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Ongoing Challenges
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


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

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (14/23)

Finished this month: 4

30% never played
9% unfinished
39% beaten
22% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Limbus Company

    142 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Crime O'Clock

    23 hours playtime

    20 of 20 achievements

  • DAVE THE DIVER

    42 hours playtime

    36 of 43 achievements

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

    4 hours playtime

    4 of 24 achievements

  • Call of the Sea

    7 hours playtime

    34 of 34 achievements

  • Outer Wilds

    22 hours playtime

    7 of 31 achievements

  • Sniper Elite 3

    28 hours playtime

    24 of 77 achievements

  • The Case of the Golden Idol

    7 hours playtime

    14 of 14 achievements

  • Sniper Elite 4

    35 hours playtime

    17 of 85 achievements

  • DAVE THE DIVER

    42 hours playtime

    36 of 43 achievements

  • Limbus Company

    142 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Crime O'Clock

    23 hours playtime

    20 of 20 achievements

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

    4 hours playtime

    4 of 24 achievements

  • Call of the Sea

    7 hours playtime

    34 of 34 achievements

  • Sniper Elite 3

    28 hours playtime

    24 of 77 achievements

  • Outer Wilds

    22 hours playtime

    7 of 31 achievements

  • Teslagrad 2

    0 minutes playtime

    no achievements

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

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

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (10/23)

Finished this month: 0 (Shame!!)

52% never played
4% unfinished
26% beaten
17% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Limbus Company

    127 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Fall of Porcupine

    10 hours playtime

    10 of 19 achievements

  • DAVE THE DIVER

    18 hours playtime

    19 of 43 achievements

  • OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

    9 hours playtime

    11 of 27 achievements

  • Crime O'Clock

    13 hours playtime

    8 of 20 achievements

  • Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara

    7 hours playtime

    30 of 38 achievements

  • Fall of Porcupine

    10 hours playtime

    10 of 19 achievements

  • OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

    9 hours playtime

    11 of 27 achievements

  • Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara

    7 hours playtime

    30 of 38 achievements

  • Tails of Iron

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 36 achievements

  • DAVE THE DIVER

    18 hours playtime

    19 of 43 achievements

  • OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

    9 hours playtime

    11 of 27 achievements

  • Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara

    7 hours playtime

    30 of 38 achievements

  • Crime O'Clock

    13 hours playtime

    8 of 20 achievements

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

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

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (10/23)

Finished this month: 2

52% never played
4% unfinished
26% beaten
17% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Limbus Company

    116 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Roots of Pacha

    53 hours playtime

    35 of 53 achievements

  • Little Nightmares II

    11 hours playtime

    35 of 35 achievements

  • Nova Lands

    8 hours playtime

    3 of 24 achievements

  • Kingdom Eighties

    11 hours playtime

    18 of 31 achievements

  • Fall of Porcupine

    5 hours playtime

    6 of 19 achievements

  • The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game

    17 hours playtime

    40 of 50 achievements

  • Little Nightmares II

    11 hours playtime

    35 of 35 achievements

  • Roots of Pacha

    53 hours playtime

    35 of 53 achievements

  • Kingdom Eighties

    11 hours playtime

    18 of 31 achievements

  • Honey, I Joined a Cult

    0 minutes playtime

    no achievements

  • Nova Lands

    8 hours playtime

    3 of 24 achievements

  • Kingdom Eighties

    11 hours playtime

    18 of 31 achievements

  • Fall of Porcupine

    5 hours playtime

    6 of 19 achievements

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

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

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (8/23)

Finished this month: 2

61% never played
4% unfinished
22% beaten
13% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Limbus Company

    98 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Dungeon Drafters

    14 hours playtime

    7 of 40 achievements

  • Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi

    9 hours playtime

    10 of 16 achievements

  • Roots of Pacha

    48 hours playtime

    32 of 53 achievements

  • Desktop Dungeons

    33 hours playtime

    23 of 35 achievements

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    4 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Tiny Civilization

    5 hours playtime

    10 of 14 achievements

  • The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game

    16 hours playtime

    39 of 50 achievements

  • Diluvian Winds

    3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)

    75 hours playtime

    32 of 32 achievements

  • Last Resort Island

    20 hours playtime

    36 of 36 achievements

  • Desktop Dungeons

    33 hours playtime

    23 of 35 achievements

  • Tiny Civilization

    5 hours playtime

    10 of 14 achievements

  • The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game

    16 hours playtime

    39 of 50 achievements

  • Diluvian Winds

    3 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Last Resort Island

    20 hours playtime

    36 of 36 achievements

  • Mario's Picross 2 (GameBoy)

    75 hours playtime

    32 of 32 achievements

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    4 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Diluvian Winds

    3 hours playtime

    no achievements

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

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

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (6/23)

Finished this month: 1

70% never played
4% unfinished
17% beaten
9% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • The Pale Beyond

    12 hours playtime

    29 of 46 achievements

  • Terra Nil

    11 hours playtime

    12 of 17 achievements

  • Limbus Company

    74 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

    9 hours playtime

    22 of 53 achievements

  • Desktop Dungeons

    19 hours playtime

    14 of 35 achievements

  • Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi

    6 hours playtime

    6 of 16 achievements

  • Aperture Desk Job

    29 minutes playtime

    no achievements

  • The Last Campfire

    6 hours playtime

    22 of 22 achievements

  • Mail Time

    3 hours playtime

    16 of 23 achievements

  • Dungeon Drafters

    10 hours playtime

    7 of 40 achievements

  • Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

    6 hours playtime

    6 of 72 achievements

  • Terra Nil

    11 hours playtime

    12 of 17 achievements

  • The Pale Beyond

    12 hours playtime

    29 of 46 achievements

  • Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

    9 hours playtime

    22 of 53 achievements

  • Aperture Desk Job

    29 minutes playtime

    no achievements

  • The Last Campfire

    6 hours playtime

    22 of 22 achievements

  • Mail Time

    3 hours playtime

    16 of 23 achievements

  • Aperture Desk Job

    29 minutes playtime

    no achievements

  • Desktop Dungeons

    19 hours playtime

    14 of 35 achievements

  • Desktop Dungeons: Rewind

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 35 achievements

  • Exogate Initiative

    0 minutes playtime

    no achievements

  • Dungeon Drafters

    10 hours playtime

    7 of 40 achievements

  • Potionomics

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 30 achievements

  • Dungeon Munchies

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 35 achievements

  • Tiny Civilization

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 14 achievements

  • Webbed

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 19 achievements

  • Mail Time

    3 hours playtime

    16 of 23 achievements

  • Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 16 achievements

  • Roots of Pacha

    0 minutes playtime

    no achievements

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

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

EvilBlackSheep
Backlog of Doom

20/23 Challenge Progress (5/23)

Finished this month: 1

74% never played
4% unfinished
17% beaten
4% completed

Most Satisfying Finish

Most Exciting Addition

  • Hollow Knight

    44 hours playtime

    45 of 63 achievements

  • Limbus Company

    25 hours playtime

    no achievements

  • Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi

    2 hours playtime

    2 of 16 achievements

  • Road 96: Mile 0

    5 hours playtime

    4 of 15 achievements

  • Eastward

    5 minutes playtime

    0 of 30 achievements

  • The Pale Beyond

    5 hours playtime

    3 of 46 achievements

  • Hollow Knight

    44 hours playtime

    45 of 63 achievements

  • Road 96: Mile 0

    5 hours playtime

    4 of 15 achievements

  • The Pale Beyond

    5 hours playtime

    3 of 46 achievements

  • Road 96: Mile 0

    5 hours playtime

    4 of 15 achievements

  • Terra Nil

    0 minutes playtime

    0 of 17 achievements

  • Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

    0 minutes playtime

    queued for sync

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

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.

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