Here we go again. For the ninth year in a row (since 2006!), I’ve counted up how many video games I either started or finished in the past 12 months. Let’s see how I did.
As always, some notes:
- I only list games I played on my own, outside of any shows like E3 where I may have tried a new game on a demo kiosk. All of the games you listed are games I either bought or was provided access to. I played most of them at home or during my commute.
- I don’t play old games very often, but even if I do on rare occasion return to an old game, I only list games that I either started or finally finished in a given year.
- People justifiably get hung up on what I mean when I write that I “finished” a game. I basically mean that I got to the credits or storyline conclusion of a game. That’s why I’ll count Diablo III as “finished” even though I only cleared Act V with one character on a non-Torment difficulty and only have one level-70 hero. There is a lot more that I can and will get out of playing that game. I considered dropping the “finished” part of this list this year, since I think it’s interesting enough to tally which games I started playing. Doing so would keep me from listing older games that I finally finished in 2014, and I thought that was still worth noting. Maybe I’ll change things next year.
- I played no games on Facebook or Ouya in the last year, so I’ve eliminated those categories. I did play a GameBoy game on my 3DS, so I’ve added that one. I played very few games on my MacBook Air — none that I didn’t also play on my PC — so I’ve eliminated that listing, too.
- I’m including standalone DLC as games this year. I’m not trying to pad the count. It just feels like something like Burial At Sea or Freedom Cry can be seen as its own thing.
- I’ve included Early Access games, some of which I’ve put quite a few hours into. After all, it isn’t just the idea of a player finishing a game that is a murkier concept these days; so is the idea of when a developer is finished making a game. Some supposedly unfinished games that I played this year (Crypt of the NecroDancer!) gave me plenty to play.
- I’m surprised to see how many games I played on PS4, especially because I’ve been using my Xbox One more regularly this fall. The PS4 had the early-year advantage.
On with the list!
My 2014 Games Played/Finished List
(Games I started listed below. Finished games are bolded. Games not from 2013 are noted as such)
3DS
(16 games played; 6 finished)
- Bravely Default
- Fantasy Life
- Fire Emblem Awakening (2013) – FINISHED
- Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- Luigi’s Dark Moon (2013) – FINISHED
- Mario & Luigi Dream Team
- Paper Mario Sticker Star
- Picross e4
- Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy – FINISHED
- Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball – FINISHED
- The Starship Damrey (2013) – FINISHED
- Steel Diver: Sub Wars
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
- Tomodachi Life
- Weapon Shop de Omasse
- Yoshi’s New Island – FINISHED
DS
(2 games played; 1 finished)
- Professor Layton and the Last Specter (2009) – FINISHED
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
GameBoy
(1 game played; 0 finished)
- Metroid II
iOS
(33 games played; 1 finished)
- A Dark Room
- Adventure Quest Dragons
- Alternative Function IV
- Angry Birds Epic
- Boom Beach
- Circle Stop
- Civilisation Revolution 2
- Clash of Clans
- Craft the World
- Crossy Road
- Farmville 2
- Flappy Bird
- Framed
- Hearthstone
- Helix
- Hitman Go
- Hoplite
- Incredipede
- Kingdom Rush Origins
- Kiwanuka
- Monument Valley
- NarcoGuerra
- Pako
- SimCity Buildit
- Subete al SITP
- Sunburn!
- Swing Copters
- Summetrain
- Tengami
- Threes
- Tilt To Live 2
- Trials Frontier
- Year Walk (2013) – FINISHED
PC
(25 games played; 2 finished)
- BioShock Infinite Burial At Sea Parts 1 and 2 – FINISHED
- Broken Age
- Civilisation: Beyond Earth
- Cookie Clicker
- Crypt of the NecroDancer
- Dungeon Of the Endless
- Endless Legend
- Far Cry 3 (2012) – FINISHED
- Habitat
- Hack ‘n’ Slash
- Infinity Runner
- Invisible Inc
- Jazzpunk
- LA Cops
- The Nightmare Cooperative (also played on iOS)
- Nom Nom Galaxy
- Nuclear Throne
- Road Not Taken (also played on PS4)
- Serena
- Spacebase DF-9
- Sunless Sea
- The Talos Principle
- Ultimate General: Gettysburg
- This War of Mine
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
PS3
(4 games played; 4 finished)
- Assassin’s Creed Liberation – FINISHED
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue – FINISHED
- The Last of Us: Left Behind – FINISHED
- Puppeteer (2013) – FINISHED
PS4
(24 games played; 8 finished)
- Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry – FINISHED
- Child of Light
- Destiny
- Diablo III Reaper of Souls – FINISHED
- Far Cry 4
- Infamous Second Son – FINISHED
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes – FINISHED
- Lego The Hobbit – FINISHED
- Mercenary Kings
- Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor – FINISHED
- OlliOlli
- P.T.
- PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate
- Rollers of the Realm
- Secret Ponchos
- Strider
- The Tomorrow Children (Alpha)
- The Lego Movie Video Game – FINISHED
- Transistor
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – FINISHED
- Velocity 2X
- Watch Dogs
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- WWE 2K15
Vita
(3 games played; 0 finished)
- Luftrausers
- Metrico
- Dangaronpa
Wii U
(9 games played; 3 finished)
- Bayonetta 2
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – FINISHED
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – FINISHED
- Dr. Luigi
- Hyrule Warriors – FINISHED
- Mario Kart 8
- Pushmo World
- Shovel Knight
- Super Smash Bros.
Xbox 360
(1 games played; 0 finished)
- Dark Souls II
Xbox One
(11 games played; 1 finished)
- Alien Isolation
- Assassin’s Creed Unity – FINISHED
- Dragon Age Inquisition
- Forza Horizon 2
- Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Kinect Sports Rivals
- Nutjitsu
- Sunset Overdrive
- Super Time Force
- Titanfall
The final 2014 tally is: 129 games played; 26 finished
That compares to:
2010… 195 played; 52 finished
2009… 165 played; 48 finished
2008… 135 played; 37 finished
2007… 118 played; 35 finished
2006… 102 played; 21 finished
Comments
19 responses to “I Finished These 26 Video Games In 2014”
I don’t keep track of everything I’ve played, but here’s the list of games I considered I completed in 2014:
Games finished in 2014:
1. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Aveline DLC
2. Attack of the Friday Monsters
3. Bayonetta 2
4. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
5. BioShock Infinite
6. BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2
7. Bravely Default
8. Broken Age Act 1
9. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
10. Child of Light
11. Costume Quest
12. Dark Souls
13. Dark Souls II
14. Destiny
15. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
16. Dragon’s Crown
17. Fantasy Life
18. FEZ
19. Final Fantasy X HD
20. Final Fantasy X-2 HD
21. Fire Emblem: Awakening
22. Flower
23. Gears of War: Judgment
24. Guacamelee
25. Gunman Clive
26. Halo 2 Anniversary
27. Halo Anniversary
28. Hyrule Warriors
29. inFAMOUS: Second Son
30. Kid Icarus: Uprising
31. La-Mulana
32. LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes
33. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
34. Mario Kart 8
35. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
36. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
37. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
38. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
39. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright
40. Psychonauts
41. Pullblox World
42. Resogun
43. Risk of Rain
44. Rogue Legacy
45. Shovel Knight
46. South Park: The Stick of Truth
47. SteamWorld Dig
48. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
49. The Last of Us Remastered and Left Behind DLC
50. The Night of the Rabbit
51. The Stanley Parable
52. The Walking Dead Season 2 (Episodes 2-5)
53. The Witcher
54. The Wolf Among Us (Episode 1-2)
55. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
56. Tomb Raider
57. Toukiden: Age of Demons
58. Transistor
59. Trials Fusion
60. Valiant Hearts
61. Year Walk
62. Ys: Memories of Celceta
Impressive! Just how much free time do you have?!
I was unemployed for a few months :P. I also tend to just stick with whatever I’m playing and try to finish it before moving on.
That helps haha. Yea I try and do the same, I can’t stand leaving a job half finished, and that’s no different with games. I was keeping my own tally, but that was kept on my phone which went splat recently 🙁
Unemployed with a lot of savings to buy all those games? Hahah
Was working a casual job at the start of the year, then was unemployed and then I got a full-time job. It all worked out in the end! 😀
A lot of those are cheapy stuff I got from Steam sales, Humble Bundles, gifts, PS+ etc. I tend to mix it up between sale stuff and newer releases.
it looks like you have been slacking since 2010.
sadly my list is no where near that impressive, I probably played about 30 games total, and finished about 10. The best part of the year though was clearly the release of Suikoden 2.
I’ve never considered keeping a record of games played / completed, but I’m going to do it this year.
I only really started playing games again after I got my PS4 in September, but I have finished these since then. Great idea to have a list though.
Assassin’s Creed Unity
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag
Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry DLC
Destiny – Lvl. 31 Hunter & Lvl. 30 Warlock
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Grand Theft Auto 5
Hotline Miami
Lego Movie Videogame
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Sleeping Dogs
Watchdogs
Watchdogs Bad Blood DLC
How the hell do you keep finishing the Assassin’s Creed games? I’ve only played the first one and Black Flag and I finished neither. You must really love them lol
How could you not finish Bayonetta 2? It’s amazing!
I thought the same thing. It is one of those rare modern day releases I could not put down due to perfect pacing like the old days of great game design.
Yassss Gaga
Games completed
FF8 – PSX
Assassins Creed Unity – ps4
Far Cry 4 – ps4
South Park – pc
Majoras Mask & Ocarina – N64
I had a boring 2014
I disagree. FF8, both the legendary Zelda’s and the brilliant South Park. I’d say you had a brilliant year as you didn’t spoil the magic with the piles of disappointing crap we all suffered through.
*cough* Destiny, AC Unity, Watch Dogs *cough*
Hmmm let me think about it
Xbox 360
Bioshock infinite – finished story
COD Black Ops II – prestiged
Ass Creed Brotherhood – finished story
Red Dead Redemption – finished story
Batman Arkham City – finished story
Shadows of the Damned – finished story
Lego Batman 2 – finished story (w/ kids)
Skylanders Swap Force – finished story (w/ kids)
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Lego Marvel – finished story (w/ kids)
MGS5 Ground Zeroes – finished story
Finished:
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Dragon Age: Origins (second playthrough)
Dragon Age II (second playthrough)
Dragon Age Inquisition
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Infamous Second Son
Infamous First Light
Final Fantasy X HD
South Park: The Stick of Truth
The Walking Dead Season 2
The Wolf Among Us
Spec Ops: The Line
Persona 4 Golden (third playthrough)
How did you not finish Destiny? Honestly it’s like 3.5/4 hours of play for the main story.
Also, didn’t complete gold in MK8? Travesty!
Finish Destiny? Lol.. So you’ve collected and reached max level for everything in 4 hours of play?
Destiny isn’t one of those games you finish.. It’s one of those grinds you wonder why you keep playing. I, am one of those people who wouldn’t be playing it if it wasn’t for the fact my friends all still play.