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20/23 Challenge
Past Challenges
ABC Challenge masterpost
20/22 Challenge
A year of backlog fight in review: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021
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August’s Stats
aka. Progress has been made
Hello fellow assassins, I hope summer’s been good to you (or winter if you’re in the south hemisphere). In here it was a hot mess but the Steam deck kinda saved my backlog, letting me play some games while not completely melting. Some progress has been made, good games were played and the 20/23 challenge is finally back on track. It was really hard to pick only one most satisfying finish so honorable mention to Outer Wilds even if Dave the Diver took the spot.
Have a good September, stay safe and I’ll see you next month.
| Played | Finished | Completed | Backlog+ | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 118 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (14/23)
Finished this month: 4Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Limbus Company
142 hours playtime
no achievements
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Crime O'Clock
23 hours playtime
20 of 20 achievements
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DAVE THE DIVER
42 hours playtime
36 of 43 achievements
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Cleo - a pirate's tale
4 hours playtime
4 of 24 achievements
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Call of the Sea
7 hours playtime
34 of 34 achievements
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Outer Wilds
22 hours playtime
7 of 31 achievements
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Sniper Elite 3
28 hours playtime
24 of 77 achievements
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The Case of the Golden Idol
7 hours playtime
14 of 14 achievements
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Sniper Elite 4
35 hours playtime
17 of 85 achievements
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DAVE THE DIVER
42 hours playtime
36 of 43 achievements
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Limbus Company
142 hours playtime
no achievements
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Crime O'Clock
23 hours playtime
20 of 20 achievements
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Cleo - a pirate's tale
4 hours playtime
4 of 24 achievements
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Call of the Sea
7 hours playtime
34 of 34 achievements
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Sniper Elite 3
28 hours playtime
24 of 77 achievements
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Outer Wilds
22 hours playtime
7 of 31 achievements
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Teslagrad 2
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
July’s Stats
aka. The shallow dive into the backlog
Hello there fellow assassins.
How have you all been doin’? July’s been pretty hot here so the Steam Deck has been a real backlog saver. I didn’t play as much as I planned to but oh well. I put a lot of hours into a game I didn’t finish yet but that I would define as my game of the summer : Dave the Diver. This turned out to be way better than what I was expecting and perfect for the season. I hope you’re all surviving well the current weather and keep fighting the backlog. See you in a month, stay fresh!
| Played | Finished | Completed | Backlog+ | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 72 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (10/23)
Finished this month: 0 (Shame!!)Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Limbus Company
127 hours playtime
no achievements
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Fall of Porcupine
10 hours playtime
10 of 19 achievements
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DAVE THE DIVER
18 hours playtime
19 of 43 achievements
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OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
9 hours playtime
11 of 27 achievements
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Crime O'Clock
13 hours playtime
8 of 20 achievements
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Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
7 hours playtime
30 of 38 achievements
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Fall of Porcupine
10 hours playtime
10 of 19 achievements
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OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
9 hours playtime
11 of 27 achievements
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Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
7 hours playtime
30 of 38 achievements
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Tails of Iron
0 minutes playtime
0 of 36 achievements
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DAVE THE DIVER
18 hours playtime
19 of 43 achievements
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OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
9 hours playtime
11 of 27 achievements
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Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
7 hours playtime
30 of 38 achievements
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Crime O'Clock
13 hours playtime
8 of 20 achievements
June’s Stats
aka. Slow month
Hello there fellow assassins!
As I was telling you about in my previous post, I was away for some time in June so it took a toll on gaming. I managed to still finish a few games, amongst which Roots of Pacha, which I really enjoyed. Sadly the backlog beat me to the finish line this month, so I don’t think I’ll get anything for myself during the current Steam sales. I hope you’re all doing ok, having lots of gaming time and staying safe out there!
| Played | Finished | Completed | Backlog+ | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 63 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (10/23)
Finished this month: 2Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Limbus Company
116 hours playtime
no achievements
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Roots of Pacha
53 hours playtime
35 of 53 achievements
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Little Nightmares II
11 hours playtime
35 of 35 achievements
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Nova Lands
8 hours playtime
3 of 24 achievements
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Kingdom Eighties
11 hours playtime
18 of 31 achievements
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Fall of Porcupine
5 hours playtime
6 of 19 achievements
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The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
17 hours playtime
40 of 50 achievements
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Little Nightmares II
11 hours playtime
35 of 35 achievements
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Roots of Pacha
53 hours playtime
35 of 53 achievements
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Kingdom Eighties
11 hours playtime
18 of 31 achievements
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Honey, I Joined a Cult
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Nova Lands
8 hours playtime
3 of 24 achievements
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Kingdom Eighties
11 hours playtime
18 of 31 achievements
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Fall of Porcupine
5 hours playtime
6 of 19 achievements
May’s Stats
aka. Let’s get back on track
After the debacle of last month’s stats, I managed to finish a few games despite the time sunk into both Limbus Company and Roots of Pacha. I also kind of cave up to the hype at the last minute and bought myself the new Zelda… but ended up not playing it that much for now. Not that it’s bad, I’m just not in the mood for it. With going away for 2 weeks in June, I have my doubts about keeping the record up, but I’ll try my best. I hope you all had a great month and lots of fun in gaming. Stay safe.
| Played | Finished | Completed | Backlog+ | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 130 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (8/23)
Finished this month: 2Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Limbus Company
98 hours playtime
no achievements
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Dungeon Drafters
14 hours playtime
7 of 40 achievements
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
9 hours playtime
10 of 16 achievements
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Roots of Pacha
48 hours playtime
32 of 53 achievements
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Desktop Dungeons
33 hours playtime
23 of 35 achievements
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
4 hours playtime
no achievements
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Tiny Civilization
5 hours playtime
10 of 14 achievements
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The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
16 hours playtime
39 of 50 achievements
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Diluvian Winds
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
75 hours playtime
32 of 32 achievements
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Last Resort Island
20 hours playtime
36 of 36 achievements
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Desktop Dungeons
33 hours playtime
23 of 35 achievements
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Tiny Civilization
5 hours playtime
10 of 14 achievements
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The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
16 hours playtime
39 of 50 achievements
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Diluvian Winds
3 hours playtime
no achievements
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Last Resort Island
20 hours playtime
36 of 36 achievements
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Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)
75 hours playtime
32 of 32 achievements
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
4 hours playtime
no achievements
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Diluvian Winds
3 hours playtime
no achievements
April’s Stats
aka. Month of the doomed backlog
Hello there fellow assassins! I hope you’re all doing great and that the past month has been nice to you. Here April has come and gone and with it, as every year, a batch of birthday gifts hit my backlog. Added to that it was also a busy month for review keys so the failure to maintain the balance was unavoidable. That being said, I played some great games, had a lot of fun and I hope it was the same for you all. On an unrelated note, if you liked the first Coffee Talk, do yourself a favor and go grab yourself Coffee Talk 2 (or play it on the gamepass).
| Played | Finished | Completed | Backlog+ | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 97 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (6/23)
Finished this month: 1Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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The Pale Beyond
12 hours playtime
29 of 46 achievements
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Terra Nil
11 hours playtime
12 of 17 achievements
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Limbus Company
74 hours playtime
no achievements
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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
9 hours playtime
22 of 53 achievements
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Desktop Dungeons
19 hours playtime
14 of 35 achievements
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
6 hours playtime
6 of 16 achievements
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Aperture Desk Job
29 minutes playtime
no achievements
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The Last Campfire
6 hours playtime
22 of 22 achievements
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Mail Time
3 hours playtime
16 of 23 achievements
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Dungeon Drafters
10 hours playtime
7 of 40 achievements
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Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
6 hours playtime
6 of 72 achievements
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Terra Nil
11 hours playtime
12 of 17 achievements
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The Pale Beyond
12 hours playtime
29 of 46 achievements
-
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
9 hours playtime
22 of 53 achievements
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Aperture Desk Job
29 minutes playtime
no achievements
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The Last Campfire
6 hours playtime
22 of 22 achievements
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Mail Time
3 hours playtime
16 of 23 achievements
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Aperture Desk Job
29 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Desktop Dungeons
19 hours playtime
14 of 35 achievements
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Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
0 minutes playtime
0 of 35 achievements
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Exogate Initiative
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Dungeon Drafters
10 hours playtime
7 of 40 achievements
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Potionomics
0 minutes playtime
0 of 30 achievements
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Dungeon Munchies
0 minutes playtime
0 of 35 achievements
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Tiny Civilization
0 minutes playtime
0 of 14 achievements
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Webbed
0 minutes playtime
0 of 19 achievements
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Mail Time
3 hours playtime
16 of 23 achievements
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
0 minutes playtime
0 of 16 achievements
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Roots of Pacha
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
March’s Stats
aka. the Backlog backfires
Hello there! How has it been a month already? Not much was accomplished, which I blame part on me being away for 2 weeks and part on Skatrzoo who got me playing Limbus Company, a new gacha game in the universe of Lobotomy Corp/Library of Ruina. Anyway, I’m not addicted and I can stop whenever I want. At least I did finally beat Hollow Knight (and what a great game it was). Apart from that, I only beat one other game which turned out to be quite disappointing sadly. Moving on.
Oh, and I might have caved to peer pressure and got myself a Steamdeck during the steam sales. :sweat: Surely it’ll help tackle the backlog, right? Right ? Did you get yourself anything during the steam sale?
| Played | Finished | Completed | Backlog+ | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (5/23)
Finished this month: 1Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Hollow Knight
44 hours playtime
45 of 63 achievements
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Limbus Company
25 hours playtime
no achievements
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
2 hours playtime
2 of 16 achievements
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Road 96: Mile 0
5 hours playtime
4 of 15 achievements
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Eastward
5 minutes playtime
0 of 30 achievements
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The Pale Beyond
5 hours playtime
3 of 46 achievements
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Hollow Knight
44 hours playtime
45 of 63 achievements
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Road 96: Mile 0
5 hours playtime
4 of 15 achievements
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The Pale Beyond
5 hours playtime
3 of 46 achievements
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Road 96: Mile 0
5 hours playtime
4 of 15 achievements
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Terra Nil
0 minutes playtime
0 of 17 achievements
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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
0 minutes playtime
queued for sync
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 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (4/23)
Finished this month: 3Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Dying Light 2
68 hours playtime
34 of 65 achievements
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Re:Call
6 hours playtime
11 of 11 achievements
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Sail Forth
25 hours playtime
36 of 47 achievements
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
8 hours playtime
30 of 30 achievements
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Hollow Knight
28 hours playtime
26 of 63 achievements
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Re:Call
6 hours playtime
11 of 11 achievements
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Sail Forth
25 hours playtime
36 of 47 achievements
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Dying Light 2
68 hours playtime
34 of 65 achievements
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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
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
0 minutes playtime
0 of 8 achievements
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 |
20/23 Challenge Progress (1/23)
Finished this month: 1Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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Stray
6 hours playtime
11 of 24 achievements
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Unusual Findings
6 hours playtime
17 of 30 achievements
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Cult of the Lamb
18 hours playtime
27 of 37 achievements
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Dying Light 2
42 hours playtime
19 of 65 achievements
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Luck be a Landlord
20 hours playtime
81 of 186 achievements
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Children of Silentown
7 hours playtime
16 of 26 achievements
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Sail Forth
22 hours playtime
30 of 47 achievements
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Re:Call
2 hours playtime
4 of 11 achievements
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Stray
6 hours playtime
11 of 24 achievements
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Unusual Findings
6 hours playtime
17 of 30 achievements
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Luck be a Landlord
20 hours playtime
81 of 186 achievements
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Children of Silentown
7 hours playtime
16 of 26 achievements
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Cult of the Lamb
18 hours playtime
27 of 37 achievements
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Unusual Findings
6 hours playtime
17 of 30 achievements
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My Time at Sandrock
0 minutes playtime
0 of 36 achievements
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Luck be a Landlord
20 hours playtime
81 of 186 achievements
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Re:Call
2 hours playtime
4 of 11 achievements
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Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
0 minutes playtime
0 of 50 achievements
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)
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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)
Gifts & Other Wins
Jan 1st (428 games) vs Dec 31th 2022 (450 games)
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
Gifts & Other Wins 450 games
Added in 2022 60 games
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
| Game Title | Time played | Achievements | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call of the Sea | 7h | 34/34 | Completed | |
| Cleo - a pirate's tale | 4h | 4/24 | Beaten | |
| Cult of the Lamb | 18h | 27/37 | Beaten | |
| Dying Light 2 | 68h | 34/67 | Beaten | |
| Eastward | 30h | 19/30 | Beaten | |
| Hollow Knight | 44h | 45/63 | Beaten | |
| Last Resort Island | 20h | 36/36 | Completed | |
| Little Nightmares II | 11h | 35/35 | Completed | |
| Outer wilds | 22h | 7/31 | Beaten | |
| Roots of Pacha | 53h | 35/53 | Beaten | |
| Sail Forth | 25h | 36/47 | Beaten | |
| Sniper Elite III | 28h | 24/77 | Beaten | |
| Sniper Elite 4 | 38h | 27/85 | Beaten | |
| The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark | 8h | 30/30 | Completed | |
| The Last Campfire | 6h | 22/22 | Completed | |
| The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game | 11h | 37/50 | Beaten |
| 1279 | games (+1 not categorized yet) |
| 44% | never played |
| 10% | unfinished |
| 24% | beaten |
| 20% | completed |
| 0% | won't play |
- Won on SteamGifts 179
- Gifts & Other Wins 458
- Early Access - Revisit on release 14
- 20/23 Challenge 23
- 2023 35
- 20/22 Challenge 22
- ABC Challenge 2.0 27
- Tag Challenge #1 12
- ABC Challenge 26
- 2016 91
- 2016 Monthly Themes 62
- 2017 142
- 2017 Monthly Themes 55
- 2018 78
- 2018 Monthly Themes 38
- 2019 49
- 2019 Monthly Themes 16
- 2020 47
- 2020 Monthly Themes 12
- 2021 48
- 2021 Monthly Themes 8
- 2022 60