February is a "play a game you won on Steamgifts" month - Long Story Short

Closed

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

Countdown until event ends

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

14209 achievements have been achieved
4275.9 hours have been played
566 games have been beaten
163 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 January for the next couple of days (till the January thread is closed).

The theme for this month is

Long Story Short

(Thank you to Kokkol for the suggestion!)

Tags : Story Rich, Visual Novel, FMV , Short, Minimalist, Side-Scroller, Shoot'em Up, Trivia, choices matter, Quick-Time Events, Time Travel, Interactive Fiction, Choose your own adventure
Games that takes less than 1 Hour to finish
Games with title related to time length ( ex : "The Longest 5 Minutes"... ), or Time Travel *
Games with very long intro/outro or even riddled with lot of narratives cutscenes, (Well, let's say : Long enough to get a coffee break...) *
Games where you can takes shortcuts/skip some levels *
Games with no turning back *
Games with alternates endings occuring earlier than the regular ones *
Game based on Books, or even Digital Books *
Title with only one word

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

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/33

FAQ, Updated Version on our new 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:

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/achivements before that won't be counted.

Theme for March

Don't Worry, Be Happy
CyberPunk 3/22
Happy Women's Day!
Rule of three

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

Theme for April

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

Giveaway

Everyone who beats at least one win this month will get the chance to win any of the games listed below.
Train Valley by stfmnsl
Train Valley 2 by stfmnsl
LEGO® Worlds by samwise84
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition by samwise84
Catherine Classic by samwise84
Katana ZERO by samwise84
My Memory of Us by samwise84
Just Cause 3 XXL by samwise84
What Comes After by samwise84
Shadows: Awakening by VicViperV
SIMULACRA by Naitas
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark by Naitas
Just Cause 4 Reloaded by Naitas
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition by Vikost
Calico by Gelweo
Road Redemption by salemSamwise
Niffelheim by salemSamwise
Sonic Generations Collection by ithamore
JUNGLE RUNNER by Tristar

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

Previous months:

2022: January
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

2 years ago*

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Which theme would you like to see for March?

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Don't worry, be happy - Tags: Beautiful/Casual/Colorful/Comedy/Emotional/Family Friendly/Funny/Great Soundtrack/Nature/Nostalgia/Relaxing/Replay Value/Romance;Games with a positive topic;Games without rare achievements;Games with an "easy", "beginner", "relax" or similar difficulty/mode;Wins with less than 0.10% probability of win;Games with an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating;Games from your favourite genre

CyberPunk 3/22 - Tags: Sci-Fi, Hacking, Cyberpunk, Software, Web Publishing, Dystopian, Simulation, Choices Matter/games where you create something/that involve technology/AI/in which you uncover secrets/set in the future/early access/active modding communities/steam workshop items

Rule of three - third oldest/newest win\ Games that have a "3" (or its variations) in their title or 3 in AppID\with exactly three playable characters\where you have to obtain exactly three of something\ with cats in them\any 3SG wins but only 3

Happy Women's Day! - tags: Lara Croft,female protag,supernatural,beautiful,mystery,aliens,magic, drama, demons,vampire/Games won on March 8/with powerful female character(s)/where your "boss" is a woman(main)/with Angel or Devil in the title

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samwise84

Leaderboard

2 years ago

SG username	Number of achievements	Hours of Playtime	Games beaten
lav29	231	131.7	8
DarkRainX	125	120	7
Naitas	244	108.4	7
PeterShepard	61	106.3	1
ngrazer	52	93.7	1
aquatorrent	231	90.4	10
Fluffster	190	79	8
LaVolpe99	0	68.4	1
krol7	75	50.7	5
Cece09	18	49.1	5
Xeloses	108	47.7	4
SpiderDen	74	47.4	2
Thexder	40	44.3	3
SilentBlood	44	43.6	1
Moony1986	72	42.8	6
Zelrune	50	42.8	4
Slide95	10	42.8	1
xMisiu	34	40.7	1
ZPE	140	38.3	6
xxxka	300	36.8	5
Q09066930	31	36.4	1
samwise84	135	36.2	6
adam1224	39	35.8	2
SolubleCrow	98	33.9	3
Greenule	75	33.9	3
SmokyMonki	54	30.9	1
PapaSmok	35	30.5	2
Valmar666	33	28.1	1
Kvasirion	69	26.8	3
Pinajet	130	24.9	4
rurnhani	121	24.8	4
aklgupta	19	24.1	1
LupoSilente	53	23.7	1
Noxco	64	22.2	4
VicViperV	48	21.2	2
MouseWithBeer	11	21.2	1
Mitsukuni	61	19.9	5
Patzl	79	17.3	2
RePlayBe	40	16.9	3
mrstasilo	47	16.9	2
ThePonz	0	16.8	2
Metalhead8489	63	16.7	2
Filipousis	29	16.5	1
emperoru	23	16.3	1
Whoosh	26	16.1	1
AbdAllahMohamedRefat	35	16	1
sunmi	34	15.8	2
Vikost	32	15.5	1
CharlesNonsens	33	13.7	1
Yukiin	27	13.7	1
EyeofArrow	36	13.4	2
robocub	33	13.3	1
Frannc	34	12.8	1
VladislavDracula	6	12.7	2
RiseV7	9	12.5	1
Gellax	24	12.3	2
ManlyMeatMan	23	12.3	1
Charlie22	17	12.1	1
cassioht	0	11.4	1
axolotlprime	8	11.3	1
eledhrim	24	11.1	1
Heprer	27	11.1	1
Droj	100	11	4
aza3l12	18	10.8	1
rht	14	10.5	1
Ivannes	37	10.2	2
xymjak	29	9.4	1
moemustaine	19	9.3	2
quijote3000	14	9.3	1
Epaminondas93	43	9.2	2
escollo	31	9.1	1
Mikoy7	23	9	1
psousa	46	8.9	2
Millsshogun	12	8.5	1
MandalorTheDesperate	0	8.4	1
EleonoraFalcon	13	8.3	1
mjy	20	7.6	1
ithamore	28	7.3	1
freshduke	12	7	1
GuilDer90	12	6.9	1
WellWay	0	6.8	1
RikkiUW	38	6.7	2
Pit0n	0	6.4	1
roflanWozmak	11	6.4	1
KoRayven	1	6.2	1
Zinzinneke	13	6.2	1
Riil	35	6	1
Sylom	3	5.9	1
KumiLinewhale	28	5.9	1
Kyrrelin	4	5.3	1
DrSlitheen	24	5.3	1
salemSamwise	19	5.1	1
eeev	22	5	1
titoncio	19	4.9	3
Gelweo	32	4.8	1
TheNothing	12	4.8	1
Blando	30	4.7	1
Radicalutopian	8	4.7	1
sweetcuppincakes	24	4.5	1
AlohaHawaii	12	4.5	1
wactuby05	31	4.4	1
Ellemby	4	4.1	1
GabbyGabe	2	4.1	1
Filipi	20	4.1	1
AnuPatel	0	4.1	1
GauFF	22	4	1
RayOfLight3	20	4	1
PsychoApeMan	11	3.9	1
SnowyWing	13	3.8	1
juhaszandor	11	3.8	1
AiKirika	9	3.6	1
Wildstorm	32	3.2	1
Arthur13	11	2.9	1
doubleomurfy	6	2.8	1
Naycon	20	2.8	1
digitaldictator	26	2.7	1
jaurin	10	2.7	1
droha	24	2.6	2
FattalCZ	8	2.6	1
mulchand	6	2.6	1
Arcsurvivor	10	2.5	1
someonequeer	6	2.5	1
BlackStark	2	2.5	1
Dux80	1	2.4	1
776861743f	7	2.3	1
kiseli	15	2.3	1
Aldcoran	0	2.3	1
jimmy09172000	328	2	1
JadeNic	0	1.7	1
stfmnsl	0	1.6	1
aleluist	4	1.6	1
nanji	17	1.6	1
cgrcyhn	8	1.5	1
tungmapu	11	1.4	1
Devirk	5	1.4	1
driedmangoe	100	1.3	1
Tewam	0	1.3	1
Ninglor03	100	1.2	2
itekin7	6	0.8	1
ViddaX	3	0.6	1
Khayta	22	0.6	1
Bakilas	100	0.1	1
Total	5721	2528	257

Name	Subcategory	Won From	Won/Activated on	Status
Murder by Numbers	Tag Interactive Fiction	lockcjwen	Dec 25, 2021	✅
A Trip to Yugoslavia: Director's Cut	Tag FMV	Cerhi	Sep 21, 2020	✅
Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION	Games that takes less than 1 Hour to finish	Plushka1337	Mar 27, 2019	✅
10 Second Ninja X	Games with title related to time length	TERORIK	Sep 17, 2021	✅
Timelie	Title with only one word	Lukysoft	Jan 17, 2022	✅
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)	Games with lots of narratives cutscenes	Attila777	Dec 16, 2021	✅

Game	Subcategory	Status	Notes
Superliminal	Tag Story Rich	✔ Completed	Not a win
Bastion	Tag Story Rich	✔ Completed	Not a win
Mirror	Tag Visual Novel	✔ Completed	Not a win
SIMULACRA	Tag Visual Novel	✔ Completed	Not a win
SIMULACRA 2	Tag Visual Novel	✔ Completed	Not a win
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength	Tag Visual Novel	✔ Completed	Not a win
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony	Tag Visual Novel	Beaten	Not a win
Transistor	Tag Story Rich	✔ Completed	Not a win

Game	Subcategory	Notes	Status
Eternal Step	Tags : Story Rich	-	Unfinished
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition	Tags : Story Rich - Games with very long intro - Games where you can takes shortcuts/skip some levels - Games with no turning back	7 minutes of intro! - You can sometimes use your skill to bypass certain quests, like Galaxy News Radio and since it's an open world game, you can make a shortcut - Point of No Return	Beaten

Game	Category	Status
Vagrant Hearts 2	tag: Story Rich	Beaten
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War GOTY	tag: Story Rich	Unfinished

Game	Achievements	Hours of Playtime	Subcategory	Status
Lacuna	23/25	8	Interactive Fiction	Beaten
Left on Read	11/13	1.4	Interactive Fiction	Beaten
Seasons After Fall	21/21	8.1	Side Scroller	Completed
Secrets of Rætikon	9/19	4.7	Side Scroller	Beaten
	64	22.2		4

Game	Theme	Status
fault - milestone two side: above	Visual Novel tag	Completed
Polarity	Title with only one word	Completed

Game	Category	Playtime	Achievements	Status
Doodle God	tag: Minimalist	8.7h / HLTB (8h)	22 / 22	Completed (Achievement: Master of the Worlds)
Synergia	tag: Visual Novel	4.7h HLTB (5h)	9 / 9	Completed (Achievement: The Mind)
The Henry Stickmin Collection	tag: Choices Matter	6.5 / HLTB (7h)	76 / 82	Beaten (Achievement: The Story Ends)
Lacuna	tag: Choices Matter	6.2h / HLTB (5h)	25 / 25	Completed (Achievement: Will It Have Mattered?)
Bad North	tag: Minimalist	9.5h / HLTB (9h)	8 / 11	Beaten (Achievement: A New Home)
Event[0]	tag: Story Rich	3.7h / HLTB (2.5h)	9 / 12	Beaten (Achievement: Together, Forever)
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength	tag: Choices Matter	14h / HLTB (9h)	19 / 19	Completed (Achievement: Incited. Screenshot)
Tomb Raider	tag: Story Rich	24h / HLTB (20h)	23 / 50	Finished (Achievement: A Survivor Is Born)

Game	Subcategory	Status
Time Mysteries: Inheritance - Remastered	Tag Story Rich	Completed
Runaway: A Twist of Fate	Tag Story Rich	Beaten
Evoland 2	Tag Story Rich	Completed
TOHU	Tag Story Rich	Completed
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery	Tag Story Rich	Completed
Sunshine Manor	Games with no turning back	Completed
Midnight Protocol	Tag Story Rich	Completed
Jesus Christ RPG Trilogy	Tag Story Rich	Completed
The Henry Stickmin Collection	Tag Interactive Fiction	Completed
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure	Tag Interactive Fiction	Completed

Game	Subcategory	Won From	Won On	Status
Syberia	Tag: Story Rich	TERORIK	Aug 17, 2021	Unfinished
Tiny Echo	Tag: Short	PraiseRhllor	Mar 30, 2021	Unfinished
TimeShift	title related to time travel	Yuragon	Dec 25, 2020	Unfinished

Game	Link	Hours of Playtime	Subcategory	Status
House of 1,000 Doors: Family Secrets Collector's Edition	Achievements - none (The End)	4.6	usually in HOGs you come to one (or more) point where previous scenes are locked out	FINISHED!
TimeShift	Screenshots	12.2	time travel, one word title	FINISHED!
Shenmue I & II	Achievements - 21/55	---	QTEs, story rich..	--on hiatus--
maybe	soon™	---	---	---
	Total: --/34

Game	Category	Status
She Sees Red - Interactive Movie	Tag: FMV	Completed (15/15)
-	-	-
-	-	-

Game	Subcategory	Achievements	Playtime	Status	Notes
ENIGMA:	Tag Visual Novel	9/22 (5*)	10.7h (8.9h*)	Beaten	-
Owlboy	Tag Story Rich	0/12	0h	Unfinished	-
Eternal Dread 2	Title related to time length	0/20	0h	Unfinished	-
Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard	Tag Short	0/6	0h	Unfinished	-

Name	Subcategory	Won On	Status
Ghost of a Tale	Tag Story Rich	September 12, 2021	Completed
Beholder	Games with alternates endings occuring earlier than the regular ones	November 28, 2018	Completed
Smile For Me	Tag FMV	January 29, 2022	Completed
Batman - The Telltale Series	Tag Quick-Time Events	July 22, 2020	Completed
Help Will Come Tomorrow	Tag Choices Matter	November 30, 2021	Completed
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair	Games where you can skip some levels	January 9, 2022	Completed
Dino Run DX	Tag Side-Scroller	January 10, 2020	Beaten

Game	Subcategory	Status
Skullgirls 2nd Encore	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished
Superliminal	Tag Minimalist	Completed
Absolute Drift	Tag Minimalist	Completed
Katana ZERO	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished
ECHO	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth	Tag Choices Matter	Unfinished
DEATH STRANDING	Tag Story Rich	Unfinished

Game	Category	Status
Apocalipsis	Title with Only One Word	Beaten
Knock-Knock	Story Rich Tag	Beaten
Open Sorcery	Interactive Fiction Tag	Beaten
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure	FMV Tag	Verified
Upside Down	<1 Hour to Finish	Complete!

Name	Category	Status	Notes
Drop	Story Rich tag	Beaten	Not a win
Finding Teddy	Short tag	Completed	Not a win
A New Beginning - Final Cut	Time Travel tag	Completed	Not a win
Capsule	Minimalist tag	Completed	Not a win
The Descendant	Choices Matter tag	Completed	Not a win
Tharsis	Title with only one word	Completed	Trying for completion
Windforge	Tag Side-Scroller	Beaten	Not a win

Name	Category	Status
A normal lost phone	Interactive Fiction	Completed
Kyle Is Famous: Complete Edition	Interactive Fiction	Unplayed

Game	Category	Achievements	Status
Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel	Tag Visual Novel	-	Unfinished
Sakura Fantasy	Tag Visual Novel	-	Unfinished
Dear RED - Extended	Tag Short	11/11	Completed
Spoiler Alert	Tag Short	6/10	Unfinished
Sky Mercenaries	Tag Shoot'em Up	12/27	Beaten

February is a "play a game you won on Steamgifts" month - Long Story Short

Countdown until event ends

Long Story Short

No win that fits the theme or played them all?

FAQ, Updated Version on our new Discord Server

Who can participate

Extra Rules:

Theme for March

Theme for April

Giveaway

Have already completed all your wins?

Useful links:

Previous months:

✅ Completed / Beaten if no achievements

❓ Playing, not finished yet

💡 On the road to play

❎ Played but gave up, probably wont finish

❕ Beaten, willing to complete all achievements

Please, cancel Easters!

The world is your Oyster

Fear & Force