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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Dis Maru.. :)

11 years ago
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Great drawings stuck on 8 and 12 though :(

8 is bugging me because I know I've seen it

11 years ago
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Really great puzzle and great artwork! Only Q8 left for me :)

11 years ago
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Solved ;) I knew I've seen 8, tho I admit it was somewhat hard to find it :)

11 years ago
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fuzzy little groundhogs >w<

11 years ago
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Aaaaannd......

SOLVED

Now I'm entering the giveaway and save myself...

11 years ago
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Great puzzle, stuck on 8,9,11 and 12

11 years ago
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Solved:) 11 and 12 are tricky because it's not franchise name

11 years ago
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Nice quiz but 8 and 9 are driving me insane. And no. 8 looks so familiar for some reason. Argh.

11 years ago
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Cute drawings :)
Got almost all of the questions, except 8 and 9. But I have this feeling I saw those two characters a bunch of times, just can't remember where.

11 years ago
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You are a fantastic artist!

11 years ago
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Awesome drawings! =D I've got most of the questions solved, but Q8, 9, and 12 are throwing me off. I know I've seen 12 somewhere before...

EDIT: Solved 12. My sleepy brain finally kicked into gear, and I remembered! Now on to 8 and 9, neither of which I have seen. Random guessing time! =D

11 years ago
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Can't figure out 8 and 9 either. 9 looks extremely familiar but I have no idea what game it was in

11 years ago
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I found out what 8 was. Now only 9 is left. And I've never seen it before. I know how to go about solving it, so it's just a matter of time...

11 years ago
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SOLVED, after 5 hours :D
That question nº8

11 years ago
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Bump for solve. Thanks!

11 years ago
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stuck on #3 i have no idea

11 years ago
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When I saw #8 a game immediately came to my mind. Shame it was wrong :p

11 years ago
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wow those are some really good drawings, but theres a few i just cant get =/

11 years ago
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i'm stuck in 8
hurr

11 years ago
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Only 8 and 9 left, I should be able to guess 9 in time since I'm sure I know the game, 8... not sure I have ever seen it.

11 years ago
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1, 5, 8, 9 and 12 left... I suck ath this xD

11 years ago
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I had problems with 8 but remember the name of the game. Now I'm trying to get 9.

Also good drawing Marumitsu!

11 years ago
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8, 9, and 12 left for me

11 years ago
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Marumitsu, can I enter if I already have 2 of the games of that pack?

11 years ago
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Unfortunately, I think not, "please don't enter if you already have 2 or more", but it's probably best if she confirms :D

11 years ago
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I that case I will exit. It was fun anyways.

11 years ago
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Yeah, what kangarooster said above is true. I'd rather have someone who doesn't have half or more of the games in that collection win it. Otherwise the majority of those games would be going to waste. I'm glad you enjoyed my puzzle though. ^^

11 years ago
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Fun puzzle, number 8 took me a while but finally got it.

11 years ago
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got more than i thought, took me hours because 2 times i knew the right game series but didn't enter the exact title :/
lacking 8 and 12 now

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Number 12 was driving me crazy. lol

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Closed 11 years ago by Marumisu.