May is a "play a game you won on Steamgifts" month - The Backlog Of Madness

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

Countdown until event ends

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

6619 achievements have been achieved
3325.5 hours have been played
294 games have been beaten
135 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 April for the next couple of days (till the April thread is closed).

The theme for this month is

The Backlog Of Madness

(Thank you to Moony1986 for the suggestion!)

Tags: Adventure, Alternate History, Dark, Difficult, Fantasy, Horror, Magic, Multiple Endings, Nonlinear, Precision Platformer, Sci-Fi, Surreal
Games with: doctors, magic, capes, cloaks, sentient objects, portals *
Games with less than 40% rating on Steam or not enough ratings
Games with a difficult mode (or hardcore, nightmare etc.) *
Games where you can be good or bad, fight against yourself *
Games without an english translation
Any untouched game (win or backlog) with a HLTB time (Main Story) >= 24h *²

* Please provide some kind of explanation/proof (screenshots or link to some proof) in the notes or it will be rejected.
*² What's the definition of an untouched game? For games with achievements: 0 achievements obtained, for games without achievements: 0 hours playtime

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/36

FAQ, Updated Version on our new Discord Server

Who can participate

Anyone who does not have any unactivated wins, multiple wins or a VAC ban. 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 June

Please Have Mercy!
Fire And Ice
Keep It Simple Stupid

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

Theme for July

Do you think you have a good idea for a theme for July? 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 July's theme.

Giveaway

Everyone who beats at least one win this month will get the chance to win any of the games listed below.
FINAL FANTASY XV EPISODE ARDYN COMPLETE EDITION by samwise84
Carto by samwise84
Minoria by samwise84
Heat Signature by samwise84
Cloudpunk by samwise84
Flood of Light by samwise84
Little Dragon Café by xxxka
Spirit Hunter: NG by xxxka
Thief of Thieves by stfmnsl
Party Hard 2 by stfmnsl
Driftland: The Magic Revival by stfmnsl
Blazing Chrome by stfmnsl
Beholder by stfmnsl
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones by xxxka
Flashback by Gelweo
Supraland by ithamore
Ring of Pain by ithamore
Embr by kokkol

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

Previous months:

2022: January - February - March - April
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

2 years ago*

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Please Have Mercy! - Tags:Boss Rush/Bullet Hell/Capitalism/Difficult/Dystopian/Fast-Paced/Gore/Intentionally Awkward Controls/Perma Death/Souls-Like/Unforgiving/Violent;Games where less than 10% of achievements was aquired by more than 10% of players;Games where less than 1% players have the "beat the game" achievement;Games with harder than "hard" difficulty setting;Games where you can't change default controls;Games with more than 720hrs HLTB time 0(0%)

Fire And Ice - Tags:Diving/Exploration/Farming/Fishing/Lore-Rich/Minimalist/Mythology/Nature/Naval/Sports/Survival/Underwater/Unforgiving; Games with: Birds/Elves/Fire/Fish/Foxes/Horses/Ice/Isles/Sheeps/Snow/Vikings/Volcanoes; Games including animals/creatures associated with fire or ice; Games playing in hot or cold areas or beautiful landscapes; Games with strong opposites; Games won/released/activated in a year ending on 6 or 7

Keep It Simple Stupid - Tags:Short/Minimalist/Quick-Time Events/Fast-Paced/Time Attack/Noir/Linear;Games with 1 word title;Games that can be finished in less than 1 hour;Games with less than 5 tags;Games with 2-3 colors;Games that can be played with 1-2 buttons

133 Comments

samwise84

Leaderboard

2 years ago

SG username	Number of achievements	Hours of Playtime	Games beaten
Slide95	33	130.9	1
Naitas	104	130.3	4
aquatorrent	317	121.7	11
EinAnderer	152	117.3	8
Noxco	109	110.3	5
ZPE	391	108.3	22
Wildstorm	3	99.7	1
Radicalutopian	187	84.6	6
Thexder	58	84.1	2
rurnhani	155	80.1	5
lav29	228	76	5
Ninglor03	85	65.7	4
Cece09	183	61.7	18
Fluffster	141	58.6	5
wifishark	19	57.1	1
Moony1986	260	52.4	10
samwise84	43	50.6	4
RiderOfPhoenix	26	49.3	1
DarkRainX	58	46.4	3
EleonoraFalcon	34	43.3	1
krol7	130	43.1	3
Xeloses	35	42.2	1
Zelrune	68	40	2
MouseWithBeer	20	39.3	3
Zlia	105	38.6	1
PapaSmok	45	38.5	1
Millsshogun	47	35	2
Ivannes	35	33.7	1
titoncio	68	33.3	2
Pinajet	23	33.2	1
RavenWings	60	27.3	2
sunmi	43	27.2	3
cassioht	51	27.1	1
Naturefusal	39	24.3	1
Rinocap	63	24.3	1
LupoSilente	18	23.6	1
LagiNatoRRR	31	23.3	4
SolubleCrow	51	23.1	2
AiKirika	38	22.8	2
Vasharal	31	22.4	1
stfmnsl	44	21.6	2
enigma9q	49	21.6	2
EyeofArrow	111	18.6	3
Droj	37	18.1	2
Roleri	13	18	1
VicViperV	40	17.5	1
Mitsukuni	12	15.4	2
Epaminondas93	6	15.3	1
aleluist	27	14.6	1
alancml	26	14.4	1
xxxka	196	14.1	4
Gellax	41	13.7	3
CharlesNonsens	20	13.4	1
Vikost	27	12.9	1
alexan310	27	12.4	1
damianea103	27	12.1	2
ngrazer	22	12.1	1
aza3l12	28	11.9	2
Heprer	35	10.3	1
86maylin	33	10.2	3
Yukiin	16	10.2	1
Valmar666	0	9.5	1
robocub	58	9.3	1
Ellemby	15	9.2	1
ArsenalGunna	11	9	1
ThePonz	50	9	1
Tewam	16	8.9	1
Pit0n	27	8.6	1
sweetcuppincakes	52	8.5	2
Kvasirion	24	8.5	1
Mikoy7	20	8.5	1
RikkiUW	23	8.2	1
AlvinCanCabbage	14	8.1	1
DrSlitheen	21	8	1
doubleomurfy	82	7.7	1
axolotlprime	0	7.5	1
KoRayven	19	7.3	1
JohnRyder	8	7.3	1
BarefootMonkey	8	6.9	1
goplayer7	17	6.9	1
Blueaquapearl50	19	6.7	1
Ad4m	34	6.4	1
xymjak	7	6.4	1
freshduke	16	6.2	1
Greenule	21	6.1	1
mulchand	14	5.9	1
z00rox	20	5.9	1
droha	12	5.7	1
jesuswarjesus	107	5.5	2
myronarth	24	5.5	1
quijote3000	15	5.5	1
Sylom	39	5	1
Saucisse	5	4.7	1
Khayta	8	4.4	2
SilentBlood	20	4.4	1
RePlayBe	32	4.3	1
Metalhead8489	19	4.3	1
digitaldictator	12	4.2	1
GauFF	20	4.2	1
nanji	22	4.1	1
pilo	13	4	1
emymer	52	3.9	1
LordSpyMaybe	6	3.9	1
cgrcyhn	67	3.8	1
PsychoApeMan	36	3.8	1
Blando	12	3.7	1
Patzl	0	3.7	1
moemustaine	27	3.5	1
Dux80	11	3.5	1
tungmapu	27	3.4	1
wactuby	7	3.4	1
Arcsurvivor	28	3.3	1
escollo	28	3	1
RayOfLight3	14	2.9	1
GabbyGabe	7	2.8	1
Kyrrelin	0	2.7	1
juhaszandor	11	2.7	1
ViddaX	4	2.4	1
Devirk	9	2.2	1
AnuPatel	78	1.6	1
ManlyMeatMan	8	1.5	1
TheNothing	0	1.3	1
Gelweo	192	1	1
Zinzinneke	10	1	1
Tristar	8	1	1
aklgupta	6	0.9	1
Poofcakes	9	0.8	1
NeverOnline	5	0.7	1
Aldcoran	76	0.5	1
scigant	5	0.2	1
ba2	6	-8	1
Total	6117	2885.2	261

Name	Subcategory	Won From	Won/Activated on	Status
Going Under	Games where you can fight against yourself	Gaffi	Jul 31, 2021	✅
TurnOn	Tag Difficult	kctan	Feb 5, 2022	✅
Once in Yaissor	Games without an english translation	FoskY	Dec 26, 2020	✅
Forest Harvester Simulator	Games with less than 40% rating on Steam	GediKnight	Feb 4, 2019	✅
Captain The Runner	Games without a rating	KeelDrak	Mar 31, 2019	✅
Fable Anniversary	Games where you can be good or bad	egoac	Mar 25, 2022	✅
Flat Heroes	Tag Precision Platformer	Cienio	Dec 30, 2019	✅
Bad Dream: Coma	Tag Surreal	icaio	May 9, 2019	✅
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker	Games with doctors	Patzl	Dec 25, 2021	✅
Shelter 2	Tag Adventure	iRush	Sep 24, 2018	✅

Name	Subcategory	Won On	Status
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™	Any untouched backlog game with a HLTB time (Main Story) >= 24h	-	Completed
ZAAM	Tag Dark	February 3, 2022	Completed
LEAVES - The Journey	Tag Surreal	July 3, 2021	Completed
Pinstripe	Tag Horror	March 13, 2022	Completed

Name	Category	Status	Notes
EarthX	Games with a difficult mode	Beaten	Does hard mode count for this category? Ending achievement: "Home 2.0"
Rescue Team 6	Adventure tag	Beaten	Beaten, something weird going on with the credits there...
Alone With You	Sci-Fi tag	Beaten	Ending achievement: "Alone"

Game	Subcategory	Status
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure	Tag Adventure	Completed
Clandestinity of Elsie	Tag Horror	Completed
FixFox	Tag Sci-Fi	Completed
Acceleration of SUGURI 2	Tag Sci-Fi	Completed
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]	Tag Horror	Completed
Chicken Police - Paint it RED!	Tag Adventure	Completed
Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!	Tag Adventure	Completed
Ghost of a Tale	Tag Adventure	Completed
TOEM	Tag Adventure	Completed
A Story Beside	Tag Fantasy	Completed
Reverse Crawl	Tag Adventure	Completed
Psychonauts	Tag Adventure	Unfinished
Deiland: Pocket Planet	Tag Adventure	Unfinished

Game	Subcategory	Status	Note
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion	Tag Adventure	Completed	backlog
Spirit Hunter: NG	Tag Adventure	Completed	a win
Kingdom Two Crowns	Tag Adventure	Beaten	a win
Book of Demons	Tag Adventure	Beaten	a win
Iris and the Giant	Tag Difficult	Completed	backlog

Game	Theme	Status
Close to the Sun	Horror tag	Completed
Disc Room	Difficult tag	[]()
Persona 4 Golden	Untouched win with a HLTB time (Main Story) >= 24h	[]()

Game	Category	Status
Story of Survivor: Prisoner	Games without a rating	Unfinished
Mata Hari	Adventure tag	Beaten

Game	Subcategory	Status	Note
Evan´s Remains	Tag Adventure	Completed	Won on SG
Sunset Overdrive	Tag Adventure	Beaten	Won on SG

Game	Category	Status
Steamroll	Adventure Tag	Beaten
Narita Boy	Adventure Tag	Complete!
Chicken Police	Adventure Tag	Playing

Game	Won from	Category	Status	Achievement	Notes
Sir, You Are Being Hunted	rootloops	Horror, Adventure tags	Beaten	-	-
Aviary Attorney	luk4sq	Adventure, Multiple Endings tags	Beaten	-	-
Going Under	TiMaria	Difficult tag	Beaten	You Are (Un)Employed	-
Hard West	Aydaylin	Horror tag	Unfinished	-	-
Inmost	FilthySouls	Dark tag	Unfinished	-	-

Game	Category	Playtime	Achievements	Status
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action	tag:Sci-fi	17.9h / HLTB (18h)	32 / 34	Beaten (Achievement: Please come again)
Ring of Pain	tag:Difficult	16h / HLTB (14h)	53 / 110	Beaten (Achievement: Shadow Spreads)
Going Under	tag:Difficult	11.8h / HLTB (8h)	12 / 23	Beaten (Achievement: You Are (Un)Employed)
Do Not Feed the Monkeys	tag:Multiple Endings	8h / HLTB (7h)	16 / 33	Beaten (Achievement: You Are (Un)Employed)
Darksburg	tag:Dark	4.7h / HLTB (3.5h)	28 / 69	Beaten (Achievement: We Have Normality)

Game	Achievements	Hours of Playtime	Subcategory	Status
Control	29/67	14.3	Adventure	Beaten
Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope	11/30	4.8	Adventure	Beaten
Far Cry 5		57.7	Adventure	Beaten
Mirror's Edge Catalyst	38/49	22.3	Adventure	Beaten
Quantum Break	31/42	11.2	Adventure	Beaten
	109	110.3		5

🎮Game	🔗Category	🏆Achievements	⌚Playtime	🧿Status
Aegis Defenders	Adventure	31/31	22.3 Hours	Compleated
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock	Adventure	0/26	0 Hours	Unfinished

Game	Subcategory	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
SteamWorld Dig	Tag Sci-Fi	13/24	18h	Beaten	-
Wandersong	Tag Adventure	0/75	0h	Unfinished	-

Game	Category	Achievements	Status
Police Stories	Tag Difficult	0/39	Unfinished
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons	Tag Adventure	12/12	Completed
Action Rush	Games without a rating	0/35	Unfinished
Aviary Attorney	Tag Multiple Endings	-	Unfinished

Game	Link	Hours of Playtime	Subcategory	Status
The Descendant - Complete Season	Achievements - 50/50	9.0	Alt History/Multiple Endings/Adventure	FINISHED!
Shenmue I & II	Achievements - 21/55	---	Adventure	--on hiatus--
maybe	soon™	---	---	---
	Total: 50/84

Game	Achievements	Playtime	Subcategory	Status	Notes
SIMULACRA	24/24	7.9 H	Tags: Horror	Completed	Stats before the event - 4,2 hours played, 7 achievements earned.
Black Mirror I	Not presented	10.4 H	Tags: Horror	Completed	2 mins played before the event, proof - on site.
Pony Island	20/20	5.2 H	Tags: Horror	Completed	Stats before the event - 91 mins played, 8 achievements earned.
Necromonads	3/5	6.9 H	Tags: Sci-Fi	Beaten	Stats before the event - 87 mins played, 1 achievement earned.