The event officially opens at 00:00 UTC, any playtime/achivements before that won't be counted.

Countdown until event starts

Countdown until event ends

Congrats to everyone who participated in June! The stats are the following:

• achievements have been achieved
• hours have been played
• games have been beaten
• people have participated and beaten at least one game.

Hope to see you all again this month :)

Due to timezones/people not being online 24/7 I am still accepting any edits/applications for June for the next couple of days (till the June thread is closed).

The theme for this month is

The Dark Knight

(Thank you to Moony1986 for the suggestion!)

Tags: Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure, Atmospheric, Beat'em Up, Cinematic, Comic Book, Crime, Dark, Drama, Fighting, Superhero
Games with: Asylums, Bats, Caves, helpful companions, Horses (also for normal backlog), Knights, Swords *
Protanonist wears a mask, costume, cape or armor *
Protagonist lost a family member *1
Colorless games
Game title includes animal
Games with "do not kill" achievements *
Games playing (mostly) in the dark *
Games playing (partly) in the Middle Ages *
Chess games

* Please provide some kind of explanation/proof (screenshots or link to some proof) in the notes or it will be rejected.
*1 wins or backlog games are okay for everyone
For those using the Secret Santa games a link to the discord post is required.

No win that fits the theme or played them all?

Please use the "Note" section when submitting the game to inform me of this situation.

You can submit this months games you are going to play here:

https://pagywosg.xyz/events/50

Updated FAQ Version on our Discord Server

Who can participate

Anyone who does not have any unactivated wins, multiple wins or a VAC ban. You can participate even if you don't have any SteamGifts wins, see the "Have already completed all your wins?" below as it applies to this scenario too.

Extra Rules:

1. No comment on this thread? If there is something wrong with the game you submitted it gets deleted. With this many participants we can't chase after everyone.
2. No comment on this thread = not invited to join/re-join the group.
3. Any idle time (e.g. idleing for cards, answering the phone/door, looking up solutions, etc..while the game is still running) needs to be added to the time before the month. We want to have times that are as "clean" as possible for the leaderboard. Any time that is higher than 2x HLTB time will be considered as abnormally high and will raise questions.
4. If we ask for proof that a game fits a certain category, please link the appropriate proof (e.g. screenshots, explanation, videos, etc.) in the notes section of the game entry on the event page. Same goes for the ending screenshots for games without achievements.
5. DLC: I've won/bought a story DLC, can I (re-)play the game? If the DLC has achievements go ahead. If it has an ending achievement reaching that is enough. If there is no ending achievement you will need to complete all DLC achievements for it to count. If you have more than one story DLC then you can play each one as separate entry for different months as long as either the main game or DLC fits the theme. Please only add the main game to the event page and note in the notes section that you are going for DLC achievements.
6. I've won a game bundle. Do I have to play all games for it to count? If the bundle gives you several games with different steam ID's feel free to play them one by one.
   If it gives you one bundle of games with one steam ID then it depends. Do they each have achievements of their own (including an ending achievement)? Then go ahead and play them separately. Though make a note in the notes section, so we know what to look for. Non achievement games or games that play continuously (e.g. all entries play through without an ending between them) are not allowed atm since we do not have a good way to track them separately.
7. If my games does not have an ending/campaign what do I need to do for it to count as beaten? For this we have two different things you can pick from: either the average HLTB time or 25% achievements reached.
8. The event officially opens at 00:00 UTC, any playtime/achivements before that won't be counted.

Theme for August

Summer's Last Stand
It's Too Darn Hot
Fish & Dish
...be happy that it happened
Doom mooD

If we only get 2 theme suggestion I will revive the second runner ups from previous years.

Theme for September

Do you think you have a good idea for a theme for September? Leave it in the comments below. If there are not at least 3 suggestions I will take some of the previous runner ups for this month and put them in the poll next month and the one with the most votes will become September's theme.

Giveaway

Everyone who beats at least one win this month will get the chance to win any of the games listed below :

The Falconeer by samwise84
GIGA WRECKER by samwise84
Anuchard by samwise84
Hob by samwise84
Hob by samwise84
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice by samwise84
The Surge 2 by samwise84
Outer Wilds by samwise84

Have already completed all your wins?

Then feel free to participate with your normal Steam backlog instead :)

Useful links:

Discord
Steam group - please don't bother requesting to join unless I told you to do so, you will get denied.
How Long to Beat
Do You Even Play, Bro? – kelnage’s script
BLAEO website - BLAEO application thread
Source code of the website.
Steam Library Filter
FAQ, Updated Version, Discord
Who did you win from and how many games

Previous months:

2023: January - February - March - April - May - June
2022: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2021: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2020: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2019: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2018: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2017: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December