all. I finally decided to start playing it on a whim and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since! The game’s not actually that hard (I’m just cocky right now because I finally beat Ornstein and Smough after like 15 tries…). Sure the combat it challenging and you die a lot, but the game is built around dying to progress so you just have to accept that as a part of the mechanics of the game. And while it’s hard, the combat is mostly fair (except for mimics, fuck mimics.). The world and level designs are really what blows me away here though, there’s an immensely satisfying feeling that comes with being able to visit far away places after seeing them from another part of the map, or finding shortcuts and elevators looping through areas. And then there’s the euphoria that comes with finally beating a boss (did I mention I killed Ornstein and Smough?). The lore of the world is also really interesting although you’re only fed little tidbits at a time and a lot of it is hidden in levels and item descriptions, which really reward exploration and involved the players in the world, but you’re also bound to miss parts of it, which can leave some questions unanswered.
Verdict: Absolutely amazing. Beautiful, adrenaline pumping and mind blowing. I’m really looking forward to finishing this game (no spoiler please, btw) and the take on the rest of the series
My SteamGifts progress:
Overall library status:
Backlog Assassination Contracts
That’s all for me today, see you in a couple of weeks ;)
I’ve had my BLAEO account for a while now but this is going to be my first post here. I’ll try to catch up on some of what I’ve played recently
April
ABZU - 2.3 hrs
5 of 12 achievements (42%)
ABZU is an absolutely wonderful deep-sea exploration game which takes you on a relaxing, meditative journey (Get it? Because it’s made by the same guys as Journey..!). It’s a visual masterpiece, the wide range of colors made the sea such an interesting place to explore. Granted, the gameplay is minimal but that didn’t bother me in the slightest, it lets you soak in all the wonderfulness
Verdict: Absolutely worth checking out
The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day - 2.8 hrs
26 of 32 achievements (81%)
The Uncertain is an interesting but ultimately flawed point-and-click adventure. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where only robots survived until you find out that’s not entirely true, it takes you into the life of a robot mechanic whose life is changed when a spaceship lands on his front porch. The story and world building are very good and the game looks great but where it fails are gameplay and puzzles. The basic walking controls are already kind of wonky but the worst part were the chases scenes, the car is a mess to drive and the camera is all over the place, making it even more frustrating. Luckily there are only a couple of those. The puzzles are pretty much worthless “find item, bring item to the right place” type stuff which seem to be there mostly to bring some actual gameplay to the game.
Verdict: Great if you’re into scifi/post-apocalyptic stories and don’t mind the lack of good gameplay
DOOM - 16.7 hrs
19 of 51 achievements (37%)
DOOM is a fast-paced FPS full of blood and gore! I loved everything about this game! The basic gist of it is: kill all the demons. And kill them I did. The story isn’t anything particularly engaging but it’s not really trying to be either. The game really hinges on its gameplay, which is absolutely stellar. It’s fast-paced and precise and every action, from shooting demons’ faces off to cutting them up with a chainsaw, feels and looks incredibly satisfying. And the soundtrack really ties it together, making me tense or hyped up depending on the situation. Oh and it’s also freaking gorgeous looking
Verdict: Best FPS I’ve played in a while
Oxenfree is a supernatural horror adventure with a heavy 80s scifi influence. You play as a teenage girl coming to an island with a few of her friends. Everything is all fun and games until shit goes and down you’re all separated by a supernatural occurrence. Your goal is to find your friends and gtfo the island. IS. LEAVE. POSSIBLE. The game is gorgeously hand drawn as well as masterfully written (the whole thing pretty much hinges on it’s dialogue)
This was my second playthrough of the game and I have to say, I might have enjoyed it even more then the first time around (which is saying something considering it was in my top games from last year). I discovered a bunch of new story threads and unlocked a different ending (somewhat better, somewhat worse). I’m really looking forward to my inevitable third playthrough
For more of my thoughts on Oxenfree, here’s a review I wrote on reddit
Verdict: Get it, it might surprise you
Little Nightmares is an atmospheric puzzle platformer (in the same vein as LIMBO and INSIDE) with a really unique quirky horror aesthetic. As with other games in the genre, the story is kind of abstract and really hard to explain coherently (at least for me) but basically, you play as a little girl trying to escape a place filled with giant humanoid monsters. The game relies heavily on it’s atmosphere and excels at it, reminding me at times of Alice: Madness Returns as well as Spirited Away, it really captures the whimsical horror it promises. The puzzles aren’t particularly hard but engaging enough not to feel tacked on. My only gripe with the game is that the camera angles, which are deliberate to give it a certain atmosphere, make the platforming really hard. The game is what I think is called 2.5D (ie. the camera is always fixed like in a 2D scroller but you can move around freely in space) but angle of the camera makes it so you don’t really see whether you’re going to land on, in front or behind an object, which made me die a lot more than I’d like to admit.
Verdict: Definitely worth checking out if you like game like LIMBO and INSIDE
Epistory is a typing RPG, which might sound lame but is actually amazing. Let’s get the typing out of the way: it’s not a game to learn how type, it’s a game that uses typing as a innovative gameplay element. Basically, you only attacks are random words appearing over your enemies’ heads. Basic enemies have one small word hanging over their heads while tougher one can have multiple long ones. An interesting thing it does is that the difficulty adapts to your typing speed, if you’re a really fast typer you could get words like Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis for example, which looks like quite the challenge! But interesting isn’t the only thing this game has going for itself! The story might seems somewhat ridiculous to begin with but it is really heartfelt and takes on a whole lot of meaning at the end. My favorite part of the game though, was the design. The whole game word is made to look like it’s built out of origami paper and seeing parts of the world literally unfold before your eyes was one of the most satisfying design choices I’ve ever seen in a game. And it’s especially fitting for a game about typing!
Verdict: Don’t write it off because of the typing, I highly recommend this one
May (so far)
Between Me and The Night is a point-and-click adventure game about depression. It has a decent story and a great aesthetic but the gameplay makes in unnecessarily frustrating. The controls, which shouldn’t be too complicated in a 2D walking simulator, are kind of a pain. There’s a lots of walking back and forth between the same rooms. Some of the puzzles are either badly designed or just not clear enough. I just kinda forced myself through it
Verdict: The story seems genuine but the gameplay ruins the experience. I can’t really recommend it
Puzzle Agent 1 & 2 are two point-and-click puzzle games. I’m counting the first Puzzle Agent as a SteamGifts win because the incredibly generous user I won Puzzle Agent 2 from gave me a copy of the first one when they saw that I didn’t have it yet. Both games are heavily influenced by Twin Peaks and Fargo and the Telltale writers really managed to capture both atmosphere wonderfully. The stories are absolutely non-sensical (as they should be) and the writing is absolutely hilarious. The puzzles range from really easy to extremely challenging but stay interesting throughout.
Verdict: Great for puzzle enthusiasts!
Lumino City is a point-and-click adventure game set in a fully hand-crafted world (as in they actually built the set, filmed it and turned it into a game). I originally wrote this game off but chose to play it on a whim. I definitely don’t regret it. The hand crafted background give it a really unique feel and give it a kind of stop-motion aesthetic. The story itself is pretty engaging, your grandfather got kidnapped and you’re traveling through this huge vertical city to find him but the world itself is the biggest draw here. Each new location introduces interesting characters as well as intricate new puzzles, some of which will most definitely challenge your brain cells.
Verdict: Another great one for puzzle lovers, but I encourage you to check it out even if you’re not really a puzzle person
Whispering Willows - 2.6 hrs
15 of 20 achievements (75%)
Whispering Willows is a supernatural horror adventure game in which you play as a teenage girl of Native American descent trying to find her father in an abandoned mansion. And the Native American part isn’t just tacked on for diversity, it plays an actual part in the story: your character can harness her shamanic powers and make her spirit leave her body. All in all, the story’s kind of cliché but it works. What really struck me about it at first was the design. It’s a really great looking comic book-esque art style (although, no offense to the artist but the cutscenes look terrible). There are puzzle elements as well but most of it is pretty straight forward
Verdict: I found it pretty average
Metrico+ is a (yet another) puzzle game set in a world of infographics. There’s so much I loved about this game, it nails everything it sets out to do. First of all: the aesthetic. Infographics are supposed to be clear and concise yet aesthetically pleasing. This is pretty much what Metrico+’s art style achieves, it’s minimalist yet gets the point across and holy shit does it look good. Second: the gameplay. Being about infographics, all of the puzzles rely on input vs. output. As a computer science student, this feels incredibly clever: the game uses basic variables like your character’s horizontal or vertical position on the level, the number of jumps, the number of deaths… and incorporates them into the puzzles. You’re also progressively given a certain set of powers to keep the puzzles fresh and push their difficulty. Last but not least: the puzzles. Ingenious programming aside, the puzzles are actually pretty challenging. I actually got stuck on a couple and had to come back later with a fresh view on things.
Verdict: if you’re not sick of my puzzle recs yet, do check this one out
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And that’s all for now! I’ll try to be more active from now on :)
| 575 | games (+1 not categorized yet) |
| 44% | never played |
| 4% | unfinished |
| 36% | beaten |
| 6% | completed |
| 9% | won't play |
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