Hey all, its your local Zoidberg again and it is time to make the bank regret their decision on giving me credit :D.

The challenge is simple: Play and beat 5 out of the top 24 games (according to Steam reviews), starting today, that you currently own in one month.

The prize: 5x Hades
Note: This means I'm giving away five copies of the game and will have 5 winners.

Game length does not matter and I'm not looking for 100% achievement runs. So long as you play and beat 5 games, I'm happy. You can go easy mode and play a bunch of 1h games or go crazy and play 5 +30h games. So long as they are one of your top games, we are good. Also, price of the game does not matter. If the game is free, that is okay.

How to enter: Post a comment with a screenshot showing your steam library sorted by "Steam Review" (example below - Picture 1). Also include either screenshots/achievements showing that you fulfilled the criteria and I'll add you on Steam and give you the link. Feel free to share your thoughts on the games you've played, but it is not required.

FAQ:

What if have already played most or all of my top games?

First, congrats! :D
Second, screw you, you show off -.- jealous
Third, scroll down a row and take two screenshots. One showing the original top games in your library. The second showing the new row of games which include the ones you played for this event. (Example below - Picture 2)

How far down can I scroll? Can I scroll indefinitely? :D

-.-

I'm allowing 3 extra rows of games. That is 8 per row or 24 extra games for a total of 48. If you are still unable to find 5 games within that group, you can keep scrolling down with the condition that you have no more than 10 games to choose from. I.e. You can only go pass your top 48 if you have already played at least 38 your top games. Next three rows would put you at 72; you need to play at least 62 before going to the next 24 and so and so forth.

What about that other event "Monthly in a month"? Can one game count for both events?

I was on the fence about this one but the answer is yes. If you play a game that satisfies the conditions of this event and the other event (either the one that is currently running and the next edition which starts on Friday), then it can be applied to both. Just keep in mind that the other event doesn't start until the new HB Choice/Monthly launches, so if you play a game now with the intention of having it apply to both, you need to wait till after HB releases the new bundle on Friday. Otherwise, you could only apply it to the edition which is about to end this weekend.*

I want you guys to have fun. I don't need you guys to hate me for making you play 11 games this month. :p

Why 5/24?

24 since it is the most I could fit in a screenshot by putting the steam client on full screen. 5 seemed like a decent target.

Event ends on Jan 1st, 10pm EST. For all that is holy, do not wait till the last minute to submit your entry. I do not need to spend New Year's Day refreshing the thread to make sure I got everyone.

Good luck, have fun and stay safe.

P.S. Feel free to comment below your thoughts about the event and your answer to the poll.

How to sort by "Steam Review":

  • Go to Library > Home on the steam client
  • Either make a new shelf (by clicking "Add Shelf") or scroll down to the one at the bottom which should be set for "All Games". If making a new shelf, click in the dropdown arrow beside "Choose A Shelf" and select "All Games"
  • Besides "All Games", you should see "Sort By" and a drop down which will default to "Alphabetical". Click on the drop down and at the very bottom, you will see "Steam Review". Click it and it will sort by review (Highest to lowest) and show you the score.
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Should this event be a regular thing?

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Yes
No
Don't care since only nerds play video games.

A good point to play some missed/untouched games :) Thanx for the event!

Library: games (12x4)

  • Red Ⓧ -> played game
  • Orange Ⓧ -> multiplayer game
Game Playtime Achievements Status
Portal 15.2h 12/15 Beaten | Screenshot
Portal 2 20.7h + 113m. IDLE 27/51 Beaten | Screenshots
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 5.4h 14/14 Completed
missed messages 1h 4/4 Completed
The Shell of Permafrost 3.4h 5/5 Completed
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I've completed the selected 5 games. Should I post something else somewhere or this table is enough?

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Thank you :)

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Wow, I just realized how many of my top rated games I have played... I have 6 eligible games in the top 24 and 12 in the top 48.

I'd like to play:
Dusk
Dishonored
Gris
Bastion
Postal 2

The ones with red are either played or don't have achievements or has no goal / end.

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Game Status Proof
DUSK Beaten Only the Beginning
Dishonored Beaten Resolution
Gris Beaten The End
Bastion Beaten The End
Postal 2 Beaten Thanks for the money!
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Not certain whether or not I'll be taking part yet but thank you nonetheless.
Edit: looks like I will be giving this event a shot.

Game Status Thoughts
Gunpoint Beaten cool little indie puzzle game
Crown of Leaves Beaten huh?
Portal Beaten 🎂
Glass Masquerade Beaten jigsaw puzzles with background music
Detention Beaten huh? 2.0
Agent A A puzzle in disguise Beaten escape rooms with background music (jk, loved this)
Helltaker Playing tba
Doki doki Playing tba
Hotline Miami Dropped too hard for me

Note: Crossed off games have already been started/beaten. The last couple of games were crossed off to keep the total at 48.

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Game Achievements Status
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive 14/25 Beaten
GRIS 17/17 Completed
Undertale Screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4 Beaten
Crazy Machines 3 14/41 Beaten
Turok 10/10 Completed

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is my Very Long for PoP too, so that's lucky I guess.
Nvm. Got 5 without it. Still gonna play it though since it's a repick and I told my picker that I'd try to complete it.
Thanks for the event and happy holidays! 😄

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If there are two versions of the same game (like Mark of the Ninja, and Mark of the Ninja Remastered) on my list, does that count as two games still, for determining whether I have ten options, or can I keep scrolling?

Also, I really like this concept for a challenge! Thank you for designing it.

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Never mind, I realized I have achievements unlocked on MotN, so only the Remastered is eligible anyway.

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You cannot have any play time before the event started. I only allowed idle time because of its popularity within this community. No exceptions.

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I do not want to be in a position where I'm deciding X amount of gameplay is considered just the beginning. Say I was to go by time and you cannot have played more than 2 hours of a game for it to count. Would it be fair for someone to turn around and use games that are generally 3 hours long when they have already played 2 hours? I could go by relative length but then I'm stuck trying to figure out how much of a game is just the beginning for each game. I don't want to be in a position when I say yes to one, no to another without making it clear as to why I said yes and no when it is ultimately subjective. This is why I'm not allowing any play time outside of idling because I know (or can easily figure out) how much time it takes to idle a particular game and see if it matches with what was submitted.

Also, how would it advantage the idlers? Wouldn't this encourage them to actually play the games they have instead of just idling them for cards?

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Red square games are already played/beaten or with playtime.
I hope I have understood everything so this will be my picks:
Portal - Beaten
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood - Beaten
Battle Chef Brigade - Beaten
My Friend Pedro - Beaten
Machinarium - Completed

I dont know if the first screenshot is valid cause i couldnt fit all information in one screenshot, so i tried now and the third shows that is all games sorted by steam reviews

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I have free time this month so let's try this out. Here's what I chose from my top 24, all never played more than a few minutes before today:

  1. A Hat in Time

  2. fault - milestone two side:above

  3. Finding Paradise

  4. Primordia

  5. Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition

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Hi, do games from family library sharing count?

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No. Must be owned on Steam and found on your account.

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Ok, thanks, now need find where can I turn it off for taking screenshots of library

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Library -> home -> add shelf -> select "my games" (on the left)

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Thank you! Helped a lot!

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You could change your instructions to adding a new shelf and selecting "My Games" so that family share games don't show up

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Is the starting time for the event the time of publication of this thread?

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For the sake of simplicity, assume the event started at 2PM est which is the same time that the HB choice launches (but a different day).

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Thanks! And sorry for the trouble. My issue was that I started a game prior to the start of this event that I thought would be eligible for this but it's not in my top 24 games.

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So decided to look and most of mine I did. I got 10 with 1 being a sequel and a fighting game that who knows what part of the 6 games it is
Doing the next 3 bonus lines didn't add on much for me. My last line was completely done and the other 2 added on a couple with 1 being a game I beat but not when it had achievements. Didnt even look at the mini 2 I could've counted to make 72 but both of them were done to. I don't see myself actually touching the bonus games just sticking to the normal 48

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Let's try it! Another awesome event by the way, thank you for doing this.

  • Portal
  • Detention
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Life is Strange
  • The Walking Dead

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Today I learned that I have 4 unplayed games among my top 48. FML

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Just gotta keep going down. Apparently the games I'm currently playing are in the 80s like come on re4 I know you are better then that I cant touch it for like another 100

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Oh yeah I didn't read it correctly :D Maybe I'll do this even another time though, I don't really have the time to beat the top games I have right now...

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my best game is of course clannad at 98, in fact I have a few games at 98% that don't scream that to me. Whos rating these games!

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A Short Hike seems to be the "best" game in my collection, I really think it deserves that high of a rating though.

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So you just learned that you've already played almost all of your best rated games? That seems like a good thing, no? :)

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Well, considering that about half of all my games in my library are completed, and prioritizing playing the games I've heard good things about, it's not that surprising :D

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That's awesome!

Prioritizing has been... challenging for me. There's the great games that I really want to play, but they're really long and a huge time commitment, and given my currently very limited free time, I keep putting them off. I must have installed and re-installed The Witcher 2 at least 3-4 times, and never got past the first story mission.

So instead I try to play shorter games and prioritize SG wins, which is fine, but means that those great games that I'm excited for but afraid to commit to go unplayed.

And then I go and throw everything off by playing a long, huge time commitment of an SG win. :)

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shapezio
Bit_Blaster_XL
Cube_Escape_Paradox/
Enigmatis_2_The_Mists_of_Ravenwood

I didn't post pictures in a while and forgot how to properly post them, can anyone remind me of the "formatting"?

Btw, I'm not sure if the first 3 games have an ending, in case they don't I can replace them. (they do have a certain "amount of time to beat" the game on howlongtobeat, so I assumed they do have an ending.

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Not left with much of a choice here. Damn me for playing games or starting Portal for just 1 minute XD

List of games

  • Red line: played or finished games, free games
  • Blue square: 5 eligible unplayed games
Game Achievements Status Screenshot
The Curse of Monkey Island None Completed Final scene
A Hat in Time 21/46 Finished The End pic Achievements
The Coma 2 35/35 Completed Ingame unlocks Achievements
Dusk 9/30 Finished Achievements
Don't Escape 4 Days to Survive 25/25 Completed Final scene Achievements
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Time to give this a shot :P

Game Status Achievements
Nightmares from the Deep 2: Siren's Call Finished 22/29
Nightmares from the Deep 3: Davy Jones Finished 23/32
Kill It with Fire Finished 9/24
Left 4 Dead 2 Finished 16/101
Orcs Must Die! Finished 10/27
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I'm quite relieved that I already have Hades :D Have fun people!

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Nice event, and extremely generous of you!
I always want to participate in your regular events, but never have 6 unplayed Humble Monthly games, so I really appreciate the opportunity 😊
Here's my 48 top rated, with the played/non-eligible games in red and my five selections in green, being:

Helltaker - (Completed)
fault - milestone two side:above - (Completed)
klocki - (Completed)
The Room (Completed)
The Room Two - (Completed)

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Will play:
Day of the Tentacle Remastered - [Beaten]
fault - milestone two side:above - [Completed]
Glass Masquerade - [Completed]
The Wolf Among Us - [Completed]
Detention - [Beaten]

Backup:
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I suspect that we should be picking games according to the latest screenshot we provide, so if you add some more games that would qualify, and then provide a new screenshot, you would have to pick your games according to the newer version, but if you don't provide any update (while adding some new games to your account), you would be picking games for the event according to the old screenshot.

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Pretty much. Thanks for writing it out for me :D.

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Nice. Just as I finished the other challenge :)

Just like goplayer7 I have four rows in one screen, so I do have quite the selection to pick from, thankfully. There are quite some that haven't been touched O.O
All the ones with cards have idle time. Not sure which ones I'll pick, I'll decide throughout the month.

Red X = already played
Black X = Multiplayer or endless games

Btw I wanted to ask about free to play games. Are they allowed to be chosen?
Woah, I'm actually quite excited. I finally get to play Blackwell Epiphany. Been wanting to for many years and never did, because then the journey would be over. 2020 is the year, woot!

Game Status Review
Blackwell Epiphany Finished As good as they say. Amazing ending for the series.
TUKONI Completed Very lovely, and sadly quite short adventure game.
Linelight Finished Well done, but somehow doesn't click for me. Rather tedious. I absolutely fucking hate this game. Would have never finished without this challenge.
Agent A Finished Another well made, but to me rather tedious game. Got really bored towards the end and annoyed at having to suffer through these little animations when changing location, which you have to do a lot. Wonder why it is so highly rated.
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood Finished High quality HOG. The usual cheesy story and some moon logic in there, tho the varied puzzles and the good animations make it worthwhile.
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> Woah, I'm actually quite excited. I finally get to play Blackwell Epiphany. Been wanting to for many years and never did, because then the journey would be over. 2020 is the year, woot!

Same, finished the others 4 long years ago

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Haha, you know what. Couple minutes in I realized that my memories are far too vague and now I spent over an hour recapping all that has happenend before. Currently fast forwarding through a full walkthrough of Deception (which I always felt was the weakest of the series anyways).
Good times, spending some with my buddies Rosa and Joey again :D

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Yeah, you do. This series is too interconnected to be enjoyable when you don't know the former parts of the series. You will only understand half of the plot, if that much, and it will kill so much from what you can get out of it. Quite the undertaking though to play so many of them. I would not have appreciated to have done that under the pressure of having to fulfill a certain goal.
However, I wish you a lot of fun with the greatest advenure games series of all time. Up there with The Longest Journey/Dreamfall saga.

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Free is fine so long as there is a clear ending. If folks start submitting nothing but f2p games, I might reconsider, but for now it is fine.

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I have played time for 38 games of the first 48 (actually 37 but with what Cjcomplex said it would be 38), so I added 3 other rows and have a total of 72 games.
The games I'll be playing are:

  1. The Hex - BEATEN - (https://steamcommunity.com/id/microporoso/stats/510420/achievements/)
  2. Pony Island - BEATEN - (https://steamcommunity.com/id/microporoso/stats/405640/achievements/)
  3. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi - BEATEN - (https://steamcommunity.com/id/microporoso/stats/1034940/achievements/)
  4. 140 - BEATEN - (https://steamcommunity.com/id/microporoso/stats/242820/achievements/)
  5. The Talos Principle - BEATEN - (https://steamcommunity.com/id/microporoso/stats/257510/achievements/)
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If you want to image open directly you should use url ending with .png/.jpg (available after right clicking your image and choosing "show image")

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Thanks, but I don't get it to open directly, when you say "available after ... etc.", is that something I do in imgur or in the comment? I tried writing .png at the end of the link in the comment but I think it didn't work.

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Divided into steps:
1) Go to the page you have already linked in your comment.
2) Right click your image - list of options should appear. Click "show image" (rough translation into English, as I use Polish in my browser, probably exactly that or something similar. You could also try clicking them one by one to find out what they do).
3) You should be taken to page with the same picture, and that picture only. Url should also change, and depending on the type of the picture, it can be anything, but usually it's .jpg, .png. or .gif
4) Copy that url, and use it in your comment above. https://i.imgur.com/7M3Gm3Y.png
I hope that helped. Also, sorry if any instructions were unclear. English is not my native language.

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Thank you very much!! It helped me a lot, now I got the image to open

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Not valid. Zero play time before the event started. The only exception is idle time.

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I changed it then, if there's any problem with the change please tell me.

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Looks good.

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Well, this turned out to require a lot of scrolling, but I think my list abides to all the rules.
It looks like I'll be playing:

Game Status Playtime Achievements
Expendabros Completed 0.5 hrs N/A Proof
One Finger Death Punch Completed 6.3 hrs 65/152 Proof
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter Completed 4.5 hrs N/A Proof
Moira Completed? 1 min N/A Proof?
A Short Hike Completed 53 min 2/8 Proof
missed messages Completed 26 min 4/4 Proof

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Let me know if everything looks allright to you!

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Ya I am not counting Moira. The fact that it says you can not longer play it should be a big sign that I won't take it.

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Yeah, figured as much, but though I'd give it a try. Let me see if I can find something to replace it with, though I had to scroll pretty far down to find these five.

Edit: Replacing it with missed messages!

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There, went ahead and finished Missed Messages today. Let me know if everything's okay.

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I don't see Missed Messages in your screenshot.

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Crap, I couldn't find my original screenshot so I just looked at my sorted list for stuff that was there before the games I picked earlier. Must have added it to my account later. I'll probably just forfeit, since it'll take me too much time to actually find a new game to play and finish it then is left.

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Neat idea! Definitely participating because Hades!

I'm wondering about F2P games. My top list has some of them i didn't play yet. I can see it's vulnerable to abusing with people adding 30 minute-long games. After all, most reviews tend to consider prices are important factor so they mostly have higher ratings. Are they allowed?

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For now yes. If it starts to become a problem, I might reconsider.

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I'll give it a try:

Game Achievements Status
A Short Hike 2 of 8 Beaten
Dishonored 26 of 80 Beaten
Hotline Miami 10 of 35 Beaten
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise 17 of 30 Beaten
The Crown of Leaves 5 of 19 Beaten

Update #1 (05 December): Beaten The Crown of Leaves.
Update #2 (06 December): Beaten Agent A: A puzzle in disguise.
Update #3 (11 December): Beaten Hotline Miami.
Update #4 (18 December): Beaten A Short Hike.
Update #5 (20 December): Beaten Dishonored (main campaign and two story dlcs). Definitely my favorite out of the five! Challenge completed.

Figure:
Red: games I've already played
Orange: games I've started playing but not finished / games without an ending / multiplayer

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