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20/23 Challenge

Past Challenges
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20/22 Challenge

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

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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


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!

Nothing to see here.

= 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!!


Played Finished Completed Backlog+ Achievements
9 6 2 7 92

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/22 Challenge Progress (14/22)

Finished this month: 3

36% unfinished
64% beaten

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

    34 hours playtime

    21 of 63 achievements

  • Inscryption

    21 hours playtime

    25 of 40 achievements

  • Witch Strandings

    3 hours playtime

    9 of 15 achievements

  • Vampire Survivors

    49 hours playtime

    127 of 127 achievements

  • Curious Expedition 2

    10 hours playtime

    18 of 60 achievements

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

    23 hours playtime

    20 of 39 achievements

  • Cloudpunk

    15 hours playtime

    64 of 79 achievements

  • Core Keeper

    19 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • South of the Circle

    5 hours playtime

    10 of 10 achievements

  • Inscryption

    21 hours playtime

    25 of 40 achievements

  • Witch Strandings

    3 hours playtime

    9 of 15 achievements

  • Curious Expedition 2

    10 hours playtime

    18 of 60 achievements

  • Cloudpunk

    15 hours playtime

    64 of 79 achievements

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

    34 hours playtime

    21 of 63 achievements

  • South of the Circle

    5 hours playtime

    10 of 10 achievements

  • The Unfinished Swan

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 10 achievements

  • Curious Expedition 2

    10 hours playtime

    18 of 60 achievements

  • Yes, Your Grace

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 35 achievements

  • Core Keeper

    19 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • South of the Circle

    5 hours playtime

    10 of 10 achievements

  • Mutropolis

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 24 achievements

  • Lost in Play

    0 minutes playtime

    queued for sync

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