Introduction


Playing Appreciated is a group for members that like to play games they win and for giveaway creators that like to see their games getting played. This sounds simple, yet requires committent and dedication from members by filtering out games they like to play from all group giveaways and when won playing those within one month. In return members will get higher chances of winning games they want and creators will know their giveaways have a high chance of getting played. The group has more than 1000 members and over 25000 historical giveaways.

Group rules


  • You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public (example);
  • You will play all giveaways you win via this group within one month;
  • When creating a giveaway it is recommended to include a small group rule reminder in your giveaway, something like: "This is a Playing Appreciated giveaway, by joining you commit to playing this game within a month when won.".

How to join


  1. Make sure you did not violate any SteamGifts rules in the last month;
  2. Comment one of the two options to enter the group in this discussion:
    • Option 1: Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play. The game shouldn't be very short and must have achievements. Comment with the name of the game before you start playing it and comment again when you finished playing it. Please upload some screenshots to Steam as well.
    • Option 2: Supporting the cause by creating a group giveaway of a game that you would like to see getting played by other group members within a month as soon as your membership request was approved. The game should not have been given away free before (marked by ** when creating a giveaway on SteamGifts).
  3. Press "Request To Join" on our group page;
  4. Wait for us to approve your request, we'll always reply on the comment you have made in this topic.

Final notes


More information and a FAQ is available via the Steam group. Current group giveaways can be found here on SteamGifts. Feel free to comment below if you have any questions!

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Can I join this group?

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Sure, tell me how you would like to join. Also feel free to check out this group, you seem to qualify after 1 year, but you haven't joined that many giveaways I see? ;)

7 years ago
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Can I join? I'll create a giveaway once I'm in, I like the idea of the group!

7 years ago
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Alright :) Curious to see your first giveaway, invitation was send!

7 years ago
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I'm going through my previous wins at the moment so not overly interested in winning many games, but have some id like to giveaway in the hope they'd be played.

7 years ago
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Alright, invitation was send, curious to see what your first giveaway will be :)

7 years ago
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I'd love to join this group, it looks like a great idea. I have a giveaway ready for one of my favorite games, love to give it to someone in the group so I know it'll get played

7 years ago
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Your very welcome to do so :) Invitation was send, curious to see your first giveaway.

7 years ago
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Awesome, thanks! Just put up my giveaway.

Glad to be part of the group!

7 years ago
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This seem a very nice group. Because you sometimes don't know if a game is worth to play(buy) before you do.

7 years ago
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you sometimes don't know if a game is worth to play(buy) before you do.

Thanks, but I'm not following your logic.. then you can download a demo or see a play-through on YouTube? The idea here is that you only join giveaways that you want to play if you win them. Of course it can then turn out to be a disappointment, but a decent attempt is required.

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Yeah maybe false written from me.
I bought for example Civ4(not steam) and while it was very nice and so, I failed in it. This was very sad. :(
I like the incentive to play the game after you won it. :D

With the giveaways, you give even games a chance, you would say have nah, not so good. (^.^)

7 years ago
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I'd gladly join. Playing new good games is always worth a try.

7 years ago
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Sure, tell me how :)

7 years ago*
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I'd gift Death Goat, Phoenix Force and Oniken, for now.
Death Goat is METAL and the other ones are from brazillian developers, so I'd like to spread those great games.

7 years ago
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Alright, option two then :) Invitation was send.

7 years ago
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I wouldn't mind joining. Seeing as I don't have much to giveaway right now, I'll have to go with option #1. Game of choice is AR-K. (It has some playtime on it, but I have never actually played it. I hope that's okay.)

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I wouldn't mind either ;) Have fun playing AR-K then and as a note you start-off with a playtime of 0.9hrs.

7 years ago
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I have now finished AR-K with 4.0 hours on record and 10/12 achievements.

Edit: I forgot the screenshots though... I could take those when I replay the game tomorrow for those remaining achievements?

7 years ago*
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This will do fine :) Invitation was send, welcome to the group!

7 years ago
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Thank you very much! :)

7 years ago
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I would like to apply by playing Puppy Dog: Jigsaw Puzzles. It doesnt have achievements but you can very nicely screenshot the progress - I finished the Kitty version and you see what you completed with stars under the puzzle in the selection menu.
If that game is not alight you can choose one that would be ok from here, I am planing to play all of them sooner or later anyway.

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Your welcome to join :) I'd prefer that you picked a game with achievements. You can let me pick one, but that might make it harder if I'd pick a game you were not planning to play soon, so I'll leave that to you xD

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Then I would like to go with this this :D if that is not good either, I am honestly fine with you choosing whatever, I do not have any plans on what games I play anyway :)

7 years ago*
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Yes, Bad Rats will do fine :) Just a note that you start of with 2 hours of playtime already. Have fun ^^

7 years ago
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Great! I will reply again sometime at the beginning of next week when it should be finished. Thank you! I really want to see if it as bad as people say it is :)

7 years ago
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Alright :) Hope it will not be too bad xD

7 years ago
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Awful awful awful awful game. Words cannot explain how horrible this game is. It took me till now to finish all the levels because I could not stand to play more than a few levels at once. If there is someone else ever trying to join by playing Bad Rats please convince them otherwise xD

7 years ago
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Hahaha ;-) I guess Bad Rats Show is not something you'll be playing :P But you played this one! Invitation was send, welcome to the group :)

7 years ago
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Nope, not touching that with a 10 foot pole :P Already accepted, that was super quick :O Thank you! :)

7 years ago
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Hello,
can i join group? it's nice idea to give people motivation to play different games :)

7 years ago
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Hi :) Nice cat guarding your beer haha. You can join, tell me how you would like to!

7 years ago
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got 2 unused bundle keys and i can play any game from my library :) unless that game really bad :D

7 years ago
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In that case I'd prefer you make a giveaway with one of those unused bundle keys so I can invite you directly :) Invitation was send!

7 years ago
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Why only one of them? :)

7 years ago
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Haha, more is always welcome if you want of course but not required for entrance ;-)

7 years ago
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Can i create Ru/Cis ga's? got few gifts and can't use them :D

7 years ago
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Sure, we have 12 members from Russia at least, you'll might make them happy :)

7 years ago
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3 Giveaway created :) will create more once i will have extra games

7 years ago
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I wish to join. I have won quite a small amount of games, and played them except one, for which I will probably need a convenient gamepad to play without suffering. I don't have really much time, but on the other hand I have become very picky and enter giveaways rarely, especially group GAs. Only games I expect being fun for me and which I am going to give a decent shot. Now I am playing little by little Fallout 4 (one of my wins, actually).

Much more than games (which I have a lot myself), I need a place for making giveaways. I just don't feel satisfied giving games to people who don't play them (this is about better games, of course, not bundle leftovers). Checked some of my old given gifts, and got quite upset - people have not played some of games I bought specially for giving gifts. They weren't cheap at all, and I am sure there is a lot of people who would gladly play these nice games. Playing won games would be grateful, and I would feel rewarded in some sense. Now I am disappointed.
I see no reason for adding these winners to blacklists, better strategy is just to find new good places for making my future GA for nice games~

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You seem right at home here then. One of my first "bigger" giveaways (on Indiegala of all places) I gave away was GTA V which I bought for 35,99€ and a (still) highly wish-listed game. Yet the winner did not touch it in the last 5 months. Such a waste and it was on sale recently for less money (29,99€). Indeed, I'm collecting games myself too, so there is no harm in collecting them, but for certain non-bundles games it's a waste of money just to be a +1 in someone's library. Hence this group :)

You are very welcome to enter, we recently introduced entrance conditions, so you have to create a giveaway after entering or play one of your previous winnings. Since you tell me you played them all (except one), you can pick one from your Steam library instead if you'd like. Tell me how you would like to join :)

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In free time I play Fallout 4, but I don't expect to finish it really quickly.
Can play something in between depending on mood, but playing something just to enter a group sounds ridiculous for me. I could rather create some GA, but if it will not be pretty much wishlisted, I could add another small group (or U7/only unluckies) to it, is it alright? I expect people in this group not entering a lot of giveaways.

7 years ago
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It has to be a group exclusive giveaway, but since we have 500+ members, I don't think you'll have to worry about gaining 5+ entries. :) Invitation was send!

7 years ago
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Id like to join as the first option. So far Ive played 2 of the games I won Saints Row 4 and Hell Girls. SR4 is seriously fun although after finishing it there is not much left to do besides the achievements lol and the other one is a nice match 3 game like the ones I play on my phone. Tbh I have no clue why I have entered the giveaways for the other 2 games I won lol those games are not really any interesting, must have been missclick.

7 years ago
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Both Hack-a-bomb (4hrs on record) and Heaven Island: VR (6.4hrs on record) will do. Pick one you like and check back when you've finished it :)

7 years ago
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Finished the Heaven Island VR :)

7 years ago
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Seems like an easy game haha xD Invitation send, welcome to the group.

7 years ago
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I'm interested in joining, I could actually do both options, as I have planned to start playing my latest win within the next 24hrs and as I'd also make a giveaway when joining, so either of the options would work for me :)

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Your welcome to join :) Please create a giveaway then, so I can send you an invitation directly as I did now ^^ Curious to see what it will be and welcome to the group!

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7 years ago
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I guess you'd apply to join then by making a giveaway ;) After that you can always leave the group when you want to or simply just not join any group giveaways (but you are free to if you want).

7 years ago
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Hi, I'd like to join by playing The Silent Age. (achievement link)

7 years ago
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Hi! Have fun playing This Silent Age and please check back here when you've finished. :)

7 years ago
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I finished The Silent Age. The story is quite good, and the narrative is humorous.

7 years ago
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Good to hear. Invitation was send, welcome to the group.

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Hey, I would like to join by the 1 Option. I won the following 5 games, but unfortunately none of them started playing. shame on me
I would like to change this now and play one after the other. :)
Please choose one from which I should start, for the group recording.

  1. Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
  2. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
  3. Else Heart.Break
  4. Combat Core
  5. Warriors of Vilvatikta

You can also choose a different game from my library which I have not played yet. :)

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Hi :) Only two of them have achievements and to make your life easy I choose the one with the best reviews for you :)
Have fun playing Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri and please check back here when you have finished.

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Finished it :)
Story was Ok, but the riddles were too easy.
The game always tell you what to do and where.

7 years ago
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Easy game but congrats :) Invitation was send, welcome to the group!

7 years ago
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Thanks for the invitation :)

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Hi :) A nice list of games you already played, but there is also a list of at least 15 games you did not yet play ;-) You need to pick one of those. What about Never Alone?

7 years ago
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I made a list only with 10 games but there is more games played.

I have Never alone downloaded on my notebook with Distraint. So, I will play it soon.

Thanks for the answer.

7 years ago
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Your welcome, let me know when you have finished it :)

7 years ago
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Done Never Alone. Almost the part without the DLC Never Alone: Foxtales. Now I want the DLC, damn.
This is an awesome game.

7 years ago
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Nice to hear you liked it, as did I :) Invitation was send, welcome to the group jotapdiez!

7 years ago
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Thanks, accepted.

Yesterday, I bought the DLC because is an awesome game

7 years ago
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Hi, i want to join, i have a giveaway to gift.

7 years ago
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Alright, curious to see what it will be :) Invitation was send!

7 years ago
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I've checked your member count and entries on some giveaways and I think this group would be a good fit for me. I'm not sure I'd qualify on played gifts since I usually don't really take that in to account when deciding what to play but I'm sure I can manage to find a couple we can have a chat about. I do however have some contributions that would be fitting.

7 years ago
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Just play your winnings from this group :) Invitation was send, curious to see your first giveaways.

7 years ago
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Well, I had something old but well regarded in mind but it seems they are lacking achievements so I'll come up with something else

7 years ago
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Took me a while to figure out why I couldn't find the right group when creating the give. Apparently you have to sync your profile duh :P
I blame my slightly feverish brain.

7 years ago
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I see it now, thanks for Tricky Towers :) This and any other group giveaway will be added to the group tool within a day usually.

7 years ago
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uhm, that's odd I was sure I made two of them but I guess I'm worse then I imagined. I'll just have to give it another go :D

7 years ago
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I would be really interested to join this group and have a giveaway ready for the group <3

7 years ago
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Hi! We'd love to have you, but by group rules I cannot invite you at the moment. Please read them over again.

7 years ago
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Did i understand it correctly, my account must be 1 month old right? And i am actualls 3 weeks right? :o

7 years ago
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Please check out your notifications for clarification. ;)

7 years ago
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Please send an invite :) I only join giveaways now that I am 100 % sure to play. I like the idea my games go Here too. (Not all since I'm in another groep))

7 years ago
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Hi :) Your welcome to join! Please tell me which option to enter you pick :)

7 years ago
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Both. I'll finish Elegy for a dead world and I'll do a GA.

7 years ago
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Because you'll do a giveaway, I have send you the invitation directly now however ;) Curious to see what it will be. Feel free to finish Elegy, it's not a Playing Appreciated giveaway :P

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What do you mean by 'it's not a playing appreciated giveaway?

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Elegy for a dead world is not a group giveaway from us, thus does not fall under the group rules, so you are free to play it or not. You will enter now by creating a giveaway, so you don't have to play it as entrance requirement, that's what I meant. Perhaps confusing, sorry for that.

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Ahh I understand.

But the rule itself is quite confusing. How could I play that game if I'm not part of the group?
Or is it about my first win? If that's the case, isn't it the goal of this group to play every game you win? Making that rule obsolete?

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You have been invited to the group now. Every game you win from this group you need to play.

7 years ago
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Can i join? A little bit about me, i tend to play every-game i have on steam to end (been doing the humble bundles, starting from tales of zesteria and playing now enslaved), some games i dont finish cause some bugs or there is no end xD.

7 years ago
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For sure you can join! But please read the OP and comment how you would like to enter. Either by making a giveaway after you entered or by playing a unplayed game that you won on SteamGifts.

7 years ago
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Sure, gonna play Princess.Loot.Pixel.Again (already have 4.8h on and zero achievement)

7 years ago
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Completed a run, similar game to binding of isaac, couldn't completed other's run (i suck at this type of games), here is the achievement don't know if is enough i didn't won much games (Recent user).

Still thanks for the opportunity

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This will do, invitation was send! Welcome to the group.

7 years ago
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Thanks :)

7 years ago
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I would really like to join too, but I have a HUGE backlog, and I'm trying to play as much as possible but then I get stuck in one game that takes all my time, also because I want to get all achievements in a game, and it takes time, but I'm trying my best, it's hard with 3800+ games on account when only around 400 is played :/

BUT I've went through my won games, and recently played the crappy Road Madness, completed with all achievements.
Tried Axes and Acres about an hour and got 1/15 achievements.
Slash It with all achievements.

I think I've only played around 25% of my winnings so far, mostly because I stumple upon something else in my library I wanna try.

Long story short: I would love to be a part of this group, and supply some giveaways now and then, but would like to enter for playing a game, if the others don't count, let me know, and I'll play another :)

EDIT: I'm playing Speed Kill at the moment, also won here :)

My progress and proof https://completionist.me/steam/profile/76561198013261863
http://astats.astats.nl/astats/User_Info.php?SteamID64=76561198013261863

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This is some big backlog indeed. ;) Are you sure that any games you win from this group you can play within a month? They have to be given a real serious try, like half of the average playtime at least. In any case, be selective with entering any group giveaways, we have kicked several members already who won too much and couldn't handle it.
As for entrance, I see very nice and amazing stats (you play allot, that's clear). I'd ask you to pick a game that has achievements though and was not yet played. This can be a short game. Just comment the name here first and then play it. This can be a simple game. Giving away a game upon entry is also still possible, to make both our lives more easy ;) Let me know.

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I'm sure I can do it, I'm pretty serious about it, and it gives me an opportunity to pick a game to play, that's always the hardest part of it :)

I will pick both Speed Kills (I've started after I made the comment)
AND NAL Is Alive also just to have an extra :)

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Alright then :) NAL is Alive will do just fine! I hope you'll enjoy playing it and please check back here when you consider it finished.

7 years ago
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I have now played all games in NAL is Alive at least once (that is, the games that actually would work) ;)
https://completionist.me/steam/profile/76561198013261863
http://astats.astats.nl/astats/User_Info.php?SteamID64=76561198013261863

7 years ago
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You did, and with flying colors :) Invitation was send, welcome to the group!

7 years ago
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Thanks :)

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This is a pretty cool idea.
I wanted to clear my backlog for a very Long time and since spring break will
begin tomorrow, now is a good time to start.

I would like to start with "The Silent Age" as an application if that's okay :)

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Thanks, take care when you are joining group giveaways, you can win too much if you are not selective. The Silent Age will do fine! Have fun playing it, and check back when you did :)

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I just finished the game.
It was shorter than I expected but fun nontheless.
I missed some of the secret achievments on my first playthrough but I went back to get
them all so I can consider this game finished now :)

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I see and good to also see you managed to find the hidden achievements meanwhile :) Invitation was send, welcome to the group!

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Thank you :)

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Why i am kicked out from group? Can i ask for the reason? I come home from work want entry some giveaways and im kicked?

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Sure you can ask for the reason. Also you are welcome to join again after you played all the games. Your were kicked for Ace Combat Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition. You felt short on both overall playtime and in addition should have been able to get at least one achievement in the playtime you had. If you had thanked the giveaway creator, you would have gotten a reminder about it; perhaps a tip for next time.

Now, this behavior did not only display with just this game, but all games you won were getting played borderline. It could be that all the games you won were disappointing, but we'd like to see that you are more critical then on the giveaways you do join, so others who do like the game and want to spend allot of time with it can do so because they win it. Check out the trailer, download a demo, view some gameplay on YouTube or just suffer the consequences of entering it and play it good enough even if you don't really like it. You can see the giveaways you won here.

As said, you are free to join again one time when you have played all your wins to a good level. Currently outstanding wins are:
Ace Combat Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition
Evoland 2
Space Run Galaxy
Sword of Asumi
Husk (it has the note that you had problems with running the game, but perhaps you can try another computer. If not we see about that later)

Hope I explained it well and you understand. To sum up: it's not a demo group, giveaway creators would really like to see there games getting played till the end and that is now not the case with allot of your winnings. Have fun with all your wins (I guess you can miss a few giveaways, you have allot to play already :P) and hope to see you later!

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Ok ill finish this 4 games this weekend, .. Damn i missed now good games on gieaways in group, thanks for the answer.

7 years ago
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Your welcome. I don't think you will finish it this weekend though, seeing the main story of Evoland 2 already takes 17,5 hours ;)

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Welp then next weekend ;)

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i need now only finish ace combat assault and husk now i changed my pc i can play husk too, can i enter now or need to finish this two games too? i need littel time for it becuz i reinstall steam new again and all of my games that means 1.000gb need to download again this cost me 1.2 weeks. short talk: i can finish this two games within 1 month.

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