Monthly in a Month #56: The Beautiful Journey Edition

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Hello and welcome to the madness!
The challenge is simple: Play and beat any 6 games, starting today, that have been featured in any given Humble Monthly/Choice bundle in two months.

The prize: 2x Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Note: This means I'm giving away two copies of the game and will have 2 winners.

Game length does not matter and I'm not looking for 100% achievement runs. So long as you play and beat 6 games, I'm happy. You can go easy mode and play a bunch of 1h games or go crazy and play 6 +30h games. So long as they were in a monthly at a given point, it is all good.

Just post a comment with either screenshots/ achievements showing that you fulfilled the criteria and I'll add you on Steam and give you the link. Feel free to share your thoughts on the games you've played, but it is not required.

FAQ:

Why you doing this?

I hate money. That and I realized I've been subbed to the monthly for over nine years (yes it has been that long, I checked) and it occurred to me that I've barely touched the games I've gotten from it, let alone played them. Figured the same would be true for a few others, so I figured this is a good way to change that. A sensible person would probably unsub in this situation, but please refer to the beginning as to why that will not happen.

I've played the first X minutes of a game, can I pick it for the event?

No. You cannot have any play time or achievements prior to the start of the event. The only exception is idle time from farming Steam cards.

Can I play a MP only game?

No. It needs to have an "end" in order for me to count it as beaten, so it needs to have a campaign/story mode.

If a game was sold as a non-Steam copy in a bundle (origin/uplay/drm-free/etc), can I pick it as a choice if I own a Steam copy?

No. The reason being that those who own a Steam copy would have an extra option that would not be available to everyone who bought the same bundle. If the game was originally sold as a non-Steam copy, but Humble later provided steam keys to everyone who bought the bundle, then the game would be allowed.

Why six games?

The first few monthlies had 6/7 games in them so I went with that.

How long are you going to do this?

Until my credit card statements gives me nightmares.

This event "ends" on August 5th when the next next HB Choice releases, though the giveaway itself will end the day after. If you manage to finish game number six in between that time, feel free to post, but know that I cannot guarantee that I'll be able to give you the link in time.

Good luck, have fun and stay safe.
Thanks for reading, and enjoy the view.

List of eligible games: https://barter.vg/bundles/3/3/
https://barter.vg/bundles/3/161/
Credit goes to PapaSmok

Sorry again for the late thread. The start time of the event will match the bundle release date.

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Game	Bundle Month	Completion Requirement	Completed	Impressions
Autonauts vs Piratebots	October 2024	I Be Bad: Game Completed: Standard Challenge	Yes 22h	They should have polished up the first one and added this as an alternate mode instead of putting out a clone of the same exact game.
Zoeti	July 2024	A Twist of Fate: Clear Story scene 3.	Yes 7.5h	Woah great game! The most fun deckbuilder I've played!
Jusant	August 2023	Water Piper: Complete the game	Yes 5h	Lame and jank ass game
Hollow Knight	February 2017	The Hollow Knight: Defeat the Hollow Knight and become the Vessel	No 0h	Comment
Trek to Yomi	August 2023	Samurai dies twice: Complete the game	No 0h	Comment

Game Title	Monthly/Choice Bundle	Status	Achievements
Dordogne	January 2025	Completed in 4.5h	31 of 31
Nobody Wants to Die	June 2025	Playing	0 of 26
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Game	Status	Achievement	Bundle
1000xResist	Beaten	Hekki Allmo	April 2025
Metal: Hellsinger	Beaten	When She Falleth	October 2023
Pumpkin Jack	Beaten	The Baddest Bad Guy	June 2022
Diluvian Ultra	Beaten	A Rude Awakening. While this is just Chapter One, the subsequent chapters will be released as DLC.	August 2024
Dordogne	Beaten	The end... or the beginning	January 2025
Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York	Beaten	...Damned If You Do	September 2020

Game	Status
Okami HD	Uncompleted
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Game	Monthly	Status	Proof
Serial Cleaner	July 2018	Cleared✅	Done Cleaning
Sonic Mania	October 2019	Cleared✅	See You Next Game
Minoria	January 2021	unfinished	"Saint Alice" or "Heretic"
Path of Giants	December 2020	unfinished	Ready for summer
Scorn	February 2024	unfinished	012
Black Book	February 2022	unfinished	-

Game	Choice	Achievements	Status
1. Everhood	February 2022	0/72	Unfinished
2. The Forgotten City	September 2023	40/40	Completed
3. The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters	August 2020	35/35	Completed
4. Fort Solis	January 2025	0/20	Unfinished
5. Amnesia: Rebirth	October 2021	0/41	Unfinished
6. The Invincible	December 2024	0/29	Unfinished

Game Status	Impressions
Broken Age / Started on June 10th / progress.	Before playing: There are two sides to this game it's Tim Schafer's game and it was funded through Kickstarter. It's a perfect set-up for a potentially unfocused and self-indulgent game with a rushed ending.
Not for Broadcast / untouched / progress.	Before playing: Heard many good things, not only about game's "british humor", but the gameplay itself is also praised as rather engaging.
Borderlands 3 / untouched / progress.	Before playing: I gather that people don't like "Borderlands 3", at least not as much as the second one. They say the writing became bad and cringe. I'm sure, I'll survive millennial humor as long as gunplay remains snappy and addictive.
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed / not Started / progress.	Before playing: I played the first part for CJ's event a year ago, was left with a feeling that the core game mechanics also could have benefited from some modernization. But I didn't mind my time spent with that simplistic gameplay. Still I wonder, how it will be on the second round.
Blue Fire / untouched / progress.	Before playing: Success is never promised in "precision platformers", there is a ton of details you need to consider that make it or break it, especially in 3d. By all accounts "Blue fire" works, but I'm preemptively ready to blame camera for catching projectiles or missing ledges on jump.
The Callisto Protocol / Started on June 15th / progress	Before playing: I was so hyped for this game that I even asked my friend for his steam account to play it almost on release (he got the game for free with his new AMD GPU). My initial pure "wow!" impression carried me for a pretty long time until without any warning I got hit with "wtf is even this?". I finished the game and then needed some time alone lol, trying to answer this question.

Game	Achievements	Hours of Playtime	Bundle	Status	Proof	Note
Prodeus	15/30	5.9 h	2023 November	Beaten	"It's Finally Over" achievement	-
Forgive Me Father	0/20	0 h	2022 September	Unfinished	" " achievement	-
Game	0/0	0 h	-	Unfinished	" " achievement	-
Game	0/0	0 h	-	Unfinished	" " achievement	-
Game	0/0	0 h	-	Unfinished	" " achievement	-
Game	0/0	0 h	-	Unfinished	" " achievement	-

Name	Choice	Status	Achievements	Playthrough Recording
Hi-Fi RUSH	May 2024	Unplayed	0/71	-
Not Tonight	January 2021	Unplayed	0/15	-
Mega Man Legacy Collection	December 2018	Unplayed	0/24	-
Afterimage	March 2024	Unplayed	0/46	-
Fort Triumph	September 2021	Unplayed	0/27	-
Wildfire	March 2021	Unplayed	0/60	-

Game	Humble Bundle/Choice	Status	Achievement
Lost Eidolons	September 2024 Humble Choice (#58)	Completed	Way of the King
Inkulinati	December 2024 Humble Choice (#61)	Completed	Inkulinati Secret League Member
Foretales	September 2023 Humble Choice (#46)	-	?
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Game	Bundle	Achievements	Status	Proof	Note	Comments
Life is Strange 2 Complete Season	April 2023	17/46	done	"Wolf Pack" achievement	Finish all Life is Strange 2 episodes	★★★☆☆ good game with many details but little brother is a bit annoy
A Guidebook Of Babel	June 2024	19/19	done	"Waking Up" achievement	The carnival ended, leaving the longest goodbye.	★★★★★ great game! good story cute character and interesting
Boxes	January 2025	12/12	done	"Game complete" achievement	Complete the game	★★★★☆ good puzzle game with appropriate difficulty
Dome Keeper	October 2024	22/47	done	"I came prepared" achievement	After retrieving the relic, beat the final wave without the help of the relic bomb.	★★★★☆ fun but a bit difficult
Minit	April 2019	15/27	done	"MINIT" achievement	COMPLETE THE GAME	★★★★☆ speedy game, short but fun
Figment	September 2018	11/23	done	"Coming Back to the Surface" achievement	Complete the game	★★☆☆☆ annoying puzzle

Game	Month	Status	Made in
Astral Ascent	Aug'24	Beaten, going for completion	France 🇫🇷
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Name	HB Month	Achievements obtained	Playtime	Status
8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure	December 2021	0/44	0h	unfinished
Yuppie Psycho	July 2020	0/48	0h	unfinished
Genesis Noir	May 2022	0/17	0h	unfinished
Love is Dead	July 2019	0/35	0h	unfinished
Seven: Enhanced Edition	December 2018	0/35	0h	unfinished
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day	October 2020	0/32	0h	unfinished