August Summary

Completions

Caravan Sandwitch

15.2 hours, 26 of 26 achievements

Dr Livingstone, I presume? - Reversed Escape Room

5.8 hours, 25 of 25 achievements

Beaten

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

49.0 hours, 72 of 78 achievements

Midnight Protocol

15.6 hours, 9 of 18 achievements

Hexologic

2.9 hours, 9 of 11 achievements

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God of War

40.5 hours playtime, 30 of 37 achievements

Dead Cells

43.2 hours playtime, 53 of 121 achievements

August 2026

This month has been the month of incremental and idle games. I’ve been extremely busy starting the 2nd year of my PhD program, and I’ve also started a new NIH-funded fellowship (a huge achievement in my field at my level), so lots of big things for me! I’ve also spent like a week or two playing Leagues 2 on RuneScape 3 (got Dragon Cup), so that’s been eating up some of my completion time as well. Overall, lots of progress both in real life and the realm of gaming!

Digseum

5/5

3.0 hours

10 of 10 achievements

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Digseum is a brilliant little game that is very enjoyable while also valuing your time. The digging and excavation loop is genuinely fun, the incremental progression is satisfying, and I loved basically every second of it. It never gets boring, scales really well for its short runtime, and never once felt like it was padding itself out just for the sake of it. Highly recommended!

My Little Spider

3/5

16.2 hours

29 of 29 achievements

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My Little Spider is a cute desktop companion idler that undermines its own appeal with a rough early game, poor customization, and an oddly active gameplay loop for something meant to sit in the background. The spider and art style are genuinely charming, but between the visual clutter, the lack of scaling options, and a slog of a first few hours before things actually feel idle, this one has a fair bit of friction for what's supposed to be a low-effort desktop pet. Recommended, but just know the game has a slow start and the more active elements don't exactly feel like they pay off all that much.

My Little Life

3.5/5

18.4 hours

23 of 23 achievements

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My Little Life starts off slow, cramped, and a little frustrating, but stick with it and it turns into something worth your time. Once you get a second person and enough money to actually start decorating, the game opens up in a way the early hours don't hint at. It's very forgiving with its economy, refreshingly customizable, and more active than you'd expect. Give it a real chance before writing it off. Recommended, but just know the start may be a bit rough.

No-good Streamer Mirai-chan! (Now accepting lewd comments

2.5/5

5.1 hours

no achievements

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No-good Streamer Mirai-chan has good art and excellent voice acting, but that's about where the good stuff stops. The interaction gameplay with Mirai barely works, the streaming segments are a drag, and the game spoils its own CGI events before you even reach them. I'd give this a mixed rating if Steam actually let me, but since it doesn't, this one barely scrapes by with a recommendation.

Rusty's Retirement

4.2/5

130.2 hours

71 of 71 achievements

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Rusty's Retirement is the perfect mix of active and idle content for a desktop companion game. It's an idle-farming sim that sits at the bottom of your screen, but there's actually a ton to engage with beyond just watching numbers go up. I'm not a fan of desktop idlers that don't have much substance to them, and this definitely isn't one of those. Between the layout optimization, the wonderful pixel art, and the way the game politely gets out of your way when you need it to, this one's a very easy recommendation.

Ropuka's Idle Island

1.5/5

515.5 hours

31 of 31 achievements

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Ropuka's Idle Island fails at being an enjoyable game, at least for me. The core loop is fine on paper: Ropuka cuts grass, Ropuka sleeps, Ropuka repeats, but the mechanics barely evolve from hour one to hour five hundred; coins take forever to earn, and the "collections" you're grinding toward barely add anything meaningful. I get the appeal of a slow, hands-off desktop companion, but I'd rather have nothing on my screen than this if this is the experience on offer. Just skip this and play a desktop idler that actually values your time. Not recommended.

All Hail the Orb

4.8/5

11.3 hours

46 of 46 achievements

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All Hail the Orb has a lot of soul. The atmosphere, animations, and overall presentation are far better than I expected going in, the incremental progression has plenty of systems to sink your teeth into, and the developer even coded in a funny little callout for autoclicker users, which honestly won me over more than it annoyed me. A few UI and movement issues hold it back from being flawless, but this one's easy to recommend.

• Wordatro!
  

  19.1 hours playtime

  42 of 50 achievements

• Gloamvault
  

  22.0 hours playtime

  48 of 55 achievements

• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  

  257.4 hours playtime

  374 of 641 achievements

• PEAK
  

  29.6 hours playtime

  47 of 64 achievements

• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
  

  3.5 hours playtime

  2 of 49 achievements

• Divinity: Original Sin 2
  

  3.5 hours playtime

  6 of 97 achievements

• Far Cry 5
  

  44.2 hours playtime

  51 of 72 achievements

• Desktop Defender
  

  72 hours playtime

  79 of 80 achievements

• Chillquarium
  

  46.5 hours playtime

  20 of 21 achievements

September 2026

September is finally here, and 'The Blood of Dawnwalker' is already preordered. I waited SO LONG for this game, so this month will mainly be taken over by it. But I do have some events/group activity going on, which I want to keep participating in. Really excited for this month, because alot of cool stuff is happening. I also want to take a look at 'Aniimo' which is a free to play Pokemon-like with Gatcha elements. I hope that part is beeing rather small, and won't take out all the fun the game has to offer.

Road to 100%

I finished 'Big Walk' and 'Lost Records: Bloom & Rage' last month, and I really want to get 100% on both of those games.

Big Walk

11.6 hours, 11 of 12 achievements

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

11.1 hours, 37 of 49 achievements

The Blood of Dawnwalker

0 hours, no achievements

Escape From Mystwood Mansion

0 hours, 0 of 20 achievements

To be Played

As mentioned above, 'The Blood of Dawnwalker' is my main game this month! But other games are allowed to slither in.

The Blood of Dawnwalker

0 hours, no achievements

Death Noodle Delivery

0 hours, 0 of 15 achievements

Wordatro!

1.2 hours, 6 of 50 achievements

Escape From Mystwood Mansion

0 hours, 0 of 20 achievements

No longer 100%

D4 season starts mid september, so I will probably look into it again and hopefully get some achievements done!

Diablo® IV

488.8 hours, 41 of 45 achievements

Game of the Month

11.6 hours

11/12

August 2026

I got a lot of games in August, mostly gifted or won. The only one I bought was 'The Big Walk', and I don't regret spending a single cent on it. It's such a cool and funny game, even though it's rather chill. But that way, you get to not only have a really nice puzzle game, but also enjoy some time with people you appreciate spending time with. My game of the month review is found here.

Completed & 100%

Got to finish some games. I really planned on finishing 'Bloodlines 2' before the release of 'The Blood of Dawnwalker', but sadly it went downhill with this game for me. I don't get motion sickness anymore after the patches addressing that, but i just don't like the game. I'm so incredibly bored by it, even tho the first like 3-4h had me hooked. 10h in now, and I just don't have fun anymore.

SteamWorld Dig

6.3 hours, 11 of 24 achievements

100%

How Buddy’s parents met - jigsaw puzzle

20.0 hours, 31 of 31 achievements

Slime Rancher

12.2 hours, 38 of 57 achievements

100%

Tiny Life

13.0 hours, 15 of 15 achievements

shapez

29.1 hours, 20 of 45 achievements

X

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

10 hours, 12 of 102 achievements

Big Walk

11.6 hours, 11 of 12 achievements

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

11.1 hours, 37 of 49 achievements

August 2026

August. What a weird month. I feel that I pumped a lot of hours into gaming, but barely made a dent on my backlog, and to make matters worse I won a lot of games. I mean, I won’t complain, but it doesn’t look good for my backlog.

I kicked the month off with Tinykin which was a treat. It’s short, charming, and is over before it gets old. I liked it so much that I came back to it after beating it in order to complete it. Luckily I was missing very few things by that point, so between beating and completing it I think it was only 1 hour of extra game time. I did not engage with the in-game races which are not required for completionism. After Tinykin, I played Crown Gambit, which was also insanely good, but in a very different way. Whereas Tinykin is chill and charming, Crown Gambit is heavy and dark. There is a lot of blood being shed in this game, and things will almost definitely not go the way you want, but it is still a very satisfying game and I really enjoyed my time with it. Added a few extra hours into 2024 Mosaic, but very far from beating it. On a rainy Sunday I booted Beetle Ninja, but while I expected it to be a game beatable in less than an hour, that was a mistake and I ended up dropping it for the time being. Batography was picked on its behalf, and in the 8 minutes I spend with it, I felt I had seen enough. I won Beast Breaker from herbes and they wanted me to play it sooner than later, so I got started with it and I’m probably 30-50% of the way to beating it, but I’m kind of cold about it, the reasons explained in the longer review I posted earlier in the month. I also started my Very Long PoP game, Harvestella, which is SO, SO LONG. I sank over 20 hours on it in August and I’m still on Chapter 3 out of 9. Goddamn it. It’s not terrible but also not great, but it’s still probably a positive review from me at the end of the day.

For September, hoping I’ll beat the games I already started and that’s it. Anything else will be a plus. If I have extra time, definitely want to start Dishonored (PoP pick) and CoD MW2 after beating MW1 a few months ago.

Happy gaming!

• Game Time
• Beaten Games
• In Progress
• New Games
• Progress on SG Wins

August 2026

• Stats
• Games
• Notes

August 2026

• 100 Dragon Cats
  

  0.1 hours playtime

  100 of 100 achievements

• 100 Pet Cats
  

  0.1 hours playtime

  100 of 100 achievements

• 100 Summer Cats
  

  0.1 hours playtime

  100 of 100 achievements

• 100 Swamp Cats
  

  0.1 hours playtime

  100 of 100 achievements

• Kirakira stars idol project Ai
  

  0.7 hours playtime

  9 of 9 achievements

• Kirakira stars idol project Reika
  

  0.8 hours playtime

  11 of 11 achievements

• Kirakira stars project Nagisa
  

  1.0 hours playtime

  11 of 11 achievements

• Room 304 - A Boys' Love Story
  

  0.1 hours playtime

  4 of 4 achievements

• TRUE LOVE'S CURSE
  

  0.4 hours playtime

  7 of 7 achievements

• Equinox
  

  0.5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• LIP! Lewd Idol Project Vol. 1
  

  1.6 hours playtime

  no achievements

• LIP! Lewd Idol Project Vol. 1 - Hot Springs and Beach Episodes
  

  1 hours playtime

  no achievements

• LIP! Lewd Idol Project Vol. 2
  

  2.5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• LIP! Lewd Idol Project Vol. 2 - Hot Springs and Beach Episodes
  

  1.7 hours playtime

  no achievements

• LIP! Lewd Idol Project Vol. 3
  

  3.0 hours playtime

  no achievements

• LIP! Lewd Idol Project Vol. 3 - Hot Springs and Beach Episodes
  

  1.0 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Wishy Washy
  

  0.6 hours playtime

  no achievements

Stats

Completed: 17
Achievements: 47,549
Perfect: 1237
Average %: 95

Comments

You know what I cant get numbers right in my head lately apparently. I kept thinking the previous times I was at 50% so I’m not making progress but also not losing it but nope apparently it was 48% since the previous 3 times? Oh well I see 50/50 as a good split to keep things as gaming is clearly not my main purpose this year but this set does get me over 200 done. Which brings me to the other number not going right for months I’ve been thinking that I got an appointment on the 1st, I’ve said it so many times, thought it so many times and then I checked and its not until the 15th thats a whole 2 weeks away. Its a still a Tuesday at least but why did I think it was the 1st so much who even knows

The favourite game of the month goes to KiraKira Reika. That is the 3rd part of the series and even though I really liked Nagisa (2nd game) the most, the 3rd game was just more fun. I liked seeing the newbie idol, who isnt even suppose to the focus, and the old idol in Reika who clearly doesn’t take things as seriously as the previous 2. While there is adult content, romance isn’t actually a thing its just some side content after the game you can attach if you really want to. Sometimes its nice to know your mc isn’t just being sleazy picking up every idol possible and actually goes out of his way to not be seen that way, no single males entering a female idols house alone no can do!

August 2026

Managed to get into Outer Worlds after a while. I really wanted to like it more, but it was kinda lacking for me. Another PoP game done. For the last one it was supposed to be Shadow of War, which I sadly dropped after seeing the spiders. Don’t think I’m able to deal with that ;_;

The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

43 hours playtime

64 of 68 achievements (94,12%)

Restory on the other hand was really fun. Had a lot of devices to fix and a nice story.

ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

27 hours playtime

50 of 50 achievements (100%)

Talking about nice and chill games, Devcats games are always a hit for me. I just love those games.

Flats Full of Cats

1 hour playtime

42 of 42 achievements (100%)

Got Umami in a recent bundle and had an itch to play that. It was a cute little puzzle game.

UMAMI

2 hours playtime

6 of 6 achievements (100%)

Now I’m on Little Witch in the Woods. I really adore this game, it just has everything I want. Cats, fishing, cute characters and fun gameplay. Almost done story wise, then some grind for 100%. And gotta befriend all the cats!

Little Witch in the Woods

41 hours playtime

47 of 61 achievements (77,05%)

Besides that I also started another playthrough of Silksong on the deck since I discovered the MetalOST mod, which replaces every soundtrack of the game with a metal version. I still prefer the original, but it’s a fun excuse to play it again alongside the other games.