Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
11	5	0	0	45 + 13

• Cozy Grove
  

  75 hours playtime

  54 of 62 achievements

• DYSMANTLE
  

  37 hours playtime

  14 of 34 achievements

• Superliminal
  

  3 hours playtime

  7 of 27 achievements

• Insurmountable
  

  6 hours playtime

  15 of 26 achievements

• Mini Motorways
  

  14 hours playtime

  37 of 67 achievements

• Crown Trick
  

  2 hours playtime

  13 of 48 achievements

• The Artful Escape
  

  3 hours playtime

  9 of 12 achievements

• Rain on Your Parade
  

  3 hours playtime

  10 of 22 achievements

• SkateBIRD
  

  9 hours playtime

  9 of 12 achievements

• I am Fish
  

  1 hour playtime

  4 of 29 achievements

• Necrobarista Final Pour
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Diablo III
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Superliminal
  

  3 hours playtime

  7 of 27 achievements

• The Artful Escape
  

  3 hours playtime

  9 of 12 achievements

• Rain on Your Parade
  

  3 hours playtime

  10 of 22 achievements

• SkateBIRD
  

  9 hours playtime

  9 of 12 achievements

• Cozy Grove
  

  75 hours playtime

  54 of 62 achievements

Nothing!

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
14	7	4	5	61 + 19

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
  

  5 hours playtime

  9 of 9 achievements

• Analogue: A Hate Story
  

  6 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements

• Cozy Grove
  

  70 hours playtime

  51 of 62 achievements

• The Ramp
  

  64 minutes playtime

  9 of 12 achievements

• Mini Motorways
  

  13 hours playtime

  37 of 67 achievements

• Draft of Darkness
  

  7 hours playtime

  5 of 35 achievements

• Garden Story
  

  19 hours playtime

  16 of 21 achievements

• DYSMANTLE
  

  23 hours playtime

  8 of 34 achievements

• Road 96
  

  10 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
  

  4 hours playtime

  37 of 37 achievements

• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
  

  80 minutes playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
  

  65 hours playtime

  27 of 33 achievements

• Necrobarista Final Pour
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Katamari Damacy Reroll
  

  6 hours playtime

  19 of 21 achievements

• Katamari Damacy Reroll
  

  6 hours playtime

  19 of 21 achievements

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
  

  5 hours playtime

  9 of 9 achievements

• The Ramp
  

  64 minutes playtime

  9 of 12 achievements

• Garden Story
  

  19 hours playtime

  16 of 21 achievements

• Road 96
  

  10 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
  

  4 hours playtime

  37 of 37 achievements

• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
  

  80 minutes playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• DYSMANTLE
  

  23 hours playtime

  8 of 34 achievements

• Garden Story
  

  19 hours playtime

  16 of 21 achievements

• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
  

  80 minutes playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Road 96
  

  10 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Superliminal
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 27 achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
21	12	5	12	216 + 8

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

Tag Challenge #1 Progress (2/12)

Finished this month: 0

• Cozy Grove
  

  59 hours playtime

  50 of 62 achievements

• The Silver Case 2425
  

  5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Pathway
  

  18 hours playtime

  47 of 75 achievements

• Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2
  

  7 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
  

  47 hours playtime

  20 of 33 achievements

• DemonCrawl
  

  222 hours playtime

  82 of 172 achievements

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  315 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Popup Dungeon
  

  34 hours playtime

  17 of 65 achievements

• Beasts of Maravilla Island
  

  3 hours playtime

  31 of 31 achievements

• Mitoza
  

  35 minutes playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• The Solitaire Conspiracy
  

  5 hours playtime

  18 of 20 achievements

• Omno
  

  6 hours playtime

  21 of 21 achievements

• Wanderlust: Travel Stories
  

  9 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Mini Motorways
  

  10 hours playtime

  32 of 67 achievements

• Death's Door
  

  20 hours playtime

  21 of 24 achievements

• Draft of Darkness
  

  46 minutes playtime

  1 of 35 achievements

• The Ramp
  

  1 minute playtime

  no achievements

• The Touryst
  

  7 hours playtime

  8 of 10 achievements

• Wanderlust: Transsiberian
  

  53 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Donut County
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Analogue: A Hate Story
  

  4 hours playtime

  11 of 14 achievements

In an attempt to reduce that orange section of my backlog pie, I picked up Pathway again. Originally, I was very excited for it but the balance at launch (in 2019) was so awful that it was making the game extremely non fun to play. I'm happy to report that it has since been fixed. The game is really fun to play, a great mix of exploration and turn-based tactics with a huge Indiana Jones vibes. As a bonus, the devs are really nice and helpful people. I had a minor bug where the game kept running in the background after I shut it down (the playing time in this one is probably innacurate since it took a few hours before I realized). I casually asked about it on their discord and one dev contacted me in private and the team tried really hard to solve my problem.

I'm a little bit torn about this one. I really enjoyed it and it's what I wish Pokemon Snap would have been about : you walk around in a paradisiac island and take photos of lots of strange creatures and plants. My playthrough went smoothly and all was fine. But then I gifted a copy of it to polsdestrella and her playthrough was ridden with bugs and glitches, to the point that she encountered a game breaking bug towards the end and we had to edit her save file manually comparing it with mine, which after some trial and errors let her bypass that point and actually finish her game. Which wouldn't even have been possible if we didn't have an actual non buggy save file past that point. So it's hard to recommend even though I loved the game.

More than a game it's a toy that you interact with to see the different outcomes. Some are super weird, but I liked it. It's short and free.

Probably the best solitaire game I've ever played, and it has a story. I really loved it.

One of the 3 best games I've played this month, and might end up in my end of year top. It's relatively short but it's both visually super pretty and it's a very zen overall game. It reminded me a bit of Journey, but with a cat companion, so clearly superior. And you can surf. 11/10. For those who have the gamepass it's on there too, give it a try.

Another one of my top of the month. It's the sequel to Mini Metro, visually in the same style but with different mecanics on the same basic concept. Here you have to design the road infrastructures to link people's houses and their place of work and avoid traffic chaos. If you liked Mini Metro, you'll most likely love this too. Easy to pick up, hard to master if you wanna reach the top scores. I might be slightly addicted but is it really a problem? :sweat:

My most satisfying finish (mostly because it was longer and more complex than the two previous ones). A beautiful and dark action-adventure game. A bit of a Zelda-like were you play as a young crow reaper who gets involved in a dark plot while just trying to do his job. I really LOVED this game and 100% it (the save file, not the achievements) in 20 hours across 5 days. I couldn't wait to see more of it and put all of my free time of those days into it. Very strong recommend for the fans of the genre. Note for the cheevo hunters : you might want to check the missable cheevos. The ones I'm missing would have been more or less easy to acquire (maybe minus one) if I had actually known they were a thing.

Following Lengray's recommendation from last winter, I bought this (and the DLC, see below) during the summer sales. My condition was that I was gonna play it this month and not let it rot in the backlog. It was a very nice travel VN and I enjoyed the stories overall. However something in one of the stories itched me the wrong way. It was only one sentence so I guess it's not too bad but one of the protagonist describes while passing the border from France to Spain contemplating the Alps (the chain of mountain between the 2 countries is the Pyrenees, the Alps are between France and Italy for those who don't know). It bothered me in the sense that if your game is all about travel and geography, please double check your facts. And mostly because I didn't know if in the other stories there were the same kind of errors (because I'm not good at geography or familiar with the other places, so I don't know). However overall it was still very enjoyable.

The standalone DLC to the main Wanderlust game. It only follows one story but the protagonist is one of the main game character so they're kind of linked. I really liked this one too.

It was a fun little exploration/puzzle game. I mostly played it because it was leaving the gamepass today and I was intrigued so I thought I might as well try. Cute concept but some of the sequences of plateforming were just infuriating because of the perspective.

Nice short game that I would describe as a reverse Katamari Damacy. You're in control of a hole in the ground and have to absorb everything around. The only critic I'd have is that the gamepass version on PC won't let you unlock the achievements for some reason (it seems to be common with Annapurna's games on the pass). Other than that, fun relaxing game.

A sneaky octopus stuffed this in my backlog, and I was curious enough to take it. I guess since I wasn't really expecting anything of it, I was pleasantly surprised. It's a sci-fi VN where you unfold the story by exploring some log files in the computer of an empty space ship, trying to figure out what happened to its former inhabitants. Note that my first playthrough ended in about 10 minutes because I'm an idiot. Anywho, my actual "full" playthrough took about 3h30 and then some reloading to explore different branches of the story. I might go back to sweep the 3 cheevos I'm missing and read what I didn't discover. Nice surprise.

• Beasts of Maravilla Island
  

  3 hours playtime

  31 of 31 achievements

• Wanderlust: Travel Stories
  

  9 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements

• Wanderlust: Transsiberian
  

  53 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 36 achievements

• The Solitaire Conspiracy
  

  5 hours playtime

  18 of 20 achievements

• Omno
  

  6 hours playtime

  21 of 21 achievements

• Mini Motorways
  

  10 hours playtime

  32 of 67 achievements

• Death's Door
  

  20 hours playtime

  21 of 24 achievements

• Draft of Darkness
  

  46 minutes playtime

  1 of 35 achievements

• The Ramp
  

  1 minute playtime

  no achievements

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 9 achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
14	2	2	3	63

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

Tag Challenge #1 Progress (2/12)

Finished this month: 0

• Cozy Grove
  

  52 hours playtime

  49 of 62 achievements

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  313 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Golf Story
  

  5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Hokko Life
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• The Wild at Heart
  

  21 hours playtime

  29 of 29 achievements

• Ring of Pain
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• King of Seas
  

  29 hours playtime

  12 of 29 achievements

• Cloudpunk
  

  10 hours playtime

  44 of 79 achievements

• Slay the Spire
  

  220 hours playtime

  25 of 46 achievements

• Wasteland 3
  

  49 hours playtime

  24 of 74 achievements

• Pathway
  

  3 hours playtime

  9 of 75 achievements

• Mario Golf Super Rush
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1+2
  

  5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Subnautica: Below Zero
  

  35 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

One of my favourite game I've played this year. I had loved the demo last summer and the final game was everything I hoped and some more. Gameplay-wise it's using a mechanic similar to Pikmin (the protagonists are followed by a group of little creatures of different types that you have to use to solve different puzzles as you explore), but better in my opinion. The graphic style is absolutely adorable and very detailled, the story is nice. I had an overall great time and I strongly recommend it if the gameplay appeals to you. For those who have it, it's on the gamepass.

I had been waiting for a long time for this game to come out of EA, and I was really excited about it with how much I loved the original Subnautica. This game is both similar and quite different as it adds new game mecanics, a new story, a whole new environement and a new protagonist, which I really loved even more than the original one. Oh and of course, new nightmarish fauna, or it wouldn't be Subnautica. I had taken a few weeks break on it to play other things but went back to it a few days ago and dived right back in the addiction. Strongly recommend it to those who enjoyed the first game.

Not counting it as a beaten this month as I only finished the DLC and still need to finish the main campaign but I wanted to say a word about it. I loved going back to Wasteland 3, and recently they had a big patch that added crafting into the base game as well as some very convenient quality of life features. The DLC in itself mostly worked fine for me (I had a few bugs on my first game session but then all went smooth) but some people are reporting lots of bugs. Story wise, it was a nice contained storyline on a separate location. I played with a level 15-17 group which scaled pretty well, I don't know about people who already have completed the game going back for it though. Maybe wait for the second DLC to come out this summer and see what it's worth.

• Tell Me Why
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 30 achievements

• Popup Dungeon
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 65 achievements

• Analogue: A Hate Story
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 14 achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
14	3	1	7	126

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

Tag Challenge #1 Progress (2/12)

Finished this month: 0

• Cozy Grove
  

  37 hours playtime

  41 of 62 achievements

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  312 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Golf Story
  

  3 hours playtime

  no achievements

• World's End Club
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• The Last Campfire
  

  1 hour playtime

  no achievements

• Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
  

  42 hours playtime

  19 of 33 achievements

• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
  

  3 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

• Littlewood
  

  50 hours playtime

  52 of 60 achievements

• Loop Hero
  

  37 hours playtime

  31 of 50 achievements

• DemonCrawl
  

  202 hours playtime

  80 of 166 achievements

• The Slormancer
  

  2 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Subnautica: Below Zero
  

  19 hours playtime

  5 of 13 achievements

• Insurmountable
  

  4 hours playtime

  12 of 26 achievements

• The Wild at Heart
  

  17 hours playtime

  15 of 29 achievements

So I started the month committing tax evasion :sweat:. It was an overall really fun game, reminiscent of the old 2D Zelda games in the design and gameplay. The writing was really funny, it's full of references and memes and the design is adorable. The only downside is that the game is really short. Worth your time but be aware it's so short.

This was a cool town management/farming/crafting/adventuring game. It was really addictive (I promise, just one more day and I stop playing) and I put a lot of time into it. I've put 50 hours into it, so i'm very happy with it, but I have two small criticism. First, if you want all the achievements, some of them are extremely grindy, to the point that I don't think I'll go for completion. The second problem I had is that the "ending" is very underwhelming to say the least. That being said, that's not the important point in a game of this genre, and that part is done really well. I would recommend the game if the genre appeals to you.

I was very intrigued by this roguelike about mountain climbing. It's a pretty uncommon theme and the idea seemed fun to me. You move your alpinist on an hexagonal map with different elevations and attempt to successfully climb (and descend) 3 summits. For that you'll need to manage different vital stats and use the equipment you can find along the way. I really liked the game even though when I played it, it suffered from a lack of variety in the events. It's been patched since then and more events have been added so I'll for sure play it some more. Recommended if you like roguelikes and the theme appeals to you.

• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
  

  3 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

• Nubarron: The adventure of an unlucky gnome
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Little Nightmares II
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 35 achievements

• Insurmountable
  

  4 hours playtime

  12 of 26 achievements

• Hokko Life
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• The Wild at Heart
  

  17 hours playtime

  15 of 29 achievements

• World's End Club
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
11	3	1	9	115 + 4

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

Tag Challenge #1 Progress (2/12)

Finished this month: 0

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  310 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
  

  35 hours playtime

  15 of 33 achievements

• Sea of Thieves
  

  33 hours playtime

  24 of 166 achievements

• Monster Train
  

  47 hours playtime

  28 of 53 achievements

• DemonCrawl
  

  184 hours playtime

  72 of 166 achievements

• INMOST
  

  4 hours playtime

  14 of 29 achievements

• Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
  

  6 hours playtime

  5 of 49 achievements

• Don't Forget Me
  

  5 hours playtime

  6 of 12 achievements

• Cozy Grove
  

  12 hours playtime

  18 of 62 achievements

• Littlewood
  

  32 hours playtime

  38 of 60 achievements

• Rusty Lake Hotel
  

  3 hours playtime

  23 of 23 achievements

I really liked the ambiance and the whole setup of the game, even if it wasn't exactly what I expected. I was a bit disappointed by the abrupt way the game ends but the devs already announced they're looking into changing that so for sure I'll revisit it later and see the paths I did not explore. Interesting first game of a small studio nonetheless, maybe wait for a sale as it's pretty short. Still will look forward to their future games, they have good potential.

I really REALLY liked Inmost. I liked the demo they released in a past festival, but the full game was even better. It had an interestingly told story that I won't spoil here, which I was not really expecting (I thought it was more "just" a puzzle plateformer), a beautiful pixelart design and a great soundtrack. Definitely a recommendation for this one if you like puzzle plateformer gameplay in a beautiful package.

Well this one was a very short, and free, end of the month addition and completion. I always had been a bit curious about this series of games while keeping myself away from being spoiled somehow so that was intriguing. It's a weird but interesting short puzzle/escape room kind of game and I overall liked it. Of course it's short so don't expect too much but give it a try. I'll have to look into the rest of the series.

• INMOST
  

  4 hours playtime

  14 of 29 achievements

• Don't Forget Me
  

  5 hours playtime

  6 of 12 achievements

• Small World
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Cozy Grove
  

  12 hours playtime

  18 of 62 achievements

• Littlewood
  

  32 hours playtime

  38 of 60 achievements

• Cattails
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 43 achievements

• The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 23 achievements

• The Slormancer
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Rusty Lake Hotel
  

  3 hours playtime

  23 of 23 achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
12	6	1	6	175 + 20

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

Tag Challenge #1 Progress (2/12)

Finished this month: 1

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  285 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
  

  23 hours playtime

  11 of 33 achievements

• Sea of Thieves
  

  12 hours playtime

  20 of 166 achievements

• Curse of the Dead Gods
  

  52 minutes playtime

  2 of 30 achievements

• Neurodeck
  

  4 hours playtime

  14 of 26 achievements

• Kirby's Dream Land 2(GameBoy)
  

  8 hours playtime

  27 of 37 achievements

• Loop Hero
  

  17 hours playtime

  16 of 50 achievements

• Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
  

  6 hours playtime

  47 of 54 achievements

• Supraland
  

  30 hours playtime

  58 of 98 achievements

• Monster Train
  

  34 hours playtime

  20 of 53 achievements

• Creaks
  

  6 hours playtime

  28 of 28 achievements

• Dorfromantik
  

  5 hours playtime

  9 of 47 achievements

Supraland was a surprising one for me. It was really good and a lot of fun. I had picked it as part of the tag challenge for Sandbox but little did I know that it wasn't really one in term of gameplay, but rather the sandbox is the universe in which the game is going on. You play as some little toy in a world built by a kid in a big sandbox. It's sort of a 3D plateformer metroidvania I guess? But what it is mostly, is really good. If any of you played the DLC, is it worth getting?

Neurodeck was a game I really wanted to like, but felt short in a lot of aspects. It's a mental health/phobia themed roguelike deckbuilder, but it kind of ressort to some clichés for the mental health part that could end up sending the wrong message. Visually it's quite well done but it sadly ended up being a less good Slay the Spire were the theme wasn't properly done, imho.

It was a bit more complex than the first Kirby's Dream Land (and longer too) while being still a lot of fun. Getting to the true ending took me a bit of time but it was all worth it.

This game on the other hand was just a massive disappointment, and even tho I got the key for free I still felt scammed. The game is merely a prologue to the whole supposed story, yet priced like a whole game. The story only start in the closing sequence of the game, which will supposedly have 2 more fully prices episodes after that. So 60-70€ for a point and click WELL THEN. Without me. Oh and don't let my playtime fool you, I forgot the game on the start menu for at least 1-2h and I did a lot of clicking everywhere (because EVERYTHING is uselessly clickable 3 times). The game can be done in less then 2h playing normally. My advice is a solid don't buy and don't waste your time playing.

My great surprise of the month. A super chill tile-placing city countryside builder with a great artstyle and a relaxing yet addictive gameplay. Think about Carcassonne but solo, and way prettier. Strong recommendation. Plus it's super cheap.

Creaks is a beautiful puzzle game by Amanita Design. It differs from their previous games gameplaywise, which were all point and clicks, but the artstyle and the storytelling is still equally great. I really loved the game and it was a perfect counterbalance to all the roguelikes I played this month. I definitely would recommend it if you like puzzle solving games.

• Curse of the Dead Gods
  

  52 minutes playtime

  2 of 30 achievements

• Neurodeck
  

  4 hours playtime

  14 of 26 achievements

• Loop Hero
  

  17 hours playtime

  16 of 50 achievements

• Cyanide & Happiness - Freakpocalypse (Episode 1)
  

  6 hours playtime

  47 of 54 achievements

• Creaks
  

  6 hours playtime

  28 of 28 achievements

• Dorfromantik
  

  5 hours playtime

  9 of 47 achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
13	9	5	9	102 + 15

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

Tag Challenge #1 Progress (1/12)

Finished this month: 1

• King of Seas
  

  26 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  255 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Monster Sanctuary
  

  77 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

• Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land(GameBoy)
  

  8 hours playtime

  21 of 26 achievements

• Wario Land 2 (GameBoy)
  

  17 hours playtime

  16 of 20 achievements

• Summer Catchers
  

  4 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Ghost Files 2: Memory of a Crime
  

  4 hours playtime

  23 of 23 achievements

• The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City
  

  5 hours playtime

  28 of 28 achievements

• Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
  

  15 minutes playtime

  0 of 33 achievements

• Uncharted Tides: Port Royal
  

  4 hours playtime

  19 of 22 achievements

• Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
  

  2 hours playtime

  6 of 6 achievements

• Journey
  

  2 hours playtime

  2 of 14 achievements

• Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
  

  4 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

After being the villain in Super Mario Land 2, Wario became the protagonist in this sequel. The game takes a lot from the previous iteration in the series: the power ups giving different abilities, the map, the secret levels... but then renewed the interest in adding the collectible treasures. It also has multiple endings, even though they only depend on how many of the treasures and coins you managed to collect along the way. Once you unlock one you can still play on the same safe file to collect more things and replay the final level to see if you get a better ending. I really liked replaying it, it was fitting to what I remembered.

One of the multiple HoGs I played this month. Nice, visually pleasant but not too memorable story wise, I'd still put it in the mid-high tier of Artifex Mundi games. It does its job, which is all I expect from those games.

Another Artifex game, and another fine one. This one is more on the fantasy/supernatural side compared to the previous one, so it really depends on what you prefer, I don't mind as I like both and I'm never really in those for the story.

This game is like the love child of a metroidvania and Pokemon, but better. It has a lot to explore, a lot of monsters to pick from to build your team (and all of them are actually useful given the working synergy) and it gets more and more fun as you get access to more monsters. This took me most of my gaming time this month (and the previous one), and I REGRET NOTHING. I could have finished a lot faster but I went for all of the cheevos just to have an excuse to play more. The only complaint I have really is an sudden peak of difficulty a bit before the final boss (that then goes back to normal actually, I struggled less with said final boss than that spike I'm talking about). That being said, it was such a satisfying game and I wish there was more of it.

Another okayish Artifex, a bit underwhelming compared to the others I played this month. On the plus side, it had an interesting system with two main protagonists you keep switching between, but on the other hand it had some BS missable cheevos (where you need to do several things perfectly on first try, so if you miss them you'd have to replay the whole thing to get them).

I was surprised by this one on how full of content it was. It differs from its predecessor as it removes both the power ups and the lives all together. You can't die and when you get hurt you lose coins instead. The game is more focused on puzzle solving and finding every level's secret treasure room, collecting each of said treasures as well as some map pieces at the end of the level, both through a minigame. The game is linear at first but once you reach the first ending, you can revisit any level as well as unlock a bunch of other levels (actually it doubles the amount of levels that you played reaching the first ending). Those levels allow you to reach multiple other endings in different storyline branches. Finally, if you collect all treasures and map pieces you unlock a final massive secret level that you can explore and try to beat your best time on. The whole thing took me a bit under 17h and I was even more impressed as this was still a Game Boy game and when you compare it to the first Super Mario Land, the difference in complexity, design and content is really massive. In any case, a great play.

A cute stylized first person P&C, sequel to the first Frog Detective game. If you liked the first, you'll like this one too. Nice for a short adventure, not too complex, obviously, but super cute.

I'm very torn by this game. On one hand, it's an absolutely beautiful walking sim. On the other hand, the saving system (and lack there is of) is abysmal. To the point that I feel I missed out on some content because of the frustration of not being able to save. Yes the game is pretty short and a lot of people might play it in one sitting, but I didn't and had to repeat some progress I lost. There is no "Save and Quit" option and the autosave only happens at very scarce points. In a game where I'd rather take my time and see all there is to see, I thought it was a really stupid design choice. Anyway, I plan on going back to it and re-explore it in the future, because I probably missed a lot considering I only got 2 achievements finishing the game. I'll just try to pick a day where I can have a long continuous gaming session.

Another Artifex HoG, I actually quite enjoyed this one (still forgettable story but a nice chill game for a sunday afternoon).

• Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 38 achievements

• Endless Fables 4: Shadow Within
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 30 achievements

• Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
  

  4 hours playtime

  24 of 24 achievements

• Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 24 achievements

• Ghost Files 2: Memory of a Crime
  

  4 hours playtime

  23 of 23 achievements

• The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City
  

  5 hours playtime

  28 of 28 achievements

• The Secret Order 7: Shadow Breach
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 32 achievements

• The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 32 achievements

• Uncharted Tides: Port Royal
  

  4 hours playtime

  19 of 22 achievements

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
16	12	5	5	124 + 19

ABC Challenge 2.0 Progress (3/27)

Finished this month: 0

• Gems of War
  

  112 hours playtime

  77 of 90 achievements

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  

  245 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Murder by Numbers
  

  27 hours playtime

  4 of 4 achievements

• FRAMED Collection
  

  2 hours playtime

  18 of 18 achievements

• Marco & The Galaxy Dragon
  

  6 hours playtime

  15 of 15 achievements

• There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
  

  6 hours playtime

  34 of 34 achievements

• Little Misfortune
  

  4 hours playtime

  30 of 35 achievements

• There is no game: Jam Edition 2015
  

  18 minutes playtime

  7 of 7 achievements

• Grounded
  

  30 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Monster Sanctuary
  

  25 hours playtime

  19 of 34 achievements

• Super Mario Land (GameBoy)
  

  1 hour playtime

  22 of 37 achievements

• Kirby's Dream Land (GameBoy)
  

  40 minutes playtime

  8 of 17 achievements

• Super Mario Land 2 (GameBoy)
  

  5 hours playtime

  13 of 28 achievements

• Mario's Picross (GameBoy)
  

  16 hours playtime

  26 of 89 achievements

• Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land(GameBoy)
  

  2 hours playtime

  5 of 26 achievements

• Ocean's Heart
  

  20 hours playtime

  18 of 22 achievements

My first decision of the year was to finally retire (at least for now) from Gems of War. I've spent too many hours (and nearly 2 years+ ?) in this game and I started feeling a burnout. I don't wanna recommend this game and get people addicted to it, neglecting their backlog, but it's a pretty good free puzzle game. The only down side I'd say is that it's a bit too addictive.

I loved this game. I'd describe it as if Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and Mario Picross had a love child. It's a weird combination but it worked for me and it worked well. I hope there was more of those.

It's not bad but I found it a tad boring. It took me only 2 hours to complete both games yet I couldn't wait to be done. Sad because I liked the concept a lot and it wasn't even badly done. I just didn't care much for it.

Best visual novel I've played in a long while. It's colorful, it's cute, it has a cool story and it has a crazy rythm. The only negative point I can find it is that's it's "only" 6h long, so pretty short for a VN.

Since there is no game, there is no review. JUST GO PLAY IT. Also don't spoil yourself, go in blind. If you're a cheevo hunter, it's easy to go back at the end and get what you missed, don't ruin the game for yourself.

It was a good game, but I liked Fran Bow better. Still nice to play and really not too long. Recommended for "dark but cute" P&C lovers.

If you're not sure the previously mentionned game is for you, this is the free concept game version of the other. Obviously a lot easier and shorter but will give you an idea on the humor. Thanks Kale for finding this one.

My big surprise of the month, it was a great adventure exploration game heavily inspired by the old 2D Zelda games, but with modern twists like crafting. Overall it's not 100% perfect (Incountered a few bugs but the devs provided a quick workaround and will fix it in the next patch) but it was a great experience for nostalgics of those kind of games. It's also really beautiful and the pixel art style is amazing. I recommend it if you like the genre, it's really a great one.

Crazily shorter than I remembered. The whole game is actually under 30min from start to finish while in my little kid memory it was super super long. Ok, I'm better at video games than I was then, but I strongly suspect that the fact that there was no sort of save system at all was probably helping giving that impression. I clearly played those first levels so many times that 30 years later I still knew where all the secret stuff were.

Another way shorter than I remembered. The normal mode was a bit too easy but the hard mode that you unlock afterwards is a brutal spike in difficulty. Cute though.

Better than the first one, definitely more interesting. The closest thing that there was as an "open world" mario game back them. Loved replaying it.

Definitely what I remembered. A lot of content for picross lovers and still good to play. Took me quite a long time to play all of the levels but it was a nice chilling game in my time off. Will keep playing the rest of the series, definitely.

• Tales of the Neon Sea
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 58 achievements

• Phantom Brave PC
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 29 achievements

• Ocean's Heart
  

  20 hours playtime

  18 of 22 achievements

• King of Seas
  

  0 minutes playtime

  no achievements

• Still There
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 23 achievements