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Lowdefal and Everdred - Thank you both so much for answering my question.

Hello, can the game Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab be added to the database?

Hello, can the game Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab be added to the database?

You can add it yourself using the submit button at the top of the page.

Hi guys, longtime user of the site. I was just curious as to what the colors blue and red in the background signify when looking at a games hours to beat count? Some games have a blue background for everything while others are in red.

Hi guys, longtime user of the site. I was just curious as to what the colors blue and red in the background signify when looking at a games hours to beat count? Some games have a blue background for everything while others are in red.

There's a gradiant from red to blue. It is basically the accuracy of the time to beat. When one person adds a time, it's red. The more people that add times, the bluer it gets. With a larger sample size, the estimates become more accurate.

Hi guys, longtime user of the site. I was just curious as to what the colors blue and red in the background signify when looking at a games hours to beat count? Some games have a blue background for everything while others are in red.

Just to add to UnsungGhost's reply, on the front page there's an accuracy guide to show the colour scaling.

Just to add to UnsungGhost's reply, on the front page there's an accuracy guide to show the colour scaling.

Got it, thanks for clarifying!

I just completed a game, but I rushed through it. When I submit my time, how do I submit/mark it as 'Rushed'?

I just completed a game, but I rushed through it. When I submit my time, how do I submit/mark it as 'Rushed'?

That is something that HLTB does itself.
It'll be something like the 5th and 95th percentile (or similar, I don't know the specifics - maybe someone else can fill that in?).

If you want to inform others that your time is based on a rushed play-through, you could leave a note to that effect.

That is something that HLTB does itself.
It'll be something like the 5th and 95th percentile (or similar, I don't know the specifics - maybe someone else can fill that in?).

If you want to inform others that your time is based on a rushed play-through, you could leave a note to that effect.

ok thank you!

Hello everyone, I have one question, since I could not and do not know where to find the answer. I specifically go through games that are not on HLTB in order to replenish your database of games with information about the duration of the passage. This is necessary, since the guys make games (in the form of board games) for streamers, where each turn = the passage of one game. And the benchmark for them is just the statistics on HLTB.

I stream the entire passage myself, and as I understand it, you need to upload the passage to youtube. And what else do you need to do to get the game checked and added to the database? Just wait?

Hi everyone,

how do I add/submit a DLC?

"Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows" is not yet in the database. How do I submit it so it shows up as a DLC for Rogue Trader?

Hello everyone, I have one question, since I could not and do not know where to find the answer. I specifically go through games that are not on HLTB in order to replenish your database of games with information about the duration of the passage. This is necessary, since the guys make games (in the form of board games) for streamers, where each turn = the passage of one game. And the benchmark for them is just the statistics on HLTB.

I stream the entire passage myself, and as I understand it, you need to upload the passage to youtube. And what else do you need to do to get the game checked and added to the database? Just wait?

Hi Uspeli,

unfortunately I don't understand your question.

If your question is "I have submitted a game to the database, do I need to do anything else than wait a while before it gets added?" then I think the answer is that you just need to wait a bit.

Hi everyone,

how do I add/submit a DLC?

"Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows" is not yet in the database. How do I submit it so it shows up as a DLC for Rogue Trader?

Add the DLC normally under Submit, then you can select DLC/Expansion under Game Type. In the comment section below, mention that it is a DLC and include the link to the main game.

Add the DLC normally under Submit, then you can select DLC/Expansion under Game Type. In the comment section below, mention that it is a DLC and include the link to the main game.

Thank you very much, ThyReen!

I've submitted the game and am waiting now for it to be added before I can change the game type.

Looking to potentially migrate from ten years of using Backloggery to HL2B; still plodding through the manual additions and ran into my first hurdle. Backloggery had degrees of completions flags you could throw onto a completed game (originally Beaten, Completed, Mastered; site rebuild condensed these to Beaten and Completed), so I tried to emulate that here, the former style in particular. In my case, I'd flag a game I'd beaten in any way as 'Beaten', a game I'd beaten the hardest difficulty on as Completed, and a game I 100% as Mastered. When they collapsed Completed and Mastered, it muddied up my years long system a bit, but I have notes to differentiate on each title.

Anyways, I found on HL2B the custom tabs and started importing Steam titles based on my records but found quickly that these custom tabs don't seem to flag the game as completed/finished; they're just sorting labels. Is there a way to have a custom tag also be considered completion or must I throw any and all completing games, regardless of thoroughness, into the single Completed category? I suppose I could just double flag these less than 100% games (by checking Beaten (custom tab) and Completed (system tab)) if there's no other way.

It also seems like any other categorization besides Completed hides the completion date field on the game record, so I'm guessing I've talked myself into my own answer with the multiple tags; just looking for some clarity as I get reacquainted with HL2B 10 years later.

Looking to potentially migrate from ten years of using Backloggery to HL2B; still plodding through the manual additions and ran into my first hurdle. Backloggery had degrees of completions flags you could throw onto a completed game (originally Beaten, Completed, Mastered; site rebuild condensed these to Beaten and Completed), so I tried to emulate that here, the former style in particular. In my case, I'd flag a game I'd beaten in any way as 'Beaten', a game I'd beaten the hardest difficulty on as Completed, and a game I 100% as Mastered. When they collapsed Completed and Mastered, it muddied up my years long system a bit, but I have notes to differentiate on each title.

Anyways, I found on HL2B the custom tabs and started importing Steam titles based on my records but found quickly that these custom tabs don't seem to flag the game as completed/finished; they're just sorting labels. Is there a way to have a custom tag also be considered completion or must I throw any and all completing games, regardless of thoroughness, into the single Completed category? I suppose I could just double flag these less than 100% games (by checking Beaten (custom tab) and Completed (system tab)) if there's no other way.

It also seems like any other categorization besides Completed hides the completion date field on the game record, so I'm guessing I've talked myself into my own answer with the multiple tags; just looking for some clarity as I get reacquainted with HL2B 10 years later.

I took a Quick Look at your profile to get an idea.

As you say, the custom lists are for sorting, usually for backlogs not really for completions.

The "house style" would be to put those times into the relevant category when adding them to the game although that still wouldn't completely fit your method, and can difficult when doing hundreds of entries "at once".

I think ultimately you would need to modify your plan in some form.

Sounds good; seems I'll likely just migrate my Beaten titles into Completed and take the time to thoroughly fill out the multiple completion timing fields, as I do have notes on the difference between initial beating the game and 100% where relevant. I don't mind the consolidation for the most part, I'm just not sure how I could readily discern within a singular Completed category what titles I've truly Completed (as in no more content) and those that might be worth revisiting for a replay or achievement cleanup or whathaveyou. Is there another flag or label native to the site that I could lean on in that regard?

Sounds good; seems I'll likely just migrate my Beaten titles into Completed and take the time to thoroughly fill out the multiple completion timing fields, as I do have notes on the difference between initial beating the game and 100% where relevant. I don't mind the consolidation for the most part, I'm just not sure how I could readily discern within a singular Completed category what titles I've truly Completed (as in no more content) and those that might be worth revisiting for a replay or achievement cleanup or whathaveyou. Is there another flag or label native to the site that I could lean on in that regard?

You could think of the 3 completion categories as Main (Beaten), Main Plus (Beaten but have more to do.), Completionist (Mastered). You could mention status in the notes.

There aren't really other flags that could fill this need at the moment but I'm also open to feedback.

You could think of the 3 completion categories as Main (Beaten), Main Plus (Beaten but have more to do.), Completionist (Mastered). You could mention status in the notes.

There aren't really other flags that could fill this need at the moment but I'm also open to feedback.

For now, I've opted to just lean into the format of the site and use my lower 'Beaten' flag as HL2B's Completed, then I've got a list to denote those titles I've truly conquered to sort of parse out the more to do titles. I'm wondering if perhaps I should invert that (make the flag 'more to do' for easier discovery), but I'll just keep experimenting for now.

One last general HL2B mindset question for now; is it general practice to add multiplayer titles and the like to the backlog? I repurposed one of my available custom tabs to endless to categorize endless and MP titles, but since they'll never be marked Completed, I'm guessing they're inflating my backlog percentage and no one needs that. The original goal as I worked through my import was to clear the Steam import list so that importing future titles would be easier (using the only show games not on profile checkmark) so I had to find a home for these kinds of titles, but I'm thinking I'd rather just have to sift through that list once in a while instead of artificially inflating my unbeaten games figures.

Appreciate the quick replies from the community to my open air ramblings.

EDIT: Seems I sorted this out on my own already, having removed the backlog checkmark on those endless. I guess I'm good; back to housekeeping this list!