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Mine is probably the Liberty City Minute achievement for Grand Theft Auto IV. I think technically you have 30 hours to beat the main storyline but I managed to power through and beat the entire game in one sitting.

Achievements were only added in after an update a couple years ago (when they removed the dated Games For Windows Live DRM that made the game pretty much impossible to play without modding) so it's technically not the rarest for the game. The achievements for getting the highscore in QUB3D and flying underneath the bridges are even more rare but I'd argue they're easier to get.


What Steam achievement are you most proud of?

Is there one that took a lot of time to get? Did you have a good time with friends? Was it an achievement you struggled to get on other platforms when you were younger?

Regardless I'd be interested to hear about it.

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[–] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago

Go Outside from Stanley Parable without cheating. Simply don't play the game for 5 years.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Clean hands and Ghost for Dishonored. Never really knew for sure if I had alerted someone or someone I knocked out got eaten by rats until I got the end summary of the chapter, which would lead to me playing the entire chapter again.

I didn't attempt that for Dishonored 2 and just went chaos mode.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think I tried to get one of those achievements but was under the impression knocking people out was fine and didn't end up getting it.

I could be thinking of a different game though.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Other knock out stealth game I can think of with that type of achievement is Deus Ex.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago

I think it may have been one of the Metro games

[–] Statlerwaldorf@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly, there was a glitch with Granny whatsherface that was causing the achievement to fail, even if you knocked her out.

[–] Nyla_Smokeyface 4 points 1 year ago

The "Go Outside" achievement in the original Stanley Parable

[–] mihnt@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably 'To Live Forever' in No Man's Sky. Once you get to a certain point, it's almost impossible to die to normal circumstances, but up until that point random crap would kill you pretty easy. Also bugs. Especially with the Space Anomaly.

I ended up doing the 3 hardest achievements all at once in that game. (After double checking it was just the 2 permadeath and survival ones I did together but ended up using my permadeath save to do the "The Sentinel" achievement.)

Also, if you plan to do this this achievement. It's the easiest to just do the main storyline.

[–] algotritm@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the ones I’m most proud of are beating Journey of the Prairie King in Stardew Valley and the 100% achievements in Spelunky HD and Spelunky 2. Grinded several hundred hours for those

[–] smokeymcpott@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tell me your secrets! I got to the boss fight in Journey of the Prairie King in SDV and it was freaking impossible!

[–] ChristianWS@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The game saves between each area, so you can beat an area, exit Journey of the Prairie King, continue the day normally in Stardew Valley and sleep. If you die you can just restart the day

[–] algotritm@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, I wish I had known this

[–] algotritm@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

It isn’t really any secret, I just went by the Saloon most days to play and see how far I’d get :p After a while I got into some nice flow and just made it through. I’m sure you’ll make it too! :)

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any tips for someone who has been debating on getting into Stardew Valley?

[–] algotritm@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure, the game is very chill in the sense that you can make progress by doing almost anything, so there isn’t really any way to go wrong. The wiki is very well made as well. I usually have it open in the background when playing.

The only warning I have to offer is to avoid optimising too much to get money. You end up optimising the fun away after a bit if the only thing you do is water your crops :p

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago

I get you I started playing Harvest Moon again and spent a lot of time trying to maximize efficiency

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lazy Bastard in Factorio. Basically automate as much as possible as soon as possible. I recommend everyone go for it to truly appreciate the nature of the game.

[–] Jajcus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I would be even more proud with 'there is no spoon',, but I haven't even got close to this one.

[–] EccTM@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me, I'd say it's a close call between GTAIV: Ballad of Gay Tony's "Gold Star" achievement for 100%-ing all the DLC missions, or Deus Ex: Human Revolution's "Factory Zero" achievement for completing the Missing Link DLC without using any praxis upgrades or weapons (This one was on Xbox 360, but it's in my steam backlog too!).

[–] smokeymcpott@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

The Deus Ex one was very hard! Couldn't have done it without a guide.

[–] Aabbcc@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Playing through celeste every time I beat a b-side I felt like a real gamer until I saw "25% of users have this achievement"

[–] anemonemone@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The Hammered achievement for Divinity Original Sin 2 which you achieve by defeating an endgame boss in your first encounter with them in act 1. I used a very cheesy method where I chain teleported the boss and her minions on to a rock in the middle of the sea. And then my archer who was on a cliff type thing on the other side of the beach slowly shot them to death. It was very funny!

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm proud of all my achievements equally because I use SAM to get them.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago

I mean fair enough. I like them for the extra challenge and giving me a ballpark of how far I've progressed and how much I've played.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Playing the game or starting the game achievements

[–] abc@lemmus.org 1 points 1 year ago

A Wound for Every Bullet achievement from Iron Grip: Warlord. This game is obscure and there's barely any achievement guide. I had to figure out how to get this difficult achievement on my own.