Steam Steam Go Away

I'm sure I can't be the only one addicted to Steam Sales.

There is something about 75% off a game that I might play that is just too attractive for me to resist.  I haven't been collecting long, but I have been collecting enthusiastically.  At this point, my backlog of games has grown to a point where it needs attention, there are too many games to play - and I really have no idea where to start. 

I need a different approach.  So a buddy of mine and I have amassed our lists, and have challenged each other - come as close to 0 steam game backlog by the end of the year.  Obviously this needs a bit more defining - as some of the games you buy are bundles, and some I buy merely for the "bookshelf" OCD need to have a whole collection or pay homage to a developer I love.  Here are our basic rules:

1. You must get the end-game achievement to mark the game as "beaten." Difficulty doesn't matter.
2. If the game has no win condition, like Team Fortress, you have to either get 50% of the achievements or play at least 10 hours, whichever comes first.
3. For MMOs, you can mark the game as beaten with 10 hrs. of play. However, if you get a character to max level, you can mark another game on your list as beaten for free!
4. If you've already beaten the game on another system, you can mark it as won, but only if you didn't purchase it on Steam. In other words, if you bought it, you have to play it.
5. You can buy new games whenever you want, but they're added to the list.

Obviously not every game fits this mold, but on a game by game basis we might adjust what it takes to "win" a particular game.  Pinball FX2 is a good example of this, there are two people on my list that I know I will never beat - so getting 3rd place on my tables is probably a good goal for all of my purchased tables.

I will be using this blog as a way to both motivate me to continue and help to keep this whole process from becoming one be big blur of epic-terrible-awesome-lame in memory.

To make this a truly soul cleansing experience, I am going to not only include games that I've bought on Steam, but also XBOX 360, XBLA and iPhone games that I've purchased "with intent to play".

Now where to start ...

Steam Games:

* Amnesia: The Dark Descent

* Anna

* Antichamber

* Audiosurf

* The Ball

* Battlefield: Bad Company 2

* Borderlands 2

* Braid

* The Bridge

* Brothers - A tale of Two Sons

* Call of Juarez Gunslinger

* Company of Heroes

* Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

* Contagion

* Cook, Serve, Delicious!

* Damned

* Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

* Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45

* Darksiders II

* DC Universe Online

* Dead Island Riptide

* Deadlight

* Deadpool

* Dishonored

* Divinity II: Developer's Cut

* Don't Starve

* Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition

* Dragon Nest

* Dragon's Lair

* Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

* Dungeon Party

* Dwarfs!?

* Endless Space

* Fallout: New Vegas

* Far Cry 3

* Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

* FTL : Faster Than Light

* Game of Thrones

* Garry's Mod

* Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

* Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax

* Half Life 2

* Half Life 2: Episode One

* Half Life 2: Episode Two

* Half Life 2: Lost Coast

* Hammerwatch

* Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

* Hitman: Codename 47

* Hitman: Sniper Challenge

* How To Survive

* I Am Alive

* The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

* Killing Floor

* King's Bounty: The Legend

* Legend of Grimrock

* Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut

* The Lord of the Rings Online

* The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

* Lucius

* Magic 2014

* Mark of the Ninja'

* McPixel

* Metro 2033

* Might & Magic: Heroes VI

* Monaco

* Mantague's Mount

* MX vs ATV Reflex

* Nexuiz

* No More Room in Hell

* Numen: Contest of Heroes

* Outlast

* Painkiller Hell & Damnation

* Painkiller: Black Edition

* Payday: The Heist

* Penumbra: whichever is latest

* PixelJunk Eden

* Primordia

* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

* RAGE

* Red Faction: whichever is latest

* Red Orchestra: whichever is latest

* Resident Evil 6

* Reus

* Risen 2 - Dark Waters

* Rising Storm

* Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

* STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl

* The Shivah

* SimCity 4 Deluxe

* Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

* Sniper Elite

* Sniper Elite V2

* Spec Ops: The Line

* Star Wars: KOTOR II

* Starbound

* Starseed Pilgrim

* State of Decay

* SteamWorld Dig

* Supreme Commander: whichever is latest

* The Swapper

* Team Fortress

* Terraria

* The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

* Time Gentlemen, Please!

* Titan Quest: latest

* To the Moon

* Tomb Raider

* Trine 2

* The Void

* Warframe

* Warhammer 40k Space Marine

* The Witcher

* XCOM: Enemy Unknown

* You Don't Know Jack 2

* You Don't Know Jack 3

* You Don't Know Jack 4

* You Don't Know Jack 5

* You Don't Know Jack 6

* You Don't Know Jack Headrush

* You Don't Know Jack Movies

* You Don't Know Jack Sports

* You Don't Know Jack Television

XBOX 360 Games:

* Dante's Inferno

* Pirate's of the Carribean

* Witcher 2

* Prince of Persia - The FOrgotten Sands

* Watchmen : The End Is Nigh

* Duke Nuke 'Em - ...

* Resident Evil V

* Alan Wake + Expansion Packs

* Diablo 3 (specifically X360 version)

* Reckoning

* Assassin's Creed 3

* Assassin's Creed 4

* Disney Infinity

* Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

* Tomb Raider : Anniversary

* You Don't Know Jack

* Driver

* Field & Stream

* RAGE

* Avatar

* The Walking Dead - Season One

XBLA Games:

* Alien Breed 1* Alien Breed 2

* Crimson Alliance

* Daggerdale

* Costume QUest

* Gatling Gears

* Ghostbusters

* Insanely Twisted SP

* Warhammer KIll Team

* Lara Croft: Guardian of Light

* Orcs Must Die

* Outland

* The Maw

* Stacking

* The Walking Dead

* Zombie Apocalypse - Never Die Alone

iPhone Games that bear mention:

* The Wolf Among Us (same dev as The Walking Dead season games)