Monthly in a Month #54: The Retaliation 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 Metaphor: ReFantazio
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 May 6th 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 don't forget to smack them down!

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

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Game	Bundle	Achievement
Dome Keeper	Humble Choice October 2024	Bite Sized
Inkulinati	Humble Choice December 2024	Inkulinati Secret League Member
MO:Astray	Humble Choice May 2020	Complete Easy Mode
Persona 4 Golden	Humble Choice November 2024	The Truth In Your Hands
Ring of Pain	Humble Choice October 2021	Illuminate, Eliminate / Shadow Spreads
Slime Rancher	Humble Monthly October 2016	The Adventure Continues!

Game	Month	Status
Persona 5 Strikers	Oct'24	Completed
Nowhere Prophet	Aug'21	Decrypted
Boxes: Lost Fragments	Jan'25	Completed
Amanda the Adventurer	May'25	Completed
Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island	Dec'20	Completed
Spyro Reignited Trilogy	Nov'19	Game 1 boss Game 2 - RGB Game 3 - Sorceress Down!
(7) Black Mesa	Apr'17	9/20

Game	Status	HB Monthly
Boxes: Lost Fragments	Beaten	Jan'25 HC#62
Serial Cleaner	Beaten	Jul'18 HM#33
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy	Beaten	Sep'24 HC#58
The Invincible	Beaten	Dec'24 HC#61
Calico	Beaten	Feb'22 HC#27
Dordogne	Beaten	Jan'26 HC#62

Game	Bundle	Proofs	Status
A Plague Tale: Requiem	July 2024	35/35	Completed
ETHEREAL	September 2018	8/8	Completed
Figment	September 2018	23/23	Completed (Idled 3h)
Figment 2: Creed Valley	July 2024	18/18	Completed
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive	July 2020	25/25	Completed (Idled 3.4h)
Serial Cleaner	July 2018	28/28	Completed (Idled 3.1h)

Game	Bundle	Status	Achievements/SS
Moonlighter	July 2019	-	-
Behind the Frame: The finest escenery	May 2023	-	-
Disco Elysium	August 2023	-	-
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun	November 2017	-	-
Othercide	February 2023	-	-
Oaken	February 2024	-	-

Name	Month	Achievements	End achievement	Playtime	Status
Tin Can	Aug 2023	10/20	Back to Earth	8.1h	Beaten
Twin Mirror	Jan 2024	17/24	Onwards and upwards	7.5h	Beaten
A Guidebook of Babel	Jun 2024	19/19	Waking Up	12.2h	Completed
Volume	Feb 2016 (Monthly #4 lol)	20/24	The Complete Works	7.8h	Beaten
Station to Station	Oct 2024	81/81	True explorer	26h	Completed
Kona	Aug 2018	23/35	A Mari Usque Ad Mare	7.5h	Beaten

Game/Bundle	Status	Achievement
Trepang2	Unfinished	[]()
Atlas Fallen	Unfinished	[]()
State of Mind	Unfinished	[]()
Yuppie Psycho	Unfinished	[]()
Sniper Elite V2	Unfinished	[]()
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	Unfinished	[]()

Game	Month	Status	Achievements	Proof
Boxes: Lost Fragments	January 2025	Completed ✅💯 (5.2H)	12/12	Here & Here
Steel Rats™	April 2019	Beaten ✅ (15.1H)	44/46	Hero achievement
Little Nightmares	September 2018	Beaten ✅ (11H / 1.7H idle)	21/22	The Lady's Quarters achievement & Here
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition	September 2018	Completed ✅💯 (60.3H / 3H idle)	50/50	Here & Here
Roguebook	January 2024	Beaten ✅ (15.1H)	23/61	New Game + achievement & Here
Chroma Squad	December 2015	Beaten ✅ (11.3H / 1.8H idle)	28/43	Tourist Hero & Here

Game	Status
Size Matters	Completed
Metal Unit	Completed
A Plague Tale: Innocence	Completed
Minoria	Completed
A Plague Tale: Requiem	[Unfinished]()
MO:Astray	[Unfinished]()

Game	Monthly	Status	Proof
Hardspace: Shipbreaker	Nov. '23	Finished	See you Space Cowboy
Citizen Sleeper	Mar. 24	Not Started	. 9
Midnight Fight Express	Dec. '23	Not Started	. 8

Game	Ending Achievement(s) / Proof	Monthly/Choice
Horace	Game over	May 2020
Eldest Souls	First Among Equals	November 2022
Eternal Threads	Beam Me Up Scotty	June 2023
Twin Mirror	Onwards and upwards / No place like home / No stone unturned	January 2024
Persona 4 Golden	The Truth In Your Hands	November 2024
Fort Solis	Darkest Before the Dawn	January 2025

Game	Bundle	Achievement / Completion Proof	Notes/Assessment
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition	June 2017	Find Your Exit	Liked it alot, thought got real tedious near the end. Still gonna get Brigador Killers. Ultimately though, I prefer SYNTHETIKas my favored isometric tactical shooter.
Demon Turf: Queens Edition	March 2023	The Demon Queen	Definitely gonna try 100% later, and definitely gonna get Demon Tides
FRAMED Collection	September 2021	Got a light?	Could have done with a quick reset button, but pretty good puzzle game nonetheless.
Serial Cleaner	July 2018	Done Cleaning	One of the more flawed stealth games I played
Raji: An Ancient Epic	November 2022	Raji and Golu	I didn't like it.
The Darkside Detective	January 2019	That's A Wrap	Neat point & click adventure game, reminds me of Sam & Max ( Still need to do season 2 )

Game/Bundle	Status	Proof	Comments
Lightmatter October 2020	Started: April 5th / Finished: April 6th	See you on the other side!	I like puzzel games. Enjoyed the game and loved the environment and the graphics. Pretty neat game. Also all of the portal references were a really nice touch ^-^/
Size matters May 2021	Started: April 6th / Finished: April 6th	100% achievements	Been accepted in the past with 100% achievements, not sure if 100% is needed or if there is a qualifying achievement. Finished it with 100% to be sure. Okay ish little game. Had decent fun with getting the achievements.
The Invincible December 2024	Started: April 9th / Finished: April 10th	The End	Decent game so far. Controls for dialogue are a bit finicky though and I have selected the wrong thing a few times because of it. Visuals for climbing over obstacles are making me a bit disoriented. Graphics were nice though and story was fine. Decent walking sim and liked the game.
The Shapeshifting Detective September 2020	Started: April 13th / Finished: April 13th	The Big Sleep	Eh, did not really end up liking the game much. Dragged on a bit. Was on to the right killer, but started doubting in the end and selected the wrong one. Finished the game, but got the bad ending where you fail and get killed. I think I am not cut out for detective work.
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE November 2021	Started: April 13th / Finished: April 13th	Defeated Nidhogg + End screenshot	^0^/ Honestly loving the game. Have not really played rhythm games before, so nice to branch out and try something new. Pretty challenging, but having a blast. Really satisfying to push on and see yourself improve and get further into the dungeon. Finished it on a low difficulty as not used to these games and took me a sec to get used to it. But ended up having a good run/build going and went from only finishing the first levels to making it all the way to the end. Loved the game, really enjoyed it and might try it on a higher difficulty next.
Dropsy February 2016	Started: April 25th / Finished: April 26th	The Longest Hug + End screenshot	Short little decent point and click game to finish the challenge in time. Note that the game is weird with achievements popping, popped all in batches, dunno why. Game was decent, but weird and bit of a sad ending. But was decent to play.

Game Status	Impressions
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE / Started on March 7th / Finished✔ on March 8th Defeated Nidhogg (Final Boss achievement).	Before playing: Rythm-Doom - hell yeah, uhn tuss uhn tiss! After playing: Not sure that the main feature (shooting to beat) really works! But that it's "The Binding of Isaac" in FPS form really helped me enjoy the game. The visuals were hard on my eyes though.
⭐Besiege / Started on March 7th / Finished✔ on April 11th Conqueror (Complete the Campaign).	Before playing: Just found out that Besiege has a campaign! Thank god! I always wanted to try this game, but "sandbox" and "simulation" tags is just another way of saying "time blackhole". With a campaign it will be more structured time spending. After Playing: I was solving campaign 1-3 missions at a time! Pretty chill and engaging. Probably didn't use even the half of all available parts, cause the same OSHA violation machine of my design was doing as much damage as any battle mecha that true masters of the game were able to create.
Saints Row IV / Started on March 18th / Finished✔ on March 28th Screenshot of congratulation for beating the game (Final mission achievement "Imperator" simply didn't pop!).	Before playing: I was avoiding Saints Row games and they were avoiding me (even now you can play "Saints row 1" only through xbox emulator - whaa?). I guess, the general unashamed buffoonery of these games seemed too forceful for me. They were too sure of themselves that I would like them! And I, a little nonconformist, was too afraid that they were right! After Playing: First of all I couldn't finish some secondary quests due to gamebreaking bugs. I found threads of people having the same problems in 2013 but no working solutions (and I tried many). It's the first one for me! To this day I was lucky, and internet always solved my problems! But okey, putting this aside, I didn't mind "Saints Row 4"! But I was not prepared that the 4th part is a big conclusion to the whole Saints Row series. In hindsight - duuuh! I just didn't expect that much of continuation and fan service that I noticed but, of course, didn't really appreciate. Even the whole "superpowers" gameplay was the logical "next step" for the series that, I suppose, was getting crazier with each installment.
!⭐! Sifu / Started on March 14th / Finished✔ on March 17th Legendary Talismans of Wuxing (True ending achievement).	Before playing: I know, it's a difficult game, but I hope it's "rewiring your brain" difficulty, and not "myelination of neurons through excessive repetition". After playing: Masterfully designed in all dimensions that are converging into one of the most satisfying combat I've ever experienced! Mmm.... I guess, not too friendly to novices in reaction-rhythm gameplay hence some complaints about the difficulty! But for me it was right in that sweetest spot of "fun challenging" (all those beaten soulsborne games are paying off).
Darkwood / I have 1min playtime by accident / Started on April 1st progress.	Before playing: I actually was planning to play Darkwood for Halloween in October event, but I chickened out lol. After playing: Nerve-wrecking as heck!
Dordogne / Started on April 29th / progress.	Before playing: Looks nice and unoffensive, probably full of life confirming platitudes. Well, sometimes you need that.
~~Kingdom Come: Deliverance~~ / Started on March 6th / ABORTED🚫 progress.	Before playing: Very wary about this game! "Immersive Open World RPGs" are hit or miss with me, cause I'm one of those "fun optimizators" gamers, and this doesn't always mesh with "enjoy your ride" (usually literally) structure of these games. Not Playing: I just can't get over my skepticism. I boot Kingdom Come and at once get hit with premonition of meaningless little dramas of hodgepodge side quests. Badly masqueraded grind is what I'm not feeling doing this month. And maybe Kingdom Come is not this at all - I played only 7h (too little for such games to make correct judgements) - I promise to give it another try later, out of CJ's event.

Game	Monthly	Status	Proof
Little Nightmares	September 2018	Cleared✅	The Lady's Quarters
Universe For Sale	August 2024	Completed💯	Game complete
Pacific Drive	March 2025	Cleared✅	The End of the Road
Loddlenaut	May 2024	Cleared✅	So long, and thanks for all the trash!
Boxes: Lost Fragments	January 2025	Completed💯	Game complete
Maneater	December 2021	Cleared✅	Vengeance Is Mine

Game	Humble Bundle/Choice	Status	Achievement
Everhood	February 2022 Humble Choice (#27)	Completed	Adventure Continues
Crown Trick	September 2022 Humble Choice (#34)	Completed	True Ending
Hi-Fi RUSH	May 2024 Humble Choice (#54)	Completed	Well that was a rush!
Edge Of Eternity	March 2023 Humble Choice (#40)	Completed	Difficulty Nightmare
Aces and Adventures	September 2023 Humble Choice (#46)	Completed	Spring
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen	December 2016 Humble Monthly #14	Completed	Hardened Veteran