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[cormack12]

Following one from last year, this is a continuation of the '12 games in 12 months' challenge for those of us with more pressures on our time, or don't play as much as we used to (or just spend more time in larger games. Rules are similar.

How do I take part?
Claim a 'main post' where you will list all your completions for the year. You can use fancy images or special formatting to make it extra cool. In addition to this post your updates, completions and thoughts as singular posts throughout the year.

How do I know when I've completed a game?
That can be tricky to determine, but it's ultimately up to you. If its a straightforward single player game then it's typically when the credits roll, but if it's say a multiplayer session based game maybe its when you've unlocked a certain feature or completed a battle pass.

Do the completions need to be games released this year?
Nope; any video game will suffice. It can be first plays or replays, classics or recent releases. It can be a game you started last year but are finishing this year.

 

[cormack12]

I'll claim my post here - I did complete last year but got lazy and didn't update. Currently playing

Red Dead Redemptiom 1 | XSX
Veilguard | PS5
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors | PC
Dying Light | XSX
Hellblade II | PC

 

[TintoConCasera]

My post:

1) Cirote3 (GBA) - playing
2) Unreal Gold (PC) - playing
3) Ace Combat 7 (PC) - beaten, pretty cool game
4) Maximo (PS2) - playing

and those are the games I want to play in 2026:

Valkyrie Profile 2 (PS2)
Phantasy Star (MD)
Shining Force III (at least the first one) (Sega Saturn)
Gothic (PC)

games I dropped in 2026:
Shadow of Mordor (PC) - could be a cool game but I'm not in the mood for a game like that one

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

12 games? I'm addicted to the GaaS, that's a tough sell homie.

I did grab Clair Obscur and a couple of others on the Steam sale. Maybe I'll shoot for 6.

 

[cormack12]

12 games? I'm addicted to the GaaS, that's a tough sell homie.

I did grab Clair Obscur and a couple of others on the Steam sale. Maybe I'll shoot for 6.

We're all men of culture here. You can use seasons in a GaaS

 

[justiceiro]

Let me try again.

I'm playing monster hunter rise, dragon quest 3 remake, Ace attorney trilogy for now. I doubt o can finish something this month, but let's see how far I go.

 

[ssringo]

I sit somewhere between the '12' and '52' games in a year goals so I'll join the one I can actually do

I do play a lot of games so in order to make this an actual challenge I think what I'll do is consider a game "complete" after obtaining all achievements or at least all non-multiplayer achievements as I don't really bother with those. Also only games I start this year so my recently "completed" Wuchang won't count.

Basically, for me, this will be 12 perfect games in 12 months.

1: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramor

Spoiler: link to game

2: 9 Years of Shadows

Spoiler: link to game

 

[TheAnt]

If I can read 12 books in a year, why not 12 games as well. Hopefully even more.

Currently playing Ghost of Yotei. Started it after Christmas, but I'll still count it since I'll finish it this year.

1. Ghost of Yotei - still playing (not loving it)

 

[KungFucius]

This is better than the 52 games nonsense that I couldn't possibly do but kept trying anyway.

1. Star Wars Outlaws - GamePass on PC - I kinda liked the game but the Ubisoft connect experience was fucking miserable. Game was not available to download on PC until 15 or more hours later than console. Ubisoft Connect failed during initial download and then had to run for the better part of the day to complete. Near constant connection issues kept throwing errors that appeared in the game menu. And over a dozen crashes to desktop while I played. I have never experienced such bullshit with a modern PC game. I even subbed to Ubi+ to play AC Shadows earlier this year without any issues.

Dropped games:

1. Mio - Gamepass - played for over an hour, game feels like a generic Metroidania that took too much for me to feel like I made any progress at all. Found a couple of mods but nothing to help me reach a place I couldn't reach. Basically poor design for a metroidvania to not give the player something that makes the game click in the amount of time I played.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I failed last time, count me in this time.

 

[Andyliini]

Maybe this is a better thread for me than the 52 one, because I tend to play lots of RPG's which take a long time. So I'll take this challenge this year, but will probably finish more.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Let's try for it, although with me liking cRPG games that will be hard.

Oblivion Remastered (cheating here, the main quest is super short)
The Alters (started in 2025, probably got less than 10 hours to go)
Hollow Knight
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - probably first game I will play on Legion Go 2
Persona 4 Golden
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - this one will be ouch
Baldur's Gate 3
Dishonored 2
Prey
Space Marine 1
Boltgun
Chaos Gate: Demonhunters
Alien: Dark Descent

13 in total, let's where and when we end up.

 

[Icymanipulator]

I'll try this year.

Currently replaying Tales of Berseria. Couldn't wait for the remaster. It's been 6 years since I've played it.

 

[RCX]

Great stuff. This thread was a really good outlet for me last year so lets go for it again!

OK
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1) Resident Evil 3 Remake (7/1/26)

Somehow never played the original so I can't speak to what seems like people's general disappointment in this entry but I liked it. A short, fun, rollercoaster ride of a game. Nothing earth shattering but overall worth the time and the small amount I payed for it in the steam sale.
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2) Bully (27/1/26)

Finally got around to playing this after having it in my steam library for years. Yes its a little old fashioned and the gameplay is very much "early Rockstar" but I still enjoyed the hell out of it. Good fun and doesn't outstay its welcome.
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[Alpha Male]

Well, I made it to 24 last year and I would guess that is about where I'll be at the end of this year as well. I'm not a completionist and I try to get through most games as quickly and efficiently as possible. I consider a game finished when I complete the main story/quest and credits roll and usually don't engage much with side content unless it's necessary. Also, I play a lot of Strategy games that I consider finished when I complete a campaign because they don't have a main story mode (Warno, Stellaris, Sins of a Solar Empire, etc...)

I also regularly play many games that are never finished because they are intended to have indefinite replay value or pvp multiplayer/gaas like Battlefield, Halo, Arc Raiders, Forza, Flight Sim, Crew, Riders Republic, etc..

Games that I know I'll play or that I'll probably play and might be finishing this year and some I will predict starting with new releases:

Halo
GTA
Fable
Crimson Desert
Saros
Control Resonant
Tomb Raider Atlantis

Star Wars Outlaws
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Jedi Survivor
Mass Effect Andromeda
Red Dead Redemption

Total War Napoleon
Total War Rome 2
Total War Pharaoh
Total War Warhammer 3
Battletech
Homeworld 3
Sins of a Solar Empire 2
Warhammer 40K Battlesector
Wargame Red Dragon
Mars First Logistics
Planet Crafter

 

[ssringo]

First game down. Was already working on this but it was a shorter/easier completion. Took me just under 11 hours and most of it was done on my Steam Deck away from home. Pretty fun game that emulates the Zelda CDi games animation and gameplay without actually being bad itself. Had some good chuckles at the jokes and references. Not a difficult or long game but requires at least 3 playthroughs for all achievements.

Wicked Seed comes out at the end of the month and will likely be my main game until REquiem.

MY MAIN POST

 

[ssringo]

So I wound up knocking out my second one much faster than I thought. Had picked this up along with my Arzette at the tail end of the winter sale. Wound up enjoying it a lot and blasted through it over the weekend since I had nothing else going on. Another fairly short game and was easy to nab all the achievements in a single playthrough.

Gonna feel dumb for participating if I hit 12 completions in only a few months.

 

[TheAnt]

First game I'm putting on a list is the first game I've actually dropped this year.

Ghost of Yotei - 35 hours (dropped).
This is really surprising. Not only because I loved the first game, but because I tend to really like these streamlined Sony games.

It's just too little, too late. I've played Ghost of Tsushima twice, and Ghost of Yotei is more of the same to a fault. The same lame platforming, perfectly placed wall cracks you squeeze through, the predictability, inane conversations ... it all added up until I couldn't be bothered anymore.
Every mission starts with you walking and talking with a boring NPC. You get to a point of interest, you fight, you walk and talk more, next point of interest, you fight again, and then it's usually over. And this is doubly true for main missions. I can't remember a single memorable mission, or a memorable conversation. They're simply not there, and yet the game has them for hours and hours.

All of this is true for most Sony games, and especially for Tsushima, but at one point I must've just gotten fed up with it.

The first breaking point was picking out flowers with Kuki. Such a buzzkill, and such a pacing killer.
The second, and the final one, was confronting The Dragon for the first time. I just KNEW he's going to get away, and it's done in such a predictable and cheap way that I decided to drop it.

It's such a weird feeling. Dissecting the game, it does almost everything better than, or at least on par with, Ghost of Tsushima, yet I couldn't wait to drop it. And I played Tsushima for 50 hours this summer and loved it.

Maybe I'm just not in the right mood for it .

2/5

 

[Fess]

Challenge accepted!

This was fun last year, and I ended up at 13 games finished so I'll try it again.

I'll update this post with a list throughout the year.

1. Metroid Prime 4
Disappointing at first but in the end I still enjoyed it. First Prime game I've completed.

2. Super Metroid
Still one of my absolute top favorites. Usually my #1 or #2 all-time.

3. Metroid
First time going through this. No nostalgia here for me and it wasn't very good imo. But fun to see the origin of the IP!

 

[Shifty1897]

I actually completed 12 games last year (if you count 70 hours of Arc Raiders and Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways as its own game, it's my rule so it counts).

2025:
2/11 Persona 3 Reload (PS5)
2/19 Star Ocean: The Second Story R (Switch)
4/8 Fantasian Neo Dimension (Switch)
6/19 SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered (Switch)
7/30 Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade (PS5)
7/31 Resident Evil 4 Remake: Separate Ways (PS5)
8/15 Super Mario Bros Wonder (Switch)
9/6 Hollow Knight (PS5)
9/27 Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (Switch)
11/9 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Switch 2)
11/10 Ace Combat 6 (XBox One BC)
12/31 Arc Raiders (70 hours)

Already starting off 2026 strong with:
1/10 Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven (Switch 2)
1/11 Metal Gear Solid Delta (PS5)

Currently I'm playing Expedition 33 and Trials of Mana. These year I''d like to also beat:
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Metroid Dread
Octopath Traveller 2
Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
FF7 Rebirth
Control
Dragon Quest 11 S
Ace Combat 8

That list might change (I've fallen off DQ11 and Octopath Traveller 2 in the past but the saves are still there) but I'm still going to aim for 12 this year.

 

[Little Mac]

I'm going to try accomplishing this.

January 2026
Ori and the Blind Forest

Games I want to Beat in 2026:
Ori and and the Will of the Wisp
Dave the Diver
Dredge
Expedition 33
Shinobi Art of Vengence
No Rest For The Wicked
Animal Well
A Short Hike
Arco
Vampire Crawlers
Slay the Spire 2
Replaced
Reanimal
Absolum

Plan on doing this exclusively on either the Steam Deck or Steam Machine.

 

[WellSheet]

I'm in!

Currently on my first run of Cuphead and started up Khazan.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I'm in;
January- Immortality. Twist was cool(gave me goosebumps every time) but story was bs. There was no point in watching those 3 amateur movies. It was short and unique so I'm giving it a 8.

 

[cormack12]

Just finished Dying Light 1. It was shite. Janky as he'll and only really got to start using abilities at the end of the game, wtf

 

[Fess]

1. Metroid Prime 4
Disappointing at first but in the end I still enjoyed it. First Prime game I've completed.

2. Super Metroid
Still one of my absolute top favorites. Usually my #1 or #2 all-time.

3. Metroid
First time going through this. No nostalgia here for me and it wasn't very good imo. But fun to see the origin of the IP!

 

[Cert.in.Death]

2025 Results

Spoiler

As usual, I define my efforts by obtaining platinum trophies, though I will aim to post a final verdict on my 2026 experiences in this thread as I complete each game.

I don't expect to keep the same pace as last year (wherein I averaged just over 4 platinum trophies per month) and will be aiming primarily to clear 20 or so games from my backlog alongside 10-15 new releases once it's all said and done. The year will start of slow due to work demands but once February ends I will be allowed to settle into a more predictable routine

Q1​	Q2​	Q3​	Q4​
System Shock 2 Remake​	Crimson Desert​	Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition​	Halo: Campaign Evolved​
Skate Story	Hollow Knight	The Talos Principle: Reawakened	Grand Theft Auto VI
Final Fantasy Tactics (PS5)	Dishonored: Definitive Edition	Hi-Fi Rush	Control Resonant
Wild Arms 2 (Platinum #400)	Darksiders: Genesis	Ghostwire Tokyo	Clockwork Revolution
Puppeteer	Night In The Woods	Dead Space Remake	Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
Kentucky Route Zero	Saros	Resident Evil: Village	JUDAS
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy	Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy	Resident Evil 3 Remake	Sektori
Metro Awakening	Mouse: PI For Hire	Saturday Morning RPG
Lies Of P	Pragmata	Sword Of The Vagrant

 

[TheAnt]

Trine Enchanted Edition - 8 hours

Game two, and the first one I've actually finished this year.

It's fairly straightforward, but enjoyable for what it is. I don't play many 2D platformers, so it was a nice palate cleanser after Ghost of Yotei.
Fairly simplistic gameplay, story, level design and enemy design, but there's definitely charm to it. I really like the physics based nature of the game. A lot of times it made it seem like I didn't necessarily do what the game intended me to do, and instead I've managed to fumble my way with the physics of the game and it somehow worked (which I've really liked).

The 3 characters are all useful in different scenarios. Wizard for when I'm out of ideas and I just want to stack 3 boxes and jump my way out. The thief when I want to be nimble and quickly get to somewhere. I don't know if she's faster and jumps higher than other characters, but it felt that way. And the knight for fighting and blocking traps/projectiles. Other than their gameplay differences, characterisation wise they're really barebones and don't have much personality.
The music is also nice, very relaxing. The last level was a bit of a pain, especially considering how the rest of the game is chill.

I liked this, and wouldn't mind more games like it.

3/5

 

[epicurius-seven]

I have a priority list but am incapable of sticking to a plan so…

Need to finish from last year:

- System Shock remake (PC) [COMPLETED]
- Nier Replicant PS4 (already played 360 ver)
- LoZ: Breath of the Wild (Switch)

Need to finish from previous years:

- FFIV The After Years (PSP)
- Shadow Hearts II (PS2)
- Silent Hill: Downpour (360)

Current:

- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP)

Cleaning up these stragglers seems
doable… right? This year for sure…

 

[John Bilbo]

I'm in! For 2026 I have set a spending limit of 120€ for the whole year of games. As I mostly play arcade style games or smaller games I want to see how many games - if any - I can one credit clear this year!

I have the main campaign of ZeroRanger close to finish and will most likely 1cc it this year.

I am also mid run in Star Fox 64, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and Tunic currently.

#1 January 18th: Tunic cleared.

The game has superb presentation, puzzles are clever and the isometric camera system is close to brilliant. Combat is the weak link: it is quite poor most of the time and just about mediocre at best.

The manual system is one of the best features and I hope to see something similar in future games.

 

[WX3]

Claiming this little hole in the earth.

January 2026 has started off stellar for me, having knocked out two games already. 2025 ended with my tally reaching only 10 for the year, and I got off to a decent start then as well, so this is not a sign of potential success at all, just an anecdote!

January Completions:

1. Alone in the Dark (2024) - Xbox Series X
2. Silent Hill f - Xbox Series X/PC

Both of these titles beg for multiple runs! Silent Hill actually had me anticipating the second time through.

Currently scrounging the massive collection for the next title to get the full attention. I like to have a couple games rotating and once that I focus my time on. Tonight I will be playing No Rest For the Wicked on the PC, so that wont be contributing to my completion list for the year.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

In Progress

• Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: 3 Hours

Completed

January

• Dragon Quest 1 HD-2D: 10 Hours

Would Like to Beat

RPGS

• Dragon Quest 2 HD-2D
• Expedition 33
• FF7 Rebirth
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Metaphor ReFantazio
• Fantasian Neo Dimension
• Visions of Mana
• SandLand
• Suikoden
• Romancing Saga 2 Remastered
• Granblue Fantasy Relink
• Persona 3 Reloaded
• Bravely Default 2
• Octopath 0
• Octopath 2
• Final Fantasy V
• Final Fantasy VI
• Star Ocean Second Story R
• Tales of Arise
• Lunar Remastered Collection

Action

• Tears of the Kingdom
• Mafia: The Old Country
• Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater Delta
• God of War Ragnarok
• Spider-Man 2
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Stellar Blade
• Robocop Unfinished Business

 

[Jesb]

I'm in. I didn't finish one game last year. Gonna try and get back into gaming more. My first finished game of this year is Alan Wake 2. I'm gonna be working on my current 3rd run on Village. I left off at Stronghold so almost done. Will also finish my 3rd run on RE4 remake I'm on ch 12. I been also playing the Division lately as well as Witcher 3. I'm not sure I'll end up finishing that as I never finished a Witcher game all the way. Of course Requiem will be added to the list as well.

 

[balls of snow]

I finished 28 last year. Already done 2 this month.

Jan
* Metroid Prime 4
* Wuchang Fallen Feathers

 

[The_hunter]

1. Mario VS Donkey Kong. 100% completed.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Review: 7/10

Spoiler: Final Thoughts

Not as memorable as the original game, IMO (which I played in 2025, Nightdive's remake). SHODAN not showing up until halfway through the game felt strange and overblown, perhaps it was a time and place matter where players back in the day weren't aware of her role in the plot (in which case some of the foreshadowing would have felt more subtle) but when the character's face is on the box art I was expecting her to be more prominently featured.

Better UI and inventory management generally, but otherwise it is a more cognitively dissonant entry. Your primary foes are a bizarre range of psionic monkeys to "abominations of the Many" to cyborg ninjas; none of the enemies feel inherently natural in relation to one another. Admittedly, combat is not meant to be the highlight, so I'll ease up.

Biggest takeaway: by far the worst final boss in all of Irrational's games, laughably so. But for 80% of the game - prior to the UNN Rickenbacker - it's a showcase of all the best aspects of the early immersive sim genre. It's worth a spin if you find it on sale for $20-$30, but if you're new to games of this type, you're better off starting with Bioshock or Prey.

 

[John Bilbo]

#1 January 18th: Tunic cleared.

The game has superb presentation, puzzles are clever and the isometric camera system is close to brilliant. Combat is the weak link: it is quite poor most of the time and just about mediocre at best.

The manual system is one of the best features and I hope to see something similar in future games.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Beat Ace Combat 7 last night. Hard difficulty, had a lot of fun but felt like the last few missions didn't scalate as much as I've wanted to.

Still a pretty cool game with some very intense high moments.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I'd like to participate, but I've got too many live‑service games in my rotation, so it cuts into the time I have for traditional SP games. That said, I'm currently playing Borderlands 4 and I'm about halfway through the single‑player campaign.

January:

• Borderlands 4 (currently playing)
• Arknights: Endfield (will start playing on Jan 22, and I'll probably finish the content available in the 1.0 version sometime in February)

 

[yansolo]

i take my hat off to whoever can beat 1 game a month, took me 6 months just to beat baldurs gate 3

 

[TintoConCasera]

i take my hat off to whoever can beat 1 game a month, took me 6 months just to beat baldurs gate 3

Not all games are +100 hours long lol. AC7 took me 15 hours to beat.

 

[AJBungah]

I'll reserve a spot and see how I do.

January



Half-Life 2 (Replay) - Completed on: 30 January

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Playing MIO: Missing in Orbit, that released yesterday. Fantastic Metroidvania, recommended to everyone into the genre.

 

[dorkimoe]

Reserving. I got way too many things im playing because i got addicted to buying roguelikes/lites



January:
Dying Light the Beast



Playing:
Halls of Torment
MIO
Midnight Suns*
Relic Hunters Legend
BallxPit
Ravenswatch
Jotunnslayer
Routine*

*has an end at least

 

[yansolo]

Not all games are +100 hours long lol. AC7 took me 15 hours to beat.

lol yes i am aware, i was taking more of a jab at myself, even a 15 hour game takes me a couple weeks to beat

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Well I'm not totally off pace just yet. Working on Clair Obscur the past couple of weeks. But I'll probably feel compelled to 100% it so I probably have a long way to go. And I am perfectly happy to sit there for a couple of hours under-leveled on expert trying to perfectly parry my way to glory against anything I run across instead of just coming back later. Next up Hades 2 I think, which I should be able to knock out in Feb even if Clair Obscur bleeds over.

 

[Chittagong]

Reserving. This is a cool thread idea. I want to get out of my gaming funk where everything seems like a Ubi fetch quest or a disappointment from Nintendo, both to be avoided. For the last couple of years I have just done Elden Ring and CoD for that reason.

This thread could inspire me to get my gaming joy back.

Silent Hill 2 Remake
Resident Evil 8
Resident Evil Requiem
Nioh Remastered
Emio: The Smiling Man

 

[AJBungah]

Decided to start with a long overdue replay of Half-Life 2 (and EP1/2). I've not played any of it since before 2010. Never completed EP2 somehow.

I'm part way through Ravenholm. The game still holds up remarkably well today.

 

[epicurius-seven]

First game of the year done:

System Shock Remake. Great punch up of an old classic.

Final boss fight was trash in a whole new way.

Hope the hints of a remake SS2 bear fruit.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Just finished Dragon Quest 1 HD-2D Remake!

Short game that gets pretty tough at the end. I wouldn't have beaten it if it wasn't for this thread.

 

[Andyliini]

Game 1 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2

First beaten game of 2026, the newest member of the Metroid franchise. The game took years to make, and it took me about 17 hours to beat. This has been a divisive game, but I mostly enjoyed it. My only big gripe with it is that enemies respawn far too quickly, which makes backtracking a chore. And the backtracking is almost necessary, since bosses in this game can be tough, even on normal difficulty. I tried to collect eveything, but like I always do, I missed two scans early in the game. There seems to be no New Game + either, so I would have to beat the game completely and just remember which ones I missed.

And life is way too short for replaying games. At least immediately.