November is a "play a game you won on Steamgifts" month - Butterfly Effect

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The event officially opens at 00:00 UTC, any playtime/achivements before that won't be counted.

Countdown until event starts

Countdown until event ends

Congrats to everyone who participated in October! The stats are the following:

14675 achievements have been achieved
5043.3 hours have been played
449 games have been beaten
172 people have participated and beaten at least one game.

Hope to see you all again this month :)

Due to timezones/people not being online 24/7 I am still accepting any edits/applications for October for the next couple of days.

The theme for this month is

Butterfly Effect

(Thank you to Mitsukuni for the suggestion!)

Tags: Abstract, Adventure, Dark, Dystopian, Interactive Fiction, Multiple Endings, Mystery, Narration, Nudity, Physics, Romance, Story Rich
Games with butterflies, tornadoes, pendulums, orbits, time travel *1
Chaotic games (procedural generation, RNG at every move, too many enemies at the same place, adaptive AI, other (please explain)) *1
Games that have butterfly emoticon or butterfly background at Points Shop *1
Any game from your backlog that the first person chooses who reply to your entry on SG thread *3
Tags: Choices Matter *2
Game titles with nonrecurring letters (we would exclude parts of the game name which are not the title itself like "Complete Edition" or "Remastered") *2

*1 Please provide some kind of explanation/proof (screenshots or link to some proof) in the notes or it will be rejected.
*2 wins or backlog games are okay for everyone. Proof needed for non Tag category
*3 Also we decided to narrow down the "Pick a game for me" to either the user providing a BLAEO list or only games up to 15h HLTB can be choosen. It will be also possible to ask for more picks but only if the first one has been beaten and only one at a time. Please link the pick in your comment.

For those using the Secret Santa games a link to the discord post is required.

No win that fits the theme or played them all?

Please use the "Note" section when submitting the game to inform me of this situation.

You can submit this months games you are going to play here:

https://pagywosg.xyz/events/54

Updated FAQ Version on our Discord Server

Who can participate

Anyone who does not have any unactivated wins. You can participate even if you don't have any SteamGifts wins, see the "Have already completed all your wins?" below as it applies to this scenario too.

Extra Rules:

No comment on this thread? If there is something wrong with the game you submitted it gets deleted. With this many participants we can't chase after everyone.
No comment on this thread = not invited to join/re-join the group.
Any idle time (e.g. idleing for cards, answering the phone/door, looking up solutions, etc..while the game is still running) needs to be added to the time before the month. We want to have times that are as "clean" as possible for the leaderboard. Any time that is higher than 2x HLTB time will be considered as abnormally high and will raise questions.
If we ask for proof that a game fits a certain category, please link the appropriate proof (e.g. screenshots, explanation, videos, etc.) in the notes section of the game entry on the event page. Same goes for the ending screenshots for games without achievements.
DLC: I've won/bought a story DLC, can I (re-)play the game? If the DLC has achievements go ahead. If it has an ending achievement reaching that is enough. If there is no ending achievement you will need to complete all DLC achievements for it to count. If you have more than one story DLC then you can play each one as separate entry for different months as long as either the main game or DLC fits the theme. Please only add the main game to the event page and note in the notes section that you are going for DLC achievements.
I've won a game bundle. Do I have to play all games for it to count? If the bundle gives you several games with different steam ID's feel free to play them one by one.
If it gives you one bundle of games with one steam ID then it depends. Do they each have achievements of their own (including an ending achievement)? Then go ahead and play them separately. Though make a note in the notes section, so we know what to look for. Non achievement games or games that play continuously (e.g. all entries play through without an ending between them) are not allowed atm since we do not have a good way to track them separately.
If my games does not have an ending/campaign what do I need to do for it to count as beaten? For this we have two different things you can pick from: either the average HLTB time or 25% achievements reached.
The event officially opens at 00:00 UTC, any playtime/achivements before that won't be counted.

Theme for December

Happy Holidays!
Santa Claus is coming to town
Die Hard

If we only get 2 theme suggestion I will revive the second runner ups from previous years.

Theme for January

Do you think you have a good idea for a theme for January? Leave it in the comments below. If there are not at least 3 suggestions I will take some of the previous runner ups for this month and put them in the poll next month and the one with the most votes will become January's theme.

Giveaway

Everyone who beats at least one win this month will get the chance to win any of the games listed below. Times are UTC :

Legend of Keepers by samwise84 region restricted
EXAPUNKS by samwise84
Spellcaster University by samwise84
Ampersat by samwise84
Blasphemous by samwise84
Necromunda: Hired Gun by samwise84
Omno by samwise84
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE by samwise84
Metro Exodus by samwise84
Yakuza 6 by samwise84
Resident Evil 3 by samwise84 region restricted
Resident Evil 7 by samwise84
XCOM: Ultimate Collection by samwise84
Katamari Damacy REROLL by moemustaine
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection by Zelrune
Morkredd by Zelrune
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition by Zelrune
Wall World by AndyFrost
Creaks by Kokkol
Eternal Threads by Naitas
Per Aspera by Naitas
Grow: Song of the Evertree by Naitas
Arboria by Leon30670
Eternal Edge + by Leon30670
Everhood by Leon30670
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA by Carenard
Pathologic 2 by Akuburanir end early on Nov 30th
Unpacking by Gelweo
DEATHLOOP by Samwise84
Fall of the New Age Premium Edition by Tristar

Have already completed all your wins?

Then feel free to participate with your normal Steam backlog instead :)

Useful links:

Discord
Steam group - please don't bother requesting to join unless I told you to do so, you will get denied.
How Long to Beat
Do You Even Play, Bro? – kelnage’s script
BLAEO website - BLAEO application thread
Source code of the website.
Steam Library Filter
FAQ, Updated Version, Discord
Who did you win from and how many games

Previous months:

2023: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November
2022: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2021: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2020: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2019: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2018: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2017: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

1 year ago*

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Which theme would you like to see for December?

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Happy Holidays! - Tags: Action, Adventure, Arcade, Atmospheric, Casual, Comedy, Co-op, Multiplayer, Racing. Games with official holiday themed artwork/promo material/game content. Games with alcohol, fireworks, pumpkins, Santa outfits, snow or turkeys in them. Games won/activated/released in Nov-Jan. Games that can be played with others. 1st part of a game series.

Santa Claus is coming to town - Stealth, Flight, Monster Collector, Tycoon games, Games gifted to others on SG by the participant, Games that have you travel across the globe, Games where you play as an immortal/evil overlord, Games that entirely take place during a single day, Games with elves but no dwarves

Die Hard - Tags: 1980s, Action, Action Roguelike, America, Cult Classic, Difficult, Heist, Roguelike, Roguelite, Souls-like; Achievements for dying; Achievements for deathless playthroughs; Villains with german name; Games playing on/around Christmas; Games with towers, terrorists, policemen; Games where you can fall to death; Games with a hard mode; Games with a health bar; Game title includes the word "Die" or "Hard"

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samwise84

Leaderboard

1 year ago

SG username	Number of achievements	Hours of Playtime	Games beaten
Mitsukuni	238	148.6	13
Thexder	37	145.3	2
vot4ol	182	117.4	9
PoeticKatana	216	114	11
Moony1986	287	96.3	11
samwise84	182	94	9
sunmi	223	83.8	9
mjy	47	82.1	2
aquatorrent	57	78	2
wifishark	28	75.5	1
Cece09	337	71.9	60
KonTa	111	64.4	7
stuped	88	62.9	1
Carenard	165	60.4	6
Noxco	80	55.5	4
1bit	46	55.5	1
Ninglor03	107	53	4
LieEater	11	51.8	1
PeterShepard	84	50.3	1
Vasharal	35	47.8	2
EyeofArrow	117	45.5	2
JohnWickTheQuick	77	45	2
Almostn33t	146	44.6	8
Naitas	30	43.1	3
Millsshogun	53	42.6	1
aza3l12	55	41.9	2
Zelrune	76	38.5	5
CptWest	50	38	7
RavenWings	148	37.3	4
Trinity1999	65	36.8	1
Xeloses	35	36.1	2
alexan310	26	35.6	1
LaVolpe99	87	35.1	5
Radicalutopian	91	34.7	2
Leon30670	45	34.5	4
moonlightdriver	70	32.1	3
ZPE	115	32	3
DarkRainX	20	31.9	2
emymer	23	30.9	1
Kehai	13	30.1	1
mateot93	49	30	3
xxxka	108	29.9	4
doubleomurfy	30	28.2	1
Foxpile	153	27	11
AndyFrost	30	25.7	2
inmate66	83	25.4	2
Gellax	31	23.6	3
aleluist	30	23.3	1
fedordolohov	47	23.2	1
PapaSmok	30	22.7	2
psousa	31	22.5	3
ChocolateVC	23	22.3	2
Kokkol	113	21.8	5
KoRayven	17	21.1	1
krol7	20	20.7	2
Arthur13	40	20.7	1
Tiajma	54	20.5	2
CultofPersonalitea	38	20.3	2
GrowingStrong	47	20.3	2
escollo	78	19.7	3
galiane	15	18.5	3
SpiderDen	103	18.2	6
VinroyIsViral	5	18	1
Cbasplay	12	17.3	1
Tewam	45	16.4	2
MrPerry	26	16.3	1
DrSlitheen	52	15.7	1
zohir	20	15.6	1
ThePonz	48	15.6	1
Haroks	14	15	1
moemustaine	42	14.9	2
eledhrim	45	14.9	1
fernandopa	14	14.5	1
Wasari	8	14.4	1
ecefromhell	13	14.4	1
CharlesNonsens	34	13.7	1
Nightshine	1	13.5	1
Roleri	35	13.5	1
Fun532	26	13.2	1
Dux80	25	13.1	1
Volcanic	19	13	1
amusedmonkey	23	13	1
axolotlprime	26	12.7	2
Zarshir	27	12.7	1
Yukiin	12	12.5	2
sallachim	31	12.2	1
Kyrrelin	44	12.1	2
kinkami	40	12	1
Filipi	19	11	1
Slide95	33	10.9	1
semik552	50	10.9	1
SmokyMonki	28	10.8	1
Asteria94	10	10.5	1
Jorin	6	10.2	1
igel2005	17	10.1	1
freshduke	30	10.1	1
cassioht	17	9.7	2
Valmar666	13	9.7	1
greatmastermario	23	9.6	2
quijote3000	1	9.6	1
BubbyBobble	17	9.4	1
Heprer	21	9.3	1
SilentBlood	10	9.2	1
ExcelElmira	8	9	1
AiSora	21	8.6	1
RussellCZ	23	8.5	1
Yekhus	27	8.5	1
Rysanlos	28	8.5	1
aklgupta	18	8.5	1
Akuburanir	11	8.4	1
z00rox	12	8.3	1
Wildstorm	0	8.3	1
Nidetag	31	8.1	1
Zarakkii	27	8	1
AiKirika	17	7.8	1
LightX	16	7.8	1
Aldcoran	62	7.3	3
MeowMilkyWay	6	7.2	1
g2gfast	8	7.2	1
UnknownEAK	16	7	1
xymjak	11	6.9	1
Ad4m	17	6.6	1
JohnRyder	22	6.5	1
Ivannes	4	6.4	1
BlackStark	30	6.3	1
TheNothing	17	6.2	1
Zud1000	28	6	1
Gozu	12	5.7	2
Mikoy7	1	5.4	1
xurc	13	5.2	1
Francoo	25	5.2	1
AlohaHawaii	0	5	1
Lucifera	0	4.9	1
RePlayBe	5	4.9	1
goplayer7	18	4.6	1
Epaminondas93	6	4.5	1
Gelweo	67	4.3	2
robocub	11	4	1
damianea103	6	3.8	2
SolubleCrow	33	3.7	2
VicViperV	18	3.7	1
juhaszandor	21	3.7	1
Naturefusal	44	3.6	1
Fluffster	19	3.6	1
Pacchi	40	3.3	1
SnowyWing	9	3.2	1
Trashes	126	3	5
MrPantera	0	3	1
lav29	5	2.9	1
740kt	7	2.7	1
Pinajet	0	2.7	1
CallMeKap	10	2.7	1
Metalhead8489	22	2.7	1
Sylom	0	2.6	1
776861743f	17	2.6	1
Droj	1	2.6	1
jimmy09172000	15	2.5	2
Blueaquapearl50	19	2.5	1
alancml	48	2.3	1
sweetcuppincakes	2	1.9	1
Tristar	32	1.9	1
adam1224	0	1.9	1
ManlyMeatMan	2	1.8	1
AnuPatel	1	1.7	1
GabbyGabe	4	1.5	1
MouseWithBeer	23	1.5	1
AllTracTurbo	14	1.4	1
droha	10	0.9	1
mulchand	1	0.7	1
andreeeeeww	19	0.4	1
ViddaX	33	0.4	1
Microfish	8	0	1
ba2	7	-27.9	1
Total	7289	3666.7	406

Game	Subcategory	Notes	Status
Portal 2	Any game from your backlog that the first person chooses who reply to your entry on SG thread	damianea103 recommended!	Beaten!
Batora: Lost Haven	Tag: Choices Matter	Backlog	Completed!
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby	Tag: Choices Matter	Backlog	Beaten!
Rainswept	Game titles with nonrecurring letters	Backlog	Beaten!
Through the Woods	Tag: Adventure	-	Unfinished
Growing Up	Any game from your backlog that the first person chooses who reply to your entry on SG thread	Ninglor03 recommended!	Unfinished
The Ramp	Game titles with nonrecurring letters	Backlog	Completed!

Name	Subcategory	Won From	Won/Activated on	Status
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series	Tag Choices Matter (backlog)	-	Jul 18, 2017	✅
Unravel	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (backlog)	-	Nov 22, 2022	✅
My Friend Pedro	Pick a game for me (by doubleomurfy 💝)	-	Jan 24, 2022	✅
Curse of the Dead Gods	Games with tornadoes	sunmi	Jun 23, 2023	✅
Valfaris	Games with orbits	RateaxDark	Jul 31, 2022	✅
Hero of the Kingdom III	Games that have butterfly emoticon in Points Shop	Mercymae	Feb 15, 2020	✅
Road 96	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (win)	GreenTomator	Oct 25, 2023	✅
DARQ	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (win)	Gelweo	Jun 23, 2023	✅
Crawl	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (win)	edaslambo	Oct 28, 2017	✅
SkyDrift	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (win)	TidyPuppet	May 15, 2018	✅
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (backlog)	-	Jul 18, 2017	✅
Pixel Puzzles 2: Space	Pick a game for me (by carenard 💝)	-	Nov 1, 2017	✅

Name	Subcategory	Won On	Status
Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star	Tag Narration	March 24, 2023	Completed
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?	Tag Interactive Fiction	September 7, 2023	Completed
Gothic 1	Tag Choices Matter (backlog)	-	Beaten
Save the Planet	Games with butterflies	June 16, 2023	Beaten

Game	Subcategory	Play stats	Notes
Soulstice	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished	a win
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished	backlog
RONIN: Two Souls CHAPTER 1	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished	backlog

Name	Category	Status
Evan's Remains	Tag Adventure	Completed
Ghostrunner	Pick a game for me	Beaten
Prey	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (backlog)	Beaten
Prey (2006)	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (backlog)	Completed
Celeste	Pick a game for me	Beaten
Archvale	Tag Adventure	Beaten
Inmates	Game titles with nonrecurring letters (backlog)	Completed
Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition	Games with butterflies	Completed
Expeditions: Viking	Tag Choices Matter (backlog)	Completed

Game	Category	Status
Five Dates	Tag Interactive Fiction	Completed
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion	Tag Story Rich	Completed
The Evil Within	Tag Dark	Beaten

Game	Subcategory	Status
Eternal Threads	Tag Choices Matter (win)	Completed
The Deed: Dynasty	Tag Choices Matter (win)	Unfinished
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut	Pick a game for me	Unfinished
Spirit of the Island	Tag Choices Matter (win)	Beaten

Game	Theme	Status
Amnesia™: Memories	Romance tag	Completed
AR-K	Adventure tag	[]()
Highway Blossoms	Romance tag	Beaten

Name	Category	Status	Notes
KAMI	Game titles with nonrecurring letters	completed	(Backlog)
Meeple Station	Games with orbits	Beaten	-

Game	Category	Status
Pato Box	Adventure tag	Unfinished
Forgotton Anne	Story Rich tag	Beaten
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons	Adventure tag	Unfinished
NUTS	Mystery tag	Completed

Game	Subcategory	Status	Notes
Hiveswap: Act 1	Tag(s): Adventure/Story Rich	Beaten	Bugged achievement; impossible to complete 100%
Resident Evil 4 (2005)	Tag: Adventure	Completed	0.5 hours previous playtime

Game	Link	Hours of Playtime	Subcategory	Status
The Walking Dead: The Final Season	Achievements - 48/48	15.6	Tags: choices matter, adventure, story rich	FINISHED!
maybe	soon™	---	---	---
	Total: 48/48

Game	Category	Status (Proof)	Hours taken
Flynn: Son of Crimson	Tag - Adventure	Completed	7.6
Everhood	Pick a game for me	Beaten	6.2
The Inner World	Tag - Adventure	Completed	4.2
Tiny Lands	Tag - Adventure	Completed	4.4
A Juggler's Tale	Tag - Story Rich	Completed	2.3
Iris and the Giant	Tag Choices Matter (win)	Beaten (1, 2)	8.1
Emily is Away <3	Tag Choices Matter (backlog)	Completed	9.3
Emily is Away	Tag Choices Matter (backlog)	Completed	0.6

Game	Subcategory	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	Tag Mystery	0/34	0h	Unfinished	-
Tales from the Borderlands	Tag Choices Matter	35/35	13.5h	Beaten	2.3h to replay Episode 1 for achievements
The Walking Dead: The Final Season	Tag Choices Matter	0/48	0h	Unfinished	Not a win

Game	Achievements	Hours of Playtime	Subcategory	Status
Batman: Arkham City	38/64	27.6	Story Rich	Beaten
Dying Light: The Following	10/10	13.7	Story Rich	Completed
Five Dates	15/15	6.9	Story Rich	Completed
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?	17/17	7.3	Story Rich	Completed
	80	55.5		4

Game	challenges	Achievements	Status
Bowave	Game titles with nonrecurring letters	achievements	Complete(100%)
Locke(d)	Game titles with nonrecurring letters	achievements	Complete(100%)

Game	Category	Status
INSIDE	Pick a game for me	Beaten
A Jugglers Tale	Narration	Beaten
Timespinner	Pick a game for me	-

Game	Category	Playtime	Status
The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia	Story Rich	7.5h	Beaten
Eldest Souls	Adventure	12.8h	Beaten