
For Pickers. Just copy paste and complete the data :)
* [GAME#1](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#1-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#1-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#2](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#2-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#2-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#3](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#3-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#3-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#4](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#4-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#4-HLTBTIME
* [GAME#5](http://store.steampowered.com/app/GAME#5-ID/) - HLTB Time: GAME#5-HLTBTIME
- Please make sure your games are sorted by completion before applying.
- If you so desire and you have at least 5 unplayed SG wins, the 5 games can be picked out of your SG wins (instead of only 2/5). Just note it in your application comment.
- Note in your post if you're ok playing multiplayer only games.
- Same for Early Access (I know some people want to wait for release).
- When you finish one (or more) of the games picked for you, please post an update by replying to your picker's comment.
- If the game has achievements, you can link to either the Steam or Astats page corresponding to your progress.
- If the game doesn't have achievements, please post a screenshot showing your completion.
- Finally, if you have completed all the games that were assigned to you but want another go at it, feel free to post another application.
- You can pick for/challenge up to 2 fellow assassins, please refrain to pick more so everybody who wants get a chance at it.
- You can pick for anybody who has applied and hasn't been given a list yet, unless they specified otherwise (see next point). It is recommended to signal with a "reserved" comment that you're currently picking for that person. This way it'll avoid the situation where you spend time picking games just to come back to somebody's comment 2 minutes prior.
- Please use the following criteria when picking a list for somebody.
- Pick exactly 5 games
- Length-wise: at least 2 short games (under 10h to beat) and 2 medium (under 15-20h). You can use HLTB to check the time, or more conveniently the Enhanced Steam browser extension (it shows the HLTB time directly on the game's steam page). That rule can be overridden by the bottom (i.e. pick 5 short games) but not the other way around, as not everybody has the same time to dedicate to gaming.
- Pick two SG wins unless the person specified SG wins only, in which case pick only in the applicant's SG wins list.
- Quality-wise: at least 3 of the 5 games should have a positive (or above) rating. You can use this site to quickly sort games in a user's library by ratings (thanks to JaffaCaffa for the suggestion).
- Please, respect the applicant's choice regarding multiplayer-only and Early access games, as well as other requests (exclusion of certain genre etc.).
- Please use the code below to post your comment, it's already formatted, you just have to copy/paste & complete the data.
Do I have to participate in this event?
No, this is an event to help you reduce your backlog. If you already have a plan and don't want anyone to pick games for you, you're free to ignore it.
What happens if I don’t participate in the event?
Absolutely nothing.
What happens if I play all the games picked for me this month?
Still nothing. (You might get a shiny profile badge at some later date. And you can come back for another batch.)
What if I don’t have time to play 5 games?
Don’t worry, one is enough, we’re just asking the pickers to select 5 to give the player a little choice.
One of the game picked for me won’t run on my computer for X or Y reason, what do I do?
If this happens, please notify the picker by replying his comment and ask them to pick a replacement. If the original picker don’t give you an answer within 24h, don’t panic, just leave a comment and we’ll pick one for you. Meanwhile, you could try one of the other picked games if you haven't played them all yet.
I played all 5 games that were picked for me and I want more!
If you have completed all 5 games and reported your completion to the original comment, you can make a new request for another list.
When picking for other people, can I only pick “never played” games?
Not necessarily, you can also pick games that seem to have been abandoned but haven’t been categorized as “won’t play”. No beaten or completed games, or games being currently played obviously.
Why are there so many rules for picking the games? I can’t be bothered!
We’re trying to make this enjoyable for everyone so if you decide to pick games for others, please read and follow the rules. I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for the pickers too, but if it’s bothering you too much, remember you don’t need to pick games for others to join the challenge.
I’m new here, can I join the challenge?
Yes of course (and welcome to BLAEO). Please just be sure to have your games sorted by progress before signing up for the challenge, to make it easier for your picker.
- Catherine Classic - HLTB Time: 13 Hours
- She and the Light Bearer - HLTB Time: 2½ Hours
- Beholder - HLTB Time: 6 Hours
- Summer in Mara - HLTB Time: 20½ Hours
- Thief - HLTB Time: 11 Hours
Selected some games from different genres, hope you’ll enjoy them. :)
thanks for the picks, Moony!
Yep, i need some help, feel free to loop tru my games XD
They must have achievements and not being broken, since I will aim for a 100% of the chosen games.
A point for you if it’s singleplayer, and non puzzle exclusive (for some reason i suck at games that are only puzzle based)
An extra point if i haven’t touched that game at all so far (or very little progress playtime / achievement wise)
Reserved! And done! :)
Hope the selection is up to your liking, feel free to ask for a repick if anything. Have fun! :3
- DREDGE - HLTB Time: 9h+
- Star Story: The Horizon Escape - HLTB Time: short
- Alan Wake - HLTB Time: 11h+
- Wandersong - HLTB Time: 9h+
- Beacon Pines - HLTB Time: 5h+
Good choices! I have the feeling i will enjoy alan wake and i’ve seen dredge a few times here and there, same with wandersong, so brb :)
update 1: started with horizon escape, The game is completely broken, it has the chance to softlock you into eternal death, so you need to farm +100 monsters (1 per death) so you can get enough materials to recoup for a run. I will pause this one and come back later with a guide because it shouldn’t be the way. I have literally 50 levels on each stat and they only give you a bit of extra health that gets to 0 anyway against a single mob.
update 2, beacon pines and dredge:
Beacon pines is a decent one, short enough and acts like a novel with little gameplay, 100%’d.
Dredge, Interesting game, good game to play when u are doing other things, I’m gonna leave it at day 116 (ingame) cuz I realized you need DLC for achievements..
which is kind of a deal breaker for me to complete a game
should have checked this before playing the game ngl, so my bad.
So far managed to unlock every upgrade and now I can start free fishing almost everything, but that’s all.
I want to leave alan wake for the last one cuz I believe that it will be the one that I’ll enjoy the most
So into wandersong we go. Reminds me of HUE
Alan Wake is one of my favorites - great story and excellent music! Dredge seems like fun. :D
Oh my, sorry to hear that… seemed cute, I remember entering giveaways for it a lot. T_T
first time, forgive my unoptimized lists, i have a big SG backlog, so feel free to pick 4 or 5 from SG wins.
bear in mind im on Linux, tho proton fixes most everything.
also im playing with an integrated GPU, so nothing too resource intensive please.
reserved
Tricky constraints. Want to pick mainly games I have played or tested myself. 2 of them are marked as verified for steam deck, which also uses a linux distro and proton.
Call of Juraz and Styx are really cool games I enjoyed a lot. Psychonauts and Torchlight are also nice to play and XCOM I also need to finish one day.
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - HLTB Time: 5-14h - ✅Verified
- Psychonauts - HLTB Time: 12-22h - ⚠️Playable
- Torchlight - HLTB Time: 14-48h - ⚠️Playable
- Styx: Master of Shadows - HLTB Time: 17-42h - ✅Verified
- XCOM® 2 - HLTB Time: 33-88h - ⚠️Playable
These all look good. Ty
Hello! Im brand new here, trying to fight my backlog! Especialy my steamgifts ones. Im on a tight scedule so i think 5 game is a little bit much to start tho so id like to start with 3 games or 5 smaller games :)
Not easy to pick. Please do us the favour and sort your games until the next Challenge Me!.
Your “unplayed” list only contains 241 items and, I think there are about 300 games that you need to put in unplayed or unfinished
From the list I saw a lot of Multiplayer or endless games, which I avoided to pick.
- Ballpoint Universe: Infinite - HLTB Time: 4h
- Call of Juarez: Gunslinger - HLTB Time: 5h
- Pixel Puzzles: UndeadZ - HLTB Time: 8h
- Syberia II - HLTB Time: 9h
- Life is Strange 2 - HLTB Time: 16h
yay!
Please pick something from my shortlist
Please pick two longer Monthly games (they are marked with “Humble Monthlies”)
Reserved.Done. :3I am not familiar with the selected games, although some are in my backlog, so I hope you will enjoy them. :) If anything just say the word. ;)
Thanks a lot for the lovely picks :) Looking forward to play them 💕