Rather than keeping all of my achievement-unlocking secrets to myself, I decided to put together a list of the games that deliver the easiest points in hardly any time at all. Should you find yourself obsessing over achievements as I do, I hope this guide serves you well. It'll be updated whenever I find a new game that you need to know about. As it stands now, this guide should boost your gamerscore well over 50,000 in no time flat.
6180 The Moon
- 16 Achievements
- 1,000 Points
- Time Requirement: 3-4 Hours
If you're respectable at platformer games, 6180 The Moon is a fun little game to venture into. While the challenges are difficult, checkpoints are in great abundance, and progress is inevitable if you stick with it. For each planet that is unlocked, the player nets a nice 50- or 100-point achievement. There are only two challenging achievements:
Gravity Free: 40 Points
M2 is the easiest stage to unlock this achievement on. It may take a few tries, but you should be able to make it to end without hitting the jump button.
Faster Than Light: 40 Points
As the difficulty ramps up, light is needed to make progress easier. While this achievement can technically be unlocked on numerous levels, VR3 is the one most people have had success with. Run along the barriers and you should be able to make it without the light.
ABZU
- 12 Achievements
- 1,000 Points
- Time Requirement: 3-5 Hours
This relaxing underwater journey doesn't pump out points, but if you go out of your way to explore and collect, you'll earn huge 150 and 125 achievements. The video guides below will walk you through the challenging achievements, such as the locations of the hidden pools, statues, and shells. You'll earn 100 points for completing the game, and 50 if you mediate and switch fish until you land on a predator. Just watch this beast until it feeds to get the points. Also make sure you ride a creature and flip to earn another 50, and leap out of the water for the same amount.
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- 12 Achievements
- 1,000 Points
- Time Requirement: 3-7 Hours
Most of ACA's NEO GEO games can be completed in a short amount of time for a huge bounty in points. Even dabbling in bonus modes usually nets you 50 to 80 points. The easiest games to rack up points in are Fatal Fury, Metal Slug 1 and 2, Neo Turf Masters, King of Fighters '94 and '95, World heroes, Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors, Nam-1975, and Aero Fighters 2. All of the games are $7.99 and have 12 achievements.
Air Guitar Warrior (Kinect and GamePad Editions)
- 22 Achievements
- 1,000 Points
- Time Requirement: 3-5 Hours
Riding on the back of a shark is dangerous, but rewarding. In Air Guitar Warrior, performing this feat will net plenty of achievements if you're willing to work your way through the campaign. The game is fun, silly, and short. If you have a Kinect (you know, that camera thing), you can buy the game twice to double up on the achievements. If you defeat Zeus, you'll earn 100 points. The only achievement that takes some serious time is reaching level 30, but it's only worth 30 points.
Another World
- 12 Achievements
- 1,000 Points
- Time Requirement: 3-4 Hours
I played the living hell out of Another World when it originally launched in 1991 under the name Out of This World. To much surprise, time has not affected this game in the slightest. The cinematic visuals are just as stunning now as they were back in the day. The same goes for the gameplay. Yes, it can be frustrating and demanding of precision, but in a fair and challenging way. It's another game that can easily be digested in one sitting. And yes, you'll reach the required 100 deaths for an achievement well before reaching the game's final act. If you're aiming to get all 1,000 achievement points, you'll want to use this guide. A few of the achievements push you to do something at a specific time. Here they are:
Secret UFO: 100 Points
From the outset of play, when you free yourself from the cage and grab the gun, wait around for a 15 to 20 seconds for a UFO to fly across the top of the screen and deliver 100 gamerscore.
Explorer: 50 Points
A little ways after freeing yourself from a cage and downing a few guards, you'll find yourself in a small, dome-shaped structure with a window on the right side. Walk over to it trigger a cinematic view and the achievement.
Free Fall: 75 Points
During a chase toward the end of the game, you'll be reunited with your companion. He'll throw you across a large gap. Purposely drop into the gap to unlock the achievement.
Batman: Arkham Knight
- 106 Achievements
- 1,840 Points
- Time Requirement: 10-15
Thanks to an influx of achievement-heavy DLC, Batman: Arkham Knight has quietly become one of the easiest games to rack up gamerscore in. Completing the main game alone can net you between 500-600 points, depending on how thorough you are. Each single-player DLC campaign can be completed in under half an hour for fast 30- or 50-point achievements. To get all of the points, you'll need to play the AR challenges extensively and net 21 stars in all categories.
The Bunker
- 28 Achievements
- 1,000 Points
- Time Requirement: 1-2 hours
The Bunker is an interactive live-action story that doesn't require must input from the player to reach 1,000 gamerscore. The first achievement in the game is obtained after a four-minute sequence in which the player simply needs to click one button to lift a Bible. The only challenge comes from collecting objects like toys, cassettes, and a puzzle piece. Any time the game pauses to let you scan the environment, do a thorough scan for toys. The puzzle piece you need is in the vent. When you are in the vent, DO NOT press forward to move deeper within it, instead, look to your right to find the puzzle piece. Most of the collectibles hand out small 10-point achievements, but the story beats, which happen automatically give you 25 per chapter, and 100 when the game ends for each ending. To quickly get both endings, select one, watch it, skip the credits, then press "continue" on the main menu to play through the last section of the game again. It'll take about 10 minutes. Select the other ending.
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