Mostly completed or played - February 2026

• Disappointed by TR-49, usually Inkle makes strong scenarios with many open paths, but this one was mostly linear, puzzle oriented and really hard.
• Organized inside was short but really chill with a light-hearted scenario in background.

February/March theme - All Aboard

• An amazing full arcade submarine game created by a single dev ! Easy to learn and super fun, will probably continue playing it occasionally.

Won on steamgifts

• Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop - proof Angel Shores and proof Seaside Valley : Angel Shores (35h) is a large densely populated city with varied buildings in each neighborhood (commercial or residential area, planetarium, stadium, beach, highway, etc.), pedestrians everywhere, heavy traffic, and dynamic weather make this part of the game very enjoyable. Seaside valley (15h) in Europe was mostly a pain like a totally different game, industrial ugly zone, rural empty zone, and empty first city ; with fortunately in the end 2 pretty small towns + a cute village at top of a mountain. I followed a steam guide to quickly get the collectibles on both maps. But tbh after these 50h and 730km and now that i finished both scenarios, i feel no more motivated driving on a loop to get the last achievement “reach 1000km”. Still overall despite the pedestrians erratic behavior and the bad rural map, i had some great hours of relaxing fun, especially on the awesome urban map with Iveco Urbanway Articulated bus. Relaxing and fun like Euro truck 2. I also liked a lot : the choice of different bus (simple, articulated, double deck), the possibility to customize the external appearance of buses and the color and name of bus routes, the possibility to drive any bus on any road on a whim while passing by a bus stop and select any time of day or night, the dynamic weather was also really well made with gradual changes (rainfall, rainstorm, even by night).

In progress - plan for next month

• Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander (on stand-by as it’s an early-access)
• Last month my priority was fully on Bus sim 21 as it was a recent SG win. I tend to lose focus but haven’t given up on any of these games, i’ll see the end with time

Have fun for next month !

Mostly completed or played - January 2026

• I had a blast discovering the old Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, a lot of crashes on W11, but i especially loved the train Paris-Nice
• This month there was electricity renovations, Beacon Patrol was really fun and perfect for a basic laptop

December/January theme - Mind Your Business

• Here i failed to finish Two point museum on time

Won on steamgifts

• The last campfire - proof : A really cute little gem about friendship and hope, i don’t understand if there is a deep meaning but really liked cute characters, the narrator voice along, that the tone was never too dark, the puzzles variety and simplicity, most didn’t cause me an issue except “high expectations”, the cute little boat.
• Lil Gator Game - proof : At start i had regret as the game got me very nauseous. But after some hours you unlock cool items to jump, fly, run super fast, etc. It makes the game much more fluid. And i appreciated a lot the GPS in the end to help finding easily the last friends and collectibles. The story about the little gator and its sister was cute, it was a good relaxing moment.
• Takara Cards - proof : What an amazing little gem ! It was a turn-based cards roguelike, in space. With a vague background lore about dragons being capital ships burning everything on their path and that ofc we’ve to stop. I liked a lot the spatial ambiance and soundtrack, reminded me a bit X3. Though ofc it’s a little indie so not to that extent. Wasn’t easy as we’ve to beat 3 dragons in a row, but cards are well balanced and plenty of opportunities to improve and repear ship. At some point i’ve been lucky to get a good deck of cards + selling scrap made me enough money to fully equip my ship.
• Spellforce: Conquest of Eo - proof : It’s a Total War-like but here we’ve an upgradable central tower that can fly around and generate units. The campaign map is massive with plenty of quests. Here we progress at our rhythm. The opponents don’t build or progress at start but the more we grow, the more they become aggressive and send infinite stacks of units. In the end, i liked the slow and relaxing rhythm, the ambiance, writing and neat drawings, and flying around with this tower everywhere. I disliked the absence of diplomacy to calm down other AI. UI could be improved too to automatize some actions on a loop, see quests more clearly on the map, and better visualize the strengths and weaknesses of units against each others.

In progress - plan for next month

• Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander (on stand-by as it’s an early-access)
• This month is especially would like to continue Two point museum despite failing the theme delay and progress NFS Unbound

Have fun for next month !

• Here i close december already as not much time with the incoming festivities. This was a good year with 95 games beaten (not a completionist, i prefer to have a chance to try as much of my backlog as possible).
  Let’s sail to next year ! Merry Christmas to you all 🎄 and happy new year ! 🥳 wish you a lot of fresh gaming experiences, a lot of fun and discoveries !

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Mostly completed or played - December 2025

• Puzzleforge was a really nice alternative to Triple Town, not exactly the same but interesting too, will probably play it again for fun occasionally

Won on steamgifts

• Batman : Arkham Origins - proof : (part of review that i wrote to the gifter) I’ve been very surprised by the game. A really good one, much better than expected, mix of stealth that i like a lot like SplinterCell, and beat-em-all really difficult for me, as it’s basically rythm phases pushing buttons really quick with… my foot (from a disability). It was still extremely fun ! In fact i forgot the time. The story and characters were truely really dark but that was an extremely good story. Frightening but really great. Strangely, probably the most similar game to beloved Watch_Dogs 1 : justice, stealth, hacking, semi-open world, even the “Ubisoft-like towers” that we have to turn on as checkpoints. Though i almost gave up multiple times, fighting extremely strong boss. Then the game was an almost Nioh, and i was like WTF.
  In the end i finished the main scenario, and most of the secondary missions : anarky, penguin, deadshot, mad hatter, bird, shiva, black mask. Just remains a loooot of fedex : Enigma and escaped prisoners.
  Last surprise, the game was very Christmas-themed with a lot of christmas trees and decorations. Funny as Christmas comes really soon.

December/January theme - Mind your business

• Ship inc was a chore
• Ale Abbey was grindy but interesting and really relaxing, much better than Potioncraft

In progress - plan for next month

• Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander (early-access)

Have fun for next month !

• Unfortunately not much this month, life is a bit chaotic from renovation works in my building

Mostly completed or played - November 2025

• Lumines Arise is a masterpiece
  plus : interesting gameplay, the soundtrack is dope, runs in VR and steam deck, extremely good optimization, possible to turn off spider/snake in the options
  minus : not always a perfect visibility / just a versus mode in multiplayer, quite empty except some really strong players

October/November theme - こんにちは! Ça va?

• Demonic Mahjong boss beaten for 1st time. It’s a great game, and there are other characters and more difficulties, so i’ll play again occasionally.
• Murders on the Yangtze river is really good, i far prefer its ambiance over Ace Attorney.

In progress - plan for next month

• Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander (early-access), Isonzo (multiplayer)
• Batman is a SG win, really would like to play this one
• Ale Abbey : progressed well on this one

Have fun for next month !

• This month was not easy outside (and coming month won’t be either), so i’m late. Next month i hope to finish Batman, or at least make a good progress.

Mostly completed or played - October 2025

• Crown Gambit : 100% my goty 2025, ink based game with a lot of real choices and a good replayability, deep story and interesting gameplay
• Ah ah ! Finally managed to beat Pharaoh + all the dlc ! It was fun but a loooong grind.

Won on steamgifts

• Karate Survivor - proof : From the communautary train 2025, you choose a serie of attacks and they auto-play from left to right. I was searching for a game like one finger death puch, this one is different but has a really good rythm, despite the grind i had a blast and it’s now my favorite SG win

October/November theme - こんにちは! Ça va?

• Signs of the sojourner : finished twice, a really nice game. I really enjoyed playing cards like dominoes, not to win a cards duel but to try to find common ground with the NPC. However game is harsh, with far too many symbols compared to the limited number of cards in the deck, and a fatigue system that hides many cards. The watercolor effect, almost like stained glass, looks beautiful though.
• Aotenjo beaten twice. It’s Balatro with mahjong (not real mahjong rules, it’s easiest and specific rules). So based on luck but you can alter the tiles. More sets and more difficulties, but i finally ended up beating standard blue (normal mode). Really fun and playable, despite the absence of story and the backgrounds monotony.

Given up

• No sense of driving, even with the elevation changes, it feels like you are on flat ground. All the tracks are similar, as if sections had been copied and pasted.
  You know the feeling when you pay with your time more than your money ? Here you go.

In progress - plan for next month

• Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander (early-access), Isonzo (multiplayer)
• Espresso Tycoon : Yum ! Coffee !
• Batman is a SG win, finally managed to remap controller more or less, this month i’ve just beaten a 1st easy boss

Have fun for next month !

Mostly completed or played - September 2025

• Let’s! Revolution! and D&D Gamblers were great

August/September theme - The Great Backlog Harvest

• Dawnfolk story was excellent, endless mode not so much
• Rana Card it’s harvesting + gambling without money :D

In progress - plan for next month

• Occasionally : CoH3 (still intend to slowly finish this one), Swat Commander (early-access), Isonzo (multiplayer)
• NFS Unbound : EA being bought by another company, i should hurry to play that
• Pharaoh a new era : i finished the base game for the august theme but didn’t expect a dlc to be included too, currently trying to finish the dlc
• Karate Survivor : won in the SG communautary train, damn good !

Have fun for next month !

Mostly completed or played - August 2025

• Drop duchy was really good but grindy. Not a masterpiece but it’s a good complement to Tetris and Concrete Jungle.
• The royal writ : Amazing concept and graphic style, but from lack of balance just 10% players finished act 2 yet.

Won on steamgifts

• Tiny Terry - proof : Oh wow i won this one this month ! Short but funny game, it was a good relaxing time, loved the little hero !

August/September theme - The great backlog harvest

• Terroir : grindy but a good popularization of winemaking steps
• The wandering village : fresh concept of building a village on a moving animal but the story was disappointing, grindy and same environments on a loop, worths the 15€ of early-acess, but doesn’t worth the 30€ final price

In progress - plan for next month

• CoH3 : sigh and i’ve still this one unfinished, not that i don’t like it but there are so many games to play
• Ballionaire is really cool, not as good as Balatro but really a great complement
• Swat Commander is early access but like a dream already for Swat 4 fans (and i finished ready or not story), also it runs like a charm on my toaster
• Pharaoh i hope to finish it for the august-september theme

Have fun for next month !

Mostly completed or played - July 2025

• Broken sword reforged, surprisingly not the same game at all than the director’s cut
• Duck detective : both short but really funny, i could eat that everyday :D
• Pixel cafe : discount adviced on SG forum, super grindy but lovely story and characters ! ❤️
• Rack & slay : nice discovery, really good pool variation
• Islanders new shores is Dorfromantik-like addiction, grindy but crazy good, 100% recommend !

Won on steamgifts

• Playing relaxing games gave me the incentive to finish some unpleasant games won on on SG years ago… as i already played the pleasant ones lol (obviously i stopped trying to win games that i wouldn’t enjoy)
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - proof : won a decade ago, stopped when i was surrounded by spiders, finished on steam input as the game supports no more xbox 360 controller, lack of precision and general ambiance made it… not really fun.
• When Ski Lifts Go Wrong - proof : had played half of the game already years ago, now finished following a guide, most often a single solution by the milimeter, this one was totally infuriating
• Q.U.B.E. 2 - proof : i had given up at chapter 8 surprised by the creepy ambiance, now finished following a video guide, it’s a puzzle game, sometimes beautiful but the puzzles are really hard, and suddenly they can require timing and precision to step forward. In the end it was really Portal-like. Meh.

June/July theme - a.door.able

In progress - plan for next month

• CoH3 : sigh that’s a really good game but still didn’t progress last month
• @VinroyIsViral You’re right, Drop duchy is better than Canard PC review :p
• Received Patapon 1+2 (never played before) as a bday gift, just finished 1st what an amazingly cute little gem… 🥰 Now on the 2nd !

Have fun for next month !

Mostly completed or played - June 2025

• A highland song was awesome (like all Inkle games), i felt like a climber-explorer in a poetic environment ^^
• Chef life has a nice cooking system but devs would have done better to emphasize the quality of the dishes to be served rather than the quantity

June/July theme - a.door.able

• Portal : a classic but not really my taste
• Not tonight : fun “Papers please”-like but really grindy, also awful save system

In progress - plan for next month

• CoH3 : i didn’t progress last month sigh but hey i still didn’t give up !
• July theme a-door-able : this month i feel especially lazy, i’ll just finish Hidden Folks

Have fun for next month !

Mostly completed or played - May 2025

• Stunning graphic style and sound ambiance, fun and well balanced : good alternative to Roguebook for deckbuilders casual players

April/May theme - 4ever

• Unfortunately i’m late, a mix of nice vacations and not cool administrative worries. But i finally found the motivation to reach the end of this one after some months. So in the end, it was well balanced and i liked a lot these 70h. But it wasn’t a masterpiece : no really endearing characters and the main story was forgettable. Still recommend for Suikoden fans because Suikoden-like are terribly rare.

In progress - plan for next month

• CoH3 : i progress slowly but have been able to link the west and east of Italy, before hopefully heading north !
• June theme a-door-able : funnily i never played Portal before, so why not ?
• You play a bouncer in Not tonight, so it’s probably related to doors ! ^^

Have fun for next month !