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 August! 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 August for the next couple of days.


The theme for this month is

Incredible Cheerful Admirable Irreplaceable Open-hearted

(Thank you to Moony for the suggestion!)

Tags: Casual, Puzzle, Relaxing, Wholesome
Any game won from the The icaio Memorial Community Train™ (please link the GA) *1
Games won from a group icaio is member of
Games related to Italy *1
Games with pigs 🐽 *1
Game name starting with I, A, O
Games where the protagonist has a beard *1
Games about friendship or loss *1
Games won/released on the 30th September

Tag: Beautiful *2
Games which give 0 CV *2
Games from icaio's wishlist *2
Game name starting with C *2
Any game icaio has made a GA for *2

*1 Please provide some kind of explanation/proof (screenshots or link to some proof) in the notes or it will be rejected.
*2 wins or backlog games are okay for everyone. Proof needed for non Tag category.

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/76

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:

  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/achievements before that won't be counted.

Theme for October

Spooky Hallow's Eve
I'm not a Monster, Tom, Well, TECHNICALLY I am
Gollum, Gollum! cough
The first Pride Parade was a Riot

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


Theme for November

Do you think you have a good idea for a theme for November? 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 October'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 :

Beneath Oresa by samwise84 region restricted
Batman: Arkham City GotY by samwise84 region restricted
Sker Ritual by samwise84
STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter by samwise84 region restricted to EU
Everafter Falls by samwise84
Astral Ascent by samwise84 region restricted, no China
Borderlands 3: Director's Cut DLC by samwise84 region restricted
Dordogne by samwise84 region restricted EU
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning by samwise84
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy by samwise84 region restricted
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft by samwise84 region restricted
Against the Storm by samwise84 region restricted
High On Life by samwise84
Monster Hunter: World by samwise84 region restricted
Mad Max by samwise84 region restricted
Hiveswap Act II by Hyrax
InfraSpace by Hyrax
IRIS AND THE GIANT by Hyrax
IRON HARVEST by Hyrax


Have already played 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:

2025: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September -
2024: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2023: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
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

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Spooky Hallow's Eve - Tags: Horror, Survival Horror, Psychological Horror, Lovecraftian, Supernatural, Zombies, Vampire, Illuminati, Demons, Dark Fantasy/Game mentions Halloween or equivalent event somewhere in the game/Game has a pumpkin somewhere in the game/Game has an achievement related to being played in October or during Halloween/Game released during October
I'm not a Monster, Tom, Well, TECHNICALLY I am - Tags: Villain Protagonist, Psychological Horror, Zombies/Games where the player is some kind of monster/Games where the player can become a monster/Games that feature monsters that are not malicious/Games that feature songs by Jonathan Coulton/Games with levels set in a mall, especially a deserted or monster-infested mall/Games with characters named "Tom" or "Bob"
Gollum, Gollum! cough - Games where you hide. Games that take place in caves/Games that are precious to one person but no one else...? (Hm...) Games with mixed reviews/Tags: Villain Protagonist, Stealth, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Dark, Survival, Perma death, Underground/Games with 'psycho' in them/Games where reviews were positive/negative and became the opposite
The first Pride Parade was a Riot - Tags: LGBTQ+, Adventure, Romance, Visual Novel, Dating Sim, Cute, Mature, Survival Horror, Historical, Story Rich, Multiple Endings, Character Customization, NSFW, Choices Matter/Game has a same gender couple/Game lets you marry someone of the same gender/Game was released in June/Game that was released on the 28th of any month/Games where you fight against the police (brutality)/Game lets you wear a dress/suit as man/woman/VN's no Otome tag

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