This is my 4th or 5th puzzle here. I can't be sure as I had a long break.

There are 3 stages, each more difficult than the previous one.

All answers are game titles and all bar one are on Steam. If you have trouble with wording copy/paste the title from Steam store page.

Standard rules apply: no hinting, sharing or asking on the internets (it only makes you look dumb).

You start HERE.

Giveaways end on Friday.


HINTS

  • S1Q4 - One-word title. You can find this game on Steam store front page.

  • Only non-Steam game is S3Q8

  • S2Q2 - VERY famous game that spawned 2 sequels.

  • S3Q4 - I can't get the formatting to work here for some reason. Posted the hint in description of 2nd giveaway.

  • S3Q6 - In a way it's similar to S2Q2... (I have to admit this one is more difficult than it should be. Something changed after I created this part of the puzzle and it made this question much harder. It's still doable, but I'll have to make up for this somehow.)


UPDATES

Seems like S1Q4 is giving you more trouble than I intended, so first hint is for this question.

Added hint for S2Q2 and 1st bonus giveaway to S3.

Added hint for S3Q4

11 years ago*

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If there won't be any more hints incoming for S3 I think I'm out. Nice puzzle though but just to time consuming :)

11 years ago
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I gotta give up, too. Have Q2, Q4, Q5 and Q8 from S3. But I have invested too much time already. Please give us the solutions afterwards (with a little explanation if the relation between picture and game is not apparent).

11 years ago
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Hopelessly stuck on S3Q6. ;-(

11 years ago
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FINALLY... got it.

11 years ago
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PLEASE post the answer to q4? IT ENDED NOW I AM CURIOUS! couldnt solve that

11 years ago
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Karateka, Forge, Triple Town.

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I think it would be interesting to see answers for all questions.

11 years ago
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I am curious as well. Can't wait for the answers of stage 3.

11 years ago
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Solutions for S3, please!

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S3Q1- DCS A-10C Warthog
S3Q2- Monopoly
S3Q3- Serious Sam
S3Q4- Triple Town
S3Q5- Legend of Grimrock
S3Q6- Max Payne
S3Q7- Red Orchestra
S3Q8- Alley Cat

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S2Q1- Saints Row: The Third
S2Q2- Crysis
S2Q3- DiRT 3
S2Q4- Forge
S2Q5- FTL: Faster Than Light
S2Q6- Super Hexagon
S2Q7- Top Gun
S2Q8- L.A. Noire

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S1Q1- Dead Island
S1Q2- 10000000
S1Q3- The Cave
S1Q4- Karateka
S1Q5- Mcpixel
S1Q6- Endless Space
S1Q7- Ace of Spades
S1Q8- Star Conflict

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Thanks. Hm, I don't understand S3Q1, the picture was not a Warthog but a pot-bellied pig, S3Q3 is very very far fetched and why is S3Q6 Max Payne?

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In S3Q1 pig = hog, just a wordplay, and it's a fly simulation game, this is why it has wings. S3Q6 is a bullet ant picture, one of the most painful bites in nature, so another wordplay for pain/payne.

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I see, thanks :).

11 years ago
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You are welcome.

11 years ago
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Well, that explains S3Q1, I was going down the route of When Pigs Fly, so I was trying things like "Cthulhu Saves the World" and "Half-Life 3"

11 years ago
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I made it to S3 but sorry to say most of those are too obscure and are a bit of a stretch as far as these type of puzzles have gone.

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I guess this is what BigBadGoat meant by "hard" when he designed the puzzle. It was one of the hardest puzzles I've solved in a while, but was not impossible at all. There were 10 another entries with me at the giveaway.

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Closed 11 years ago by BigBadGoat.