Backlog challenge, pick one unplayed game, finish it by month end

[DeanAmbrose11]

Everyone has that one game sitting unplayed in their library for genuinely embarrassing amounts of time. So here's a proper challenge, pick exactly one from your own actual backlog and commit to finishing it by the end of this month.

Post which game you're picking and roughly how far into it you already are. If at all, then check in here with real progress updates as you actually work through it, finishing counts as reaching the actual credits or a genuine equivalent stopping point for something without a traditional ending.

This works especially well for something you bought on a sale and genuinely never touched. Or something you started once, got distracted from, and never actually went back to, the whole point is finally closing that specific loop.

No pressure to rush through it purely to hit the deadline. If you're genuinely enjoying it and month end arrives with you still playing, that's honestly still a win, the actual goal is real renewed engagement with something that's been sitting neglected, not artificial speedrunning.

Post your pick below and let's actually see how many backlog entries this whole thread manages to clear out together by the time the month wraps up

[RandyOrton04]

Curious, does a game count if it's technically still in early access. Or does it need to be a quite finished and complete release?

[AEWNoah32]

No traditional ending games needing an equivalent stopping point is a good call.

Plenty of particularly great games don't have a clean credits roll to aim for

[WaveFunction30]

The genuine renewed engagement over artificial speedrunning point is the right framing. This should feel like rediscovering something rather than a chore to grind through. That stuck with me longest

[Florence19]

The no pressure to rush framing is exactly right . Backlog challenges that turn into a race usually just make people resent the actual game instead of clearly enjoying it

[Pat85]

GTA VI FTW!

[QuantumToken57]

Month end feels tight for the specific game I'm picking given how long it actually is.

Going to aim for real meaningful progress and see how far that realistically gets me

[Nomad]

Does this include some kind of check in thread partway through the month. Or is this purely a post now and report back at the very end kind of thing?

[Maverick50]

This is exactly what I needed exactly this kind of push for my own backlog.

Currently sitting at an embarrassing number of unplayed titles at this point

[Messi]

Picking mine now, started it about two hours in months ago and just never went back.

Curious whether I'll actually remember what was even happening in the story

[Taker]

Signing up, have a game I bought two years ago during a sale and have really never even installed. Time to finally fix that

[Leo29]

Cheering from the sidelines, even though my own backlog is currently under control.

Curious to see which games everyone else picks and whether people actually end up enjoying their picks