I had been pondering a new challenge idea and thought about trying to play a game from each year you were born but I was conflicted about this because some members would end up having to play more games than others and some may not feel comfortable revealing the year they were born.
Then @shinespark showed an interest in doing the Millennium Challenge and that seemed like a happy medium!
Rules
Play a game published each year starting from the year 2000 and make your way to the current year of 2026. You do not have to play in chronological order but you’re more than welcome to if you’d like an additional challenge (or maybe from newest to oldest)! If you’d like any recommendations of what games to play, you are welcome to ask here in the thread as well. Best of luck whittling down those backlogs and happy gaming!
Thoughts on remasters/ports and the release date. Does the original release date count, or does the port or remaster release date count? Or can we choose either?
Ooh very interesting challenge for 2026. Imma add a bit of my own sauce and include a personal rule to finish each game I add in each year.
Also, a similar question to BMO’s, what about expanded editions of games? Like the newest version of the Stanley Parable (deluxe edition) released on 2022, but the original in 2013, which one counts?
Added in several candidates that are closest candidates to clearing the year, for reasons like: Being up on my bucket list, are quick to play through, are in small categories to clear away ie. (Subject to change in time, obviously)
2000 Ground Control Anthology
2001 Max Payne / Grand Theft Auto III
2002 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
2003 Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon / Prince of Persia: Sands of Time / Max Payne 2
2004 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
2005 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
2006 LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
2007 Crysis
2008 The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut / Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two
2009 King’s Bounty: Armored Princess / Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director’s Cut
2010 The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim / Alice: Madness Returns
2012 LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes / Game of Thrones: The Roleplaying Game
2013 Zeno Clash 2
2014 Legend of Grimrock 2
2015 Jotun: Valhalla Edition
2016 Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
2017 This Strange Realm of Mine
2018 The Forest / My Big Sister / Ghost of a Tale
2019 Age of Empires: Definitive Edition / Children of Morta / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
2020 Hades / Half-Life: Alyx / Songs For A Hero
2021 Sable / Pedro’s Adventures In Spanish
2022 Dome Keeper
2023 Deliver Us Mars / Sifu / Bramble: The Mountain King
2024 Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode / Songs of Conquest / Inkulinati
2025 Claire Obscur: Expedition 33/ Beholder: Conductor / Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
