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ABC Challenge 2.0 masterpost
Retro Challenge masterpost
Tag Challenge masterpost
20/23 Challenge

Past Challenges
ABC Challenge masterpost
20/22 Challenge

A year of backlog fight in review: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Game Pass - = Nintendo Switch - = Retro

February’s Stats

aka. Finally tackling some chunky games

Hello there fellow assassins! February, despite being short, has been a pretty good month backlog wise. I finished Dying Light 2 and FINALLY started playing Hollow Knight (which is excellent). Thanks Kaleith for creating that metroidvania itch :3 I also did good with not adding anything to the backlog for the whole month so yesterday I decided to activate 2 keys I had in my shadow backlog for a long time (2 chapters of Higurashi so I can continue reading it in the upcoming weeks). Overall a good month. How has february been for you ? Played anything good ?

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
5	4	2	2	84

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (4/23)

Finished this month: 3

78% never played

4% unfinished

13% beaten

4% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

Dying Light 2

68 hours playtime

34 of 65 achievements
Re:Call

6 hours playtime

11 of 11 achievements
Sail Forth

25 hours playtime

36 of 47 achievements
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

8 hours playtime

30 of 30 achievements
Hollow Knight

28 hours playtime

26 of 63 achievements

Re:Call

6 hours playtime

11 of 11 achievements
Sail Forth

25 hours playtime

36 of 47 achievements
Dying Light 2

68 hours playtime

34 of 65 achievements
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

8 hours playtime

30 of 30 achievements

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi

0 minutes playtime

0 of 16 achievements
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi

0 minutes playtime

0 of 8 achievements

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

January’s Stats

aka. Less than impressive start of the year

Hope 2023 started well for all of you!

In here, not much to report, played some games, finished a few, added as many thanks to some last minute gifts… So far the status is quo, which is not very good. And one of the game I put 20+ hours in seem to be bugged in the probably last story quest (and I guess I’ll have to replace it in my 20/23 list unless it gets somehow fixed). Delightful.

Thankfully I also had a lot of fun starting a cult and killing zombies, so gaming time this month was mostly well spent.

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
8	5	0	5	153

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (1/23)

Finished this month: 1

87% never played

9% unfinished

4% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

Stray

6 hours playtime

11 of 24 achievements
Unusual Findings

6 hours playtime

17 of 30 achievements
Cult of the Lamb

18 hours playtime

27 of 37 achievements
Dying Light 2

42 hours playtime

19 of 65 achievements
Luck be a Landlord

20 hours playtime

81 of 186 achievements
Children of Silentown

7 hours playtime

16 of 26 achievements
Sail Forth

22 hours playtime

30 of 47 achievements
Re:Call

2 hours playtime

4 of 11 achievements

Stray

6 hours playtime

11 of 24 achievements
Unusual Findings

6 hours playtime

17 of 30 achievements
Luck be a Landlord

20 hours playtime

81 of 186 achievements
Children of Silentown

7 hours playtime

16 of 26 achievements
Cult of the Lamb

18 hours playtime

27 of 37 achievements

Unusual Findings

6 hours playtime

17 of 30 achievements
My Time at Sandrock

0 minutes playtime

0 of 36 achievements
Luck be a Landlord

20 hours playtime

81 of 186 achievements
Re:Call

2 hours playtime

4 of 11 achievements
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

0 minutes playtime

0 of 50 achievements

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

A Year of Backlog Fight in Review

Took me long enough but I finally stopped procrastinating and put all the stats & images together, here comes my yearly summary. And for the first time since I keep those yearly reports, I got out victorious from the backlog fight. With a small margin, but it’s a victory nonetheless so I’ll take it.

2022 was a great year in terms of the quality of games I played. I had a hard time only picking 15 of them for this top. If I had to reduce my favourite games to a top 3, I’ll keep Beacon Pines, Hades and I was a Teenage Exocolonist. That said, I strongly recommend every single game that made this top.

Finished: 63
Beaten: 47
Completed: 16
Added to the Backlog of Doom: 60
Best month: October (-4)
Worst month: April (+4)

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

A victory nonetheless

Month	Finished	Backlog+	Balance
January	4	1	-3
February	6	3	-3
March	5	6	+1
April	4	8	+4
May	6	6	0
June	5	3	-2
July	6	7	+1
August	4	5	+1
September	5	5	0
October	10	6	-4
November	1	0	-1
December	7	10	+3

Beacon Pines	I was a Teenage Exocolonist	Strange Horticulture
Days Gone	Tunic	Thronebreaker
Loop Hero	Hades	TOEM
Curious Expedition 2	Monster Roadtrip	Stacklands
The Case of the Golden Idol	Potion Permit	Inscryption

The fight was close but I managed to take a small victory on the backlog this year. The most effective way was to cut down what I added to the backlog. More than half of the additions were review keys, not all of which I wanted to play but sometimes you have to take one for the team. At least all of those got played on short terms and most of them finished. For the really bad ones, I'm contemplating purging them out of my account soon.

I'm really happy with finishing Skatr's 20/22 challenge, so happy that I'm taking a slight variation on it for this year too (see next tab).

Progress in 2022

Won on SteamGifts

Jan 1st (173 games) vs Dec 31th 2022 (178 games)

35% never played

5% unfinished

32% beaten

29% completed

35% never played

4% unfinished

33% beaten

29% completed

Gifts & Other Wins

Jan 1st (428 games) vs Dec 31th 2022 (450 games)

0% won't play

51% never played

11% unfinished

20% beaten

18% completed

0% won't play

51% never played

8% unfinished

22% beaten

18% completed

Very little objectives for 2023 except continue to enjoy myself playing games, trying my best to complete my 20/23 challenge and keeping the additions to the backlog as controlled as possible.

Basically, just have fun and try my best to get another victory.

State of the Targets on January 1st 2022 (for tracking purpose)

Won on SteamGifts 178 games

35% never played

4% unfinished

33% beaten

29% completed

Gifts & Other Wins 450 games

0% won't play

51% never played

8% unfinished

22% beaten

18% completed

Added in 2022 60 games

30% never played

13% unfinished

37% beaten

20% completed

20/23 Challenge

After last year’s successful 20/22 challenge, I was thinking about a similar but “reversed” one for this year. I want to tackle some of those great games that are sitting in my backlog, that I’ve been really wanting to play yet not giving them the attention they deserve. Hence for this year, the list will be made of games added before 2023 and still untouched.

Here is the very loose ruleset. Basically only rules 1 and 2 are important.

Rules:

I have to finish 20 of the 23 games on the list.
The games must have been added to the backlog before 2023 and yet untouched
They must be games I'm excited to play. As for last year, I'm doing mostly this to go back to the unfinished games that got distracted from for whatever reason, but that I loved in the first place. Of course I'm doing this in an attempt to make progress with the backlog, but I don't want it to be a "let's pick whatever would be the fastest to finish and call it a day". My intention is to fully enjoy this challenge, not make it a tedious task.
I can replace games as I see fit, but I am of course still limited to games that fit to rule number 2. The current list might actually be subject to quite a few changes as it was hard to narrow it down to 23, so it'll depend on what I feel like playing as the year goes on. Stolen from Skatrzoo, I'm giving myself 3 possible swaps of games that will be added in 2023, just in case. Might or might not need it.
And finally, I only have this year to finish it - if I don’t, I will be feeding somebody else backlog with one of my favourite game of 2023.

And that’s about it. Of course, I’ll be playing other games during the year but that will be my main side quest for the year, and I’ll do my best to stick to it. I hope I manage to finish this one too.

The List

78% never played

17% beaten

4% completed

Game Title	Time played	Achievements	Status
Cult of the Lamb	18h	27/37	Beaten
Sail Forth	25h	36/47	Beaten
Dying Light 2	68h	34/67	Beaten
Hollow Knight	44h	45/63	Beaten
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark	8h	30/30	Completed

December’s Stats

aka. The expected end of the year failure

Can’t believe 2022 is over already! I hope it was a good one for you all. Here’s my last report of the year with December’s stats. Even though Hades is legitimally my most satisfying finish of the month, special mention to Stacklands and Strange Horticulture who were two surprisingly great games.

I will be back in a few days with the year summary as well as a new challenge for 2023. Until then, stay safe! Happy new year!

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
11	7	3	10	118

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/22 Challenge Progress (22/22)

Finished this month: 1

100% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

Rogue Legacy 2

26 hours playtime

12 of 36 achievements
Terraria

886 hours playtime

102 of 115 achievements
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

10 hours playtime

14 of 14 achievements
Hades

28 hours playtime

18 of 49 achievements
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

18 hours playtime

15 of 15 achievements
Children of Silentown

6 hours playtime

14 of 26 achievements
Tiny Lands

7 hours playtime

10 of 13 achievements
DemonCrawl

386 hours playtime

120 of 181 achievements
Strange Horticulture

5 hours playtime

15 of 18 achievements
Stacklands

18 hours playtime

36 of 36 achievements
Stray

4 hours playtime

6 of 24 achievements

Rogue Legacy 2

26 hours playtime

12 of 36 achievements
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

10 hours playtime

14 of 14 achievements
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

18 hours playtime

15 of 15 achievements
Hades

28 hours playtime

18 of 49 achievements
Tiny Lands

7 hours playtime

10 of 13 achievements
Strange Horticulture

5 hours playtime

15 of 18 achievements
Stacklands

18 hours playtime

36 of 36 achievements

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

18 hours playtime

15 of 15 achievements
Children of Silentown

6 hours playtime

14 of 26 achievements
Cult of the Lamb

0 minutes playtime

0 of 37 achievements
Dying Light 2

0 minutes playtime

no achievements
Backpack Hero

0 minutes playtime

no achievements
AI: The Somnium Files

0 minutes playtime

0 of 45 achievements
Tiny Lands

7 hours playtime

10 of 13 achievements
Sail Forth

0 minutes playtime

0 of 47 achievements
Strange Horticulture

5 hours playtime

15 of 18 achievements
Stray

4 hours playtime

6 of 24 achievements

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

November’s Stats

aka. Not much to report

It’s been a pretty quiet month with not much to report. Real life has been busy and gaming time went into either games that were not finished… or Terraria. Yes I might be addicted to that again. Thanks to Skatrzoo though, I went back to Despot’s Game after more than a year not touching it and I have to say it’s now way better balanced, hence finally super fun to play. Anyway, I hope you all had a good November and have a happy holiday season if you celebrate. Take care and see you at the end of the year!

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
6	1	1	0	72

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/22 Challenge Progress (21/22)

Finished this month: 1

5% unfinished

95% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

For The King

29 hours playtime

57 of 78 achievements
Terraria

836 hours playtime

97 of 115 achievements
Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder

13 hours playtime

30 of 36 achievements
The Tenants

2 hours playtime

14 of 86 achievements
Vampire Survivors

62 hours playtime

142 of 142 achievements
Rogue Legacy 2

20 hours playtime

6 of 36 achievements

Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder

13 hours playtime

30 of 36 achievements

Nothing!

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

October’s Stats

aka. The 20/22 challenge got completed!

Hello fellow assassins! It’s been quite a productive month and a lot has been accomplished gaming wise. I completed my 20/22 challenge (even though I’m aiming to complete the 2 remaining one by the end of the year, at least the challenge has been beaten). Great games were beaten this month and it was hard to only pick one favourite. I hope you had a great October too, and that life is treating you well. Happy gaming and see you in a month!

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
14	10	5	6	127 + 7

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/22 Challenge Progress (20/22)

Finished this month: 3

9% unfinished

91% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

Wasteland 3

71 hours playtime

38 of 86 achievements
Hand of Fate 2

28 hours playtime

47 of 99 achievements
Shovel Knight Dig

11 hours playtime

23 of 50 achievements
Mini Motorways

15 hours playtime

43 of 94 achievements
Dorfromantik

16 hours playtime

27 of 85 achievements
Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2

84 minutes playtime

1 of 28 achievements
Beacon Pines

6 hours playtime

10 of 10 achievements
Ukraine War Stories

2 hours playtime

no achievements
LEGO® Bricktales

15 hours playtime

21 of 21 achievements
The Tenants

2 hours playtime

4 of 86 achievements
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

2 hours playtime

no achievements
The Case of the Golden Idol

5 hours playtime

11 of 11 achievements
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

2 hours playtime

7 of 7 achievements
For The King

15 hours playtime

32 of 78 achievements

Wasteland 3

71 hours playtime

38 of 86 achievements
Shovel Knight Dig

11 hours playtime

23 of 50 achievements
Beacon Pines

6 hours playtime

10 of 10 achievements
Ukraine War Stories

2 hours playtime

no achievements
LEGO® Bricktales

15 hours playtime

21 of 21 achievements
Hand of Fate 2

28 hours playtime

47 of 99 achievements
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

2 hours playtime

no achievements
The Case of the Golden Idol

5 hours playtime

11 of 11 achievements
Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

2 hours playtime

7 of 7 achievements
For The King

15 hours playtime

32 of 78 achievements

Beacon Pines

6 hours playtime

10 of 10 achievements
Ukraine War Stories

2 hours playtime

no achievements
LEGO® Bricktales

15 hours playtime

21 of 21 achievements
The Tenants

2 hours playtime

4 of 86 achievements
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

2 hours playtime

no achievements
The Case of the Golden Idol

5 hours playtime

11 of 11 achievements

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

September’s Stats

aka. Busy month with a busy backlog

Hey there fellow assassins! I hope you had a great September and lots of time to play. In here it was a little hectic but at least I played some good games (and some really bad ones too, gotta admit). Have some stats! Take care and have fun.

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
15	5	2	6	80

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/22 Challenge Progress (17/22)

Finished this month: 2

23% unfinished

77% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

9 hours playtime

11 of 50 achievements
HuniePop

20 hours playtime

13 of 20 achievements
ORX

2 hours playtime

no achievements
Whateverland

5 hours playtime

16 of 35 achievements
Vampire Survivors

59 hours playtime

133 of 133 achievements
Potion Permit

28 hours playtime

17 of 38 achievements
Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2

45 minutes playtime

0 of 28 achievements
Wayward Strand

5 hours playtime

5 of 30 achievements
Shovel Knight Dig

9 hours playtime

17 of 50 achievements
TOEM

8 hours playtime

48 of 48 achievements
DemonCrawl

375 hours playtime

115 of 181 achievements
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

4 hours playtime

4 of 19 achievements
Wasteland 3

66 hours playtime

32 of 86 achievements

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

9 hours playtime

11 of 50 achievements
HuniePop

20 hours playtime

13 of 20 achievements
Wayward Strand

5 hours playtime

5 of 30 achievements
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

4 hours playtime

4 of 19 achievements
Potion Permit

28 hours playtime

17 of 38 achievements

ORX

2 hours playtime

no achievements
Just Cause 4

0 minutes playtime

0 of 61 achievements
Potion Permit

28 hours playtime

17 of 38 achievements
Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2

45 minutes playtime

0 of 28 achievements
Wayward Strand

5 hours playtime

5 of 30 achievements
Shovel Knight Dig

9 hours playtime

17 of 50 achievements

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

August’s Stats

aka. More heat, less playing

I can’t believe it’s September already! I hope you’re all doing great. August started great backlog wise (no addition + steady progress) and then it went a bit down the drain and I ended up slightly in the negative. Will try to make up for that, especially because I need to make more progress on the 20/22 challenge. Regardless, I played some really great games this month. Aside from going back and finishing Thronebreaker, I absolutely loved TOEM and I’m currently having a blast with I was a Teenage Exocolonist. I hope you’re having a good time with whatever you’re playing at the moment. Keep up the good backlog fight, stay safe and have fun!

Played	Finished	Completed	Backlog+	Achievements
8	4	4	5	85

EvilBlackSheep

Backlog of Doom

20/22 Challenge Progress (15/22)

Finished this month: 1

32% unfinished

68% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

34 hours playtime

32 of 39 achievements
Vampire Survivors

58 hours playtime

132 of 132 achievements
Lost in Play

6 hours playtime

19 of 19 achievements
Mutropolis

6 hours playtime

24 of 24 achievements
Cursed to Golf

6 hours playtime

3 of 13 achievements
Gems of War

112 hours playtime

77 of 110 achievements
TOEM

6 hours playtime

36 of 37 achievements
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

3 hours playtime

4 of 50 achievements

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

34 hours playtime

32 of 39 achievements
Lost in Play

6 hours playtime

19 of 19 achievements
Mutropolis

6 hours playtime

24 of 24 achievements
TOEM

6 hours playtime

36 of 37 achievements

Despotism 3k

0 minutes playtime

0 of 30 achievements
Cursed to Golf

6 hours playtime

3 of 13 achievements
Whateverland

0 minutes playtime

queued for sync
Not Tonight

0 minutes playtime

0 of 15 achievements
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

3 hours playtime

4 of 50 achievements

= SG win - = Gift or Other Win - = Part of the Xbox Pass - = Nintendo Switch

July’s Stats

aka. It’s way too hot outside.

Hello fellow assassin’s, how has July been for you?

In here it was heatwave after heatwave so I spent a lot of time inside, but sadly some days were also too hot to play anything. At least I made a dent into my reading pile and finished some less demanding games. I succumbed to peer pressure during the last sales and bought something for myself but I’ve already beaten it AND I love it so it was a good buy. August seems like it’s gonna be the same way as we entered another heatwave, so I’ll see what progress I can make this month.

Stay safe and hydrated!!