2.2 was a very special day, Groundhog Day!! I have prepared a special Maru-style puzzle for you, all drawn by me. Enjoy!! And yeah, Maru-style puzzle is an official term from now on, it means a puzzle involving crazy and time-consuming artwork as the major aspect.

Here's the story:

Did you know there are no games about groundhogs in Steam?? Just one DLC. Well, there is this evil groundhog warlock who isn't happy about that. So he's put a curse of groundhoggification on Steam on 2.2. All the characters in Steam games are slowly turning into groundhogs. All is not lost though, it will take one week for the curse to take full effect. This is your chance. To prevent the curse from taking permanent effect you must recognize the games that have already suffered the fate of groundhoggification. Shout out the names (or write them in the puzzle, that should also work) of all of these games to break the curse. You shall be rewarded if you succeed. You have one week, until 9.2.

tl;dr: name the games these groundhoggified (I'm sure that is an official term), characters are from. The games, not the characters themselves.

Here's the puzzle. Go for it, save Steam!!

The usual puzzle rules: no hints (here or in other sites), no answer sharing, no giveaway link sharing. Come on, I've worked on this puzzle for months, the least you can do is follow my rules. I will be giving out hints if I deem it necessary. Some questions have multiple correct answers, if those characters have been in many games.

Hint 1: all the games are available in Steam

Hint 2: there will be no more hints. There are already over 200 solvers so I guess my puzzle was pretty easy for most of you. My next puzzle will be a lot harder and multi-staged (I'm even considering including an "impossible" stage to it, that none of you will be able to solve :P).

Good luck everyone!! Break the groundhog's curse before it's too late!!

SOLUTION (sorry, I forgot to post this D:)

  1. Bastion
  2. Super Meat Boy
  3. Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod
  4. Dungeon Defenders
  5. Cave Story+
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Half-Life
  8. Sequence
  9. Ys I, Ys II, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, Ys Origin
  10. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Skyrim
  11. Devil May Cry 4
  12. King's Bounty: Armored Princess

Thank you for participating in my puzzle. More Maru-style puzzles will be coming in the future!! ^^

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its too hard is not working -.- and only one question left ://

Q8 is the hardest one :< i dont have idea what game is it

11 years ago
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Lovely drawings, Marumisu. Thank you very much.
My favorite is #2.

11 years ago
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This is simply amazing :)

11 years ago
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Cute drawings! I like them! :)

Now, I just gotta solve #9 to complete it

11 years ago
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Damn stuck on 5 and 9. Might I persuade you to share some ridiculously vague hints about these two?

11 years ago
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Missing 8,9,11,12

11 years ago
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Great drawings!
Stuck on Q8 for now...

11 years ago
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These are Ground Hogs, they are cats! :P

Nice puzzle, but question 6 is being fussy with the answer.

GOT IT! Now its behaving.
Only 8 9 and 12 left.

11 years ago
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Stuck on 8 and 9 :(

11 years ago
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only 9 left for me :( I don't know to many medieval games

11 years ago
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Just trying it, reporting later =3

Lovely drawings Marumisu <3

11 years ago
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Solved, thanks for a nice time Maru ;)

11 years ago
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Someone can give hint at 8? Really have no idea..

11 years ago
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This is from a video game...

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...which is on Steam...

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...and character of the game turned into a groundhog...

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...and you have to guess the title of the game.

Yeah, I have no idea as well.

11 years ago
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I kind of feel sorry for that one, so many don't now xD

11 years ago
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Or you just can help with some kind of hint?

11 years ago
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Nope I can't, rules are rules~

11 years ago
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Well, actually i want to thank you. You really helped me with your comment. puzzle solved;)

11 years ago
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Lol, I want to thank you as well. You helped me with YOUR comment (and I mean it :P).

11 years ago
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And you didn't break any rules:)

11 years ago
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Wow ! Your drawings are amazing. :)

11 years ago
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I'm stuck on #9, like many others.

11 years ago
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The pics are really lovely, but 8 is a pain, I'm stuck for two whole hours now

11 years ago
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Bump for solved, I just can't believe it

11 years ago
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Awesome one Maru!

11 years ago
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Pretty sure I've got the last one but I can't seem to get the right wording. Still working on 8.

11 years ago
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Awesome puzzle. Your pictures are amazing. Its not that hard, got all them except for number 12 on my first try (which is surprising cause I'm normally bad at puzzles). Keep up the good work :).

11 years ago
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Missing 8, any hint ?

11 years ago
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Whoah ! These are some great drawings! Can't get them all,cuz the lvl in TERA Online isn't gonna earn itself.

11 years ago
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Fantastic drawings!

11 years ago
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Only 4,5,8,9 and 12 remaining :P a really good puzzle!!

11 years ago
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I was stumped on 8 for a while then realized where I'd seen it before.

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Missing 8 and 12, I'll solve it!

11 years ago
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I'm hopeless...
stuck at 4, 5, 8, 11 and 12

11 years ago
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phew, got 4 :)

11 years ago
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Wow, your work is impressive! Thanks for making such a nice puzzle!

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Closed 11 years ago by Marumisu.