March report

Completed/Beaten:

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
  

  11 hours playtime

  23 of 35 achievements

• Drawful 2
  

  6 hours playtime

  6 of 10 achievements

• Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
  

  20 hours playtime

  48 of 105 achievements

Played:

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall
  

  2 hours playtime

  0 of 60 achievements

• Armello
  

  25 hours playtime

  10 of 50 achievements

• DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS
  

  9 hours playtime

  53 of 100 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization VI
  

  516 hours playtime

  140 of 246 achievements

• The Jackbox Party Pack 6
  

  13 hours playtime

  10 of 20 achievements

• Two Point Hospital
  

  6 hours playtime

  4 of 45 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

• Deiland (Free),
• DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS,
• Planet Coaster.

February report

Completed/Beaten:

• Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
  

  24 hours playtime

  42 of 90 achievements

Played:

• Kingdom Rush Origins
  

  7 hours playtime

  41 of 83 achievements

• Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
  

  4 hours playtime

  6 of 105 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

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January report

Completed/Beaten:

• Disco Elysium
  

  23 hours playtime

  9 of 24 achievements

• Planet Zoo
  

  41 hours playtime

  18 of 35 achievements

• Unavowed
  

  7 hours playtime

  18 of 56 achievements

Played:

• Baba Is You
  

  25 hours playtime

  7 of 18 achievements

• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
  

  2 hours playtime

  2 of 14 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization VI
  

  499 hours playtime

  138 of 246 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

• Two Point Hospital
• Two Point Hospital: Bigfoot (DLC) (Gift)

2019 report

• Completed on Steam in 2019
• Completed elsewhere in 2019
• Added to my Steam library in 2019
• Won't Play

Steam backlog:

Games added to my backlog vs games I completed in 2019:

End of 2019:

End of 2018:

End of 2017:

NY resolutions/Goals:

My goals for 2019 were:

• Finish at least one game for the monthly theme every month. - DONE!
• Have 50% completion for games Added in 2019. - DONE!

• Reach 50% completion for Gifts & Other Wins. - DONE!

Now:

Before

• Reach 50% completion for games Added in 2018. - DONE!

Now:

Before:

Goals for 2020: continue being at least as responsible as last year. :) I am happy with my 2019 progress so I’ll continue treating my backlog the same way as last year; try to only buy games I want to play really soon, prioritise gifts and other wins when deciding what to play, try to participate in as many monthly themes as possible, and most importantly enjoy playing games and not force myself with games that feel like a chore. I can’t fix my “bad” buying/gaming habits from years ago, but I can continue being responsible going forward.

Favourite games I played in 2019:

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - My favourite AC game, I loved everything about it and really like the direction Ubisoft are taking with the new games in the series.
• Baba is You - Innovative puzzle game. Sometimes a bit frustrating in the best way possible.
• Forza Horizon 4 - More fun than it has the right to be!
• GRIS - Wow! Fun platformer that’s soooo so so stylish! Still amazed by how beautiful every level was.
• HITMAN - First Hitman game I ever played and I enjoyed it more than I expected. Shame it’s a bit short.
• Lost Ember - My favourite game in this genre. An absolutely gorgeous and enjoyable gaming experience.
• My Time At Portia - Started playing it on 15 January, had 47 hours in the game by the end of the month…
• Oxygen Not Included - Bought it in August, had 72 hours in the game by the end of the month…
• Planet Zoo - Loved playing Zoo Tycoon when I was younger, so this is exactly what I needed in my life!
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider - I love the new Tomb Raider games and this one wasn’t an exception.
• The Outer Worlds - Interesting world and companions, enjoyable gameplay.

December report

Completed/Beaten:

• GRIS
  

  4 hours playtime

  13 of 17 achievements

• Lost Ember
  

  7 hours playtime

  22 of 33 achievements

• My Memory of Us
  

  4 hours playtime

  12 of 23 achievements

• The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk
  

  6 hours playtime

  19 of 25 achievements

Played:

• Baba Is You
  

  11 hours playtime

  4 of 18 achievements

• Battlefield V
  

  26 hours playtime

  9 of 21 achievements

• Planet Zoo
  

  19 hours playtime

  12 of 35 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization VI
  

  494 hours playtime

  137 of 246 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

• Baba Is You (Gift)
• GRIS (Gift/Ninja)
• Lost Ember (Gift)
• My Memory of Us (Gift)
• Planet Zoo: Arctic Pack (DLC) (Gift)
• She and The Light Bearer (Gift)
• Skyhill (Gift)
• The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk (Gift)
• Unavowed (Gift)

The monthly theme includes games that we most enjoyed playing in 2019. It doesn’t matter what the game’s release year is - what matters is that you played it in 2019 and enjoyed it so much that you would like to see other assassins experience it too. You can nominate up to 10 games. Feel free to also tell us why you liked these particular games, I’m sure a lot of us would love to hear why these games were special to you.

I would really really really appreciate it if you could include a “clean” list of games somewhere in your post. Please use this format to make skanda’s life easier. :)

```
* [Name of game 1](Steam store page link)
* [Name of game 2](Steam store page link)
* [Name of game 3](Steam store page link)
```

The list also includes the winners of the BLAEO Game Awards 2019.

• 20XX
• 428: Shibuya Scramble
• A Book of Beasts and Buddies
• A Boy and His Blob
• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• A Short Hike
• Adam Wolfe
• Age of Empires II
• American Truck Simulator
• Analogue: A Hate Story
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Assassin’s Creed Origins
• Asura: Vengeance Edition
• Aviary Attorney
• Baba Is You
• BADLAND
• Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced edition
• Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
• Batman: Arkham Origins
• Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
• Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
• Bear With Me + Collector’s Edition
• Beholder
• BIOSHOCK
• Blasphemous
• Blitz Breaker
• Borderlands GOTY Enhanced
• Bridge Constructor Portal
• Cat Quest
• Celeste
• CODE VEIN
• Cook, Serve, Delicious
• Coming Out on Top
• Corpse Party
• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
• Dark Angels: Masquerade of Shadows
• Darksiders Warmastered Edition
• Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
• Dead Island Definitive Edition
• Death Stranding
• Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
• DemonCrawl
• Detention
• Dex
• Dicey Dungeons
• Disco Elysium
• Distance
• Do Not Feed the Monkeys
• DOOM
• Downfall
• Dragon Quest Builders 2
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
• Dreamfall Chapters
• Dropsy
• Dungeon of the Endless
• Dust: An Elysian Tail
• Europa Universalis IV
• Evergarden
• Evo Explores
• Evoland 2
• Fantasy General 2
• Farm Together
• Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark
• FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
• Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
• Forgotton Anne
• Forget Me Not: My Organic Garden
• Forza Horizon 4
• Gato Roboto
• GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
• Glass Masquerade
• GNOG
• GRIS
• Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
• Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
• Hades
• Hatoful Boyfriend
• Heart’s Medicine - Time to Heal
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Hero of the Kingdom II
• Heroes of Hammerwatch
• Highway Blossoms
• Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
• HITMAN
• HITMAN 2
• HIVESWAP
• Hollow Knight
• Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!
• Hue
• HuniePop
• Icycle: On Thin Ice
• Jolly Rover
• JYDGE
• Katamari Damacy REROLL
• Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth
• Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
• Kingdom Come Deliverance
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
• Kona
• Last Day of June
• Later Alligator
• Layers of Fear
• LEGO Jurassic World
• LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
• LEGO The Lord of the Rings
• Life Is Strange
• Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
• Lifeless Planet
• LOST EMBER
• Lost in Harmony
• Lumini
• Lydia
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
• Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood
• Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell
• Midnight Mysteries 4: Haunted Houdini
• Minit
• missed messages.
• MouseCraft
• Murdered: Soul Suspect
• Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
• My Brother Rabbit
• My Memory of Us
• My Time At Portia
• Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower
• NEOVERSE
• NieR: Automata
• observer_
• Old Man’s Journey
• Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
• Overcooked
• Oxygen Not Included
• Paradigm
• Pharaoh + Cleopatra
• Pillars of Eternity
• Plague Inc: Evolved
• PLANET ALPHA
• Planet Zoo
• Please, Don’t Touch Anything
• Pool Panic
• Portal 2
• Pyre
• Quantum Break
• Rabisco
• Redout: Enhanced Edition
• Remember Me
• Resident Evil 0
• resident evil 4 / biohazard 4
• RESIDENT EVIL 2 / BIOHAZARD RE:2
• Richard & Alice
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Rogue Legacy
• Runestone Keeper
• Satellite Reign
• Scribblenauts Unlimited
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Shovel Knight: King of Cards
• Sickness
• SIMULACRA
• Sins Of The Demon RPG
• Slay the Spire
• Slipstream
• SOMA
• Sound of Drop -fall into poison-
• Sounds of Verity
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy
• Star Wars Episode I Racer
• Stardew Valley
• SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
• Subnautica
• Supreme League of Patriots
• System Shock: Enhanced Edition
• Tales of Berseria
• Tametsi
• Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
• The Banner Saga
• The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
• The Cat Lady
• The House of Fata Morgana
• The Journey Down: Chapter Three
• The Long Dark
• The Outer Worlds
• The Red Strings Club
• The Room Three
• The Sexy Brutale
• The Tiny Bang Story
• The Walking Dead: Season Two
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• The Wolf Among Us
• Tomb Raider
• Torchlight II
• Tropico Reloaded
• Truberbrook
• TSIOQUE
• Unexplored
• Unheard
• Untitled Goose Game
• VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Walking Dead
• Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
• Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
• Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
• Yakuza 0
• Year Walk
• Yoku’s Island Express
• ZOMBI

November report

Completed/Beaten:

• Frostpunk
  

  14 hours playtime

  25 of 75 achievements

• Gemini Rue
  

  7 hours playtime

  8 of 15 achievements

• Guacamelee! 2
  

  9 hours playtime

  23 of 49 achievements

• Outer Worlds
  

  21.5 hours playtime

  35 of 48 achievements

Played:

• Battlefield V
  

  17 hours playtime

  8 of 21 achievements

• Destiny 2
  

  3 hours playtime

  3 of 23 achievements

• Planet Zoo
  

  12 hours playtime

  10 of 35 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization VI
  

  480 hours playtime

  137 of 246 achievements

• STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
  

  6 hours playtime

  7 of 39 achievements

• The Jackbox Party Pack 6
  

  9 hours playtime

  9 of 20 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

• Planet Zoo [Deluxe Edition]
• This War of Mine - War Child Charity [DLC] (Gift)

October report

Completed/Beaten:

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  

  62 hours playtime

  43 of 93 achievements

• Kids of Hellas: Back to Olympus
  

  6 hours playtime

  31 of 31 achievements

• LIMBO
  

  4 hours playtime

  12 of 13 achievements

• Pilgrims
  

  57 minutes playtime

  21 of 45 achievements

Played:

• Destiny 2
  

  37 minutes playtime

  2 of 23 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization VI
  

  457 hours playtime

  136 of 246 achievements

• Tabletop Simulator
  

  76 hours playtime

  9 of 27 achievements

• The Jackbox Party Pack 6
  

  7 hours playtime

  8 of 20 achievements

• The Outer Worlds
  

  8 hours playtime

  5 of 48 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

• Destiny 2 (Free)
• Kids of Hellas: Back to Olympus
• Pilgrims
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy
• The Jackbox Party Pack 6

BLAEO Curator Page

Our curator page is now live! It’s focused on interesting new releases that would otherwise go unnoticed in the flood of games that get released on Steam.
We’ll use “Recommended” for games we have first hand experience with and “Informational” for games we’re recommending based on other information (description, screenshots, reviews,…).

It’s similar to the #interesting-new-releases channel on our Discord server where we share interesting games released in the previous, current or next month, but a Steam curator page offers better management and readability of the recommendations.

We’d also like to thank Narayan for coming on board and helping out with this new BLAEO project.

Find your new favourite games here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/11333775.

September report

Completed/Beaten:

• Oxygen Not Included
  

  117 hours playtime

  26 of 35 achievements

• Paws: A Shelter 2 Game
  

  2 hours playtime

  9 of 19 achievements

• The First Tree
  

  2 hours playtime

  7 of 14 achievements

Played:

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  

  31 hours playtime

  12 of 93 achievements

• Cat Quest II
  

  88 minutes playtime

  1 of 9 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization V
  

  78 hours playtime

  79 of 286 achievements

• Sid Meier's Civilization VI
  

  451 hours playtime

  133 of 246 achievements

Games/DLCs added to my Steam library:

• Cat Quest II (Gift)
• Guacamelee! 2 (Gift)
• The First Tree (Gift)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition (Gift)