October is a "play a game you won on Steamgifts" month - Spooky Hallow's Eve

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

Countdown until event starts

Countdown until event ends

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

x achievements have been achieved
x hours have been played
x games have been beaten
x 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 September for the next couple of days.

The theme for this month is

Spooky Hallow's Eve

(Thank you to NewbieSA for the suggestion!)

Only SG wins allowed:

Tags: Horror, Psychological Horror, Lovecraftian, Supernatural, Vampire, Illuminati, Demons, Dark Fantasy
Game mentions Halloween or equivalent event somewhere in the game *1
Game has a pumpkin somewhere in the game *1
Game has an achievement related to being played in October or during Halloween *1

Win and Backlog allowed:

Tags: Survival Horror, Zombies
Game released during October

*1 Please provide some kind of explanation/proof (screenshots or link to some proof) in the notes or it will be rejected.

For those using the Secret Santa games of '24 a link to the discord post is required (snowballs included).

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/77

Updated FAQ Version on our Discord Server

Who can participate

Anyone who does not have any unactivated wins. 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:

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.
No comment on this thread = not invited to join/re-join the group.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The event officially opens at 00:00 UTC, any playtime/achievements before that won't be counted.

Theme for November

It Goes To Eleven!
Have a nice Dia de Muertos
Novelty of the Novice
Remember, Remember
Thank You!
Netvember All Month Long
Everything is in order
N7

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

Theme for December

Do you think you have a good idea for a theme for December? 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 December's theme.

Giveaway

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

None (yet) - If you want to change this, write me on Discord or Steam ;)

Have already played all your wins?

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

Useful links:

See last month

Previous months:

See last month

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Which theme would you like to see for November?

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It Goes To Eleven! - Tags: Clicker, Idler, Score Attack, Memes, Parody;Any game with a number in the title that's 11 or higher;Any game won from a giveaway of 11 or more copies;Any game released in 2011;Any game from 11-bit studios;Any game with "11" in its ID;Any game with exactly 11 achievements;Any game won from the Community Train XI;Games with absurdly high level caps;Any game where numbers keep going up beyond the point of usefulness

Have a nice Dia de Muertos - Tags: Dark Comedy, Drama, Emotional, Horror, Magic, Mystery, Mythology, Perma Death, Supernatural, Surreal/Games set in Dia de Muertos or equivalent holiday/Games that have a cemetery as a location/Games set in Hell, Underworld, Heaven or Spiritworld/Games where a main character dies at the beginning/Games with ghosts, spirits or demons/Games with a ouija board

Novelty of the Novice - Tags: Indie, Kickstarter, Tutorial, Education, Experimental, Casual, Visual Novel, Based On A Novel, Comic Book, Narrative;Games that were a studio’s first release;Games that are the first entry in a series;Games you won from someone's first giveaway;"New" in the title;Games with a New Game+;Games released in 2025;Games where you mentor someone or are being mentored;Games where you play as a child;Games with a novice/private/recruit rank;Games split into chapters/acts

Remember, Remember - Tags: Conspiracy, Villain Protagonist, Crime, Faith, Chess, Destruction, Historical, Alternate History, Dystopian, Political, Assassin, Comic Book;Games released or won on November 5th;Games that take place in England;Games that feature regicide;Games that start with "V";Games where you can wear a mask;Games with a character that has "Guy" in their name;Games where you play as a revolutionary;Games where you can light enemies on fire

Thank You! - Tags: Cooking, Nature, Birds, Historical, Political, Economy, Agriculture, Farming Sim/Game includes Indigenous people as characters, Game has a bird shown somewhere in the game, Game has a scene with a feast, Dialogue includes "thanks", "thank you", or "thankful", Game has an achievement related to being played in November or during Thanksgiving, Game released in November, Game that was delisted/shut down or announced to be delisted/shut down in November

Netvember All Month Long - NNN-friendly games;Tags: Family Friendly / Adventure / Exploration / Choices Matter / Story Rich;has Movember, Dinovember, or NNN content;from Movember HB/Fanatical bundles from 2024 or newer;From F*CK CANCER bundle;game, dev, or publisher name either starts with D, M, or N or has 3 words that start w same letter;has a dinosaur/dino-fossil or a mustache;protag is searching for / saves a male relative

Everything is in order - Tags: 4X, Management, Match 3, Puzzle, Robots, Strategy, Turn-Based;Game ID is in ascending or descending order;Game ID contains only even or odd numbers;Game title contains 'the', 'a' or 'an'; Part of the series which contains number in the title;First backlog win from any month;First backlog win from any user

N7 - Tags: Story Rich, Choices Matter, RPG, Sci-Fi, Space, Sexual Content, Epic, Female Protagonist, Romance, Classic, Atmospheric, Great Soundtrack;Mass Effect;Games with gay romance;Games about friendship;Games with aliens, robots/AI;Games where you can have a pet/aquarium;Protagonist is called Shepard;Games with over 100h hltb timer;Games won on 7th/28th Nov;Games released/activated on 16. Nov 2007;Games with 37 in SteamID;Games with nin in the title;Games from Nins fav 50 list

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