Gotta Play' Em All! Lengray’s profile
My backlog-killing strategy
Stay away from games deals websites. Play new games right away. Start on easy difficulty if available.Ignore achievements on the first playthrough. Drop a game if playing it has become a chore.

July 2022
I didn't play much in July but did some serious soul-searching. Without going into details, the conclusion is that video games simply use up too much of my free time and I can't keep up with the growth of my backlog. For those two reasons, I've decided to leave SteamGifts, stay away from games deals websites and just take my sweet time enjoying the games I already have. An immediate consequence is that I'm going to fail the 2022 goals I had set for myself, which were all about numbers. I'm going to scrap the lot and replace them with the simple wish to finish the year with fewer games in my backlog than I have now.
June 2022
I don't have much to report for June except that one of my objectives for this year (spend no more than 100 euros on games) is now in a fail state :/ Too many good bundles and interesting bargains, I guess. I'll have to be careful and seriously work on the backlog during the second half of the year if I don't want to fail all my other objectives.
May 2022
May in one word: variety. Longish games, short ones, good ones and meh ones. The highlight is definitely Citizen Sleeper. I hardly ever buy games on release but since I liked In Other Waters very much, I was really curious about what its dev would pull off next. And boy, is it good! I've also dropped my first game this year, Sniper Elite, which I found so repetitive that I couldn't bring myself to finish it.
April 2022
I've kept the backlog in check this month and managed to beat another game for my Tag Challenge so I'm quite satisfied. I also finished a really nice VN and a long JRPG but that one was a drag in the end. I hope April was also productive for you.
March 2022
March was a very good month and I beat more games than I expected considering I missed my intended assassinations. I also spent about 15 hours on the Steam Deck and it's a really nice piece of hardware. It's not going to replace my 8-year-old computer just yet but it's the perfect companion to continue playing on the couch or in bed.
January 2022
A good slash on the backlog this month. I had more time to play than usual, mostly because of COVID-related isolation.
2021 Stats
While I found plenty of time to play and managed to beat many games, I still failed all my goals and it kind of makes me sad to see how weak I was.
I was probably overly ambitious so I’m setting reasonable objectives for 2022:
- I didn’t give enough love to Nintendo last year so I’ll try to beat 6 games on the Switch and as many on the 3DS.
- I got a gift voucher for Christmas (which I’ll probably spend on Triangle Strategy on the Switch) and reserved a Steam Deck so I don’t want to spend over 100€ on games.
- Beat the remaining 9 games in my Tag Challenge.
- Reduce my total backlog by 10 games. Simple on paper but I’ve never done it over the course of a year.
To help me with that I've almost completely cleared my Steam wishlist and I'm down to 4 unreleased games/DLCs.
I hope you did better than me or at least didn't give up on beating your backlog. I wish you (again) all the best for this new year.
Platform | Beaten | Dropped | Added | Backlog evolution |
Steam | 39 | 0 | 133 | +94 |
Origin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 |
Ubisoft Connect | 0 | 0 | 5 | +5 |
Battle.net | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 |
Switch | 1 | 0 | 28 | +27 |
Wii | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
SNES Mini | 2 | 1 | - | -3 |
3DS | 3 | 0 | 5 | +2 |
TOTAL | 46 | 1 | 170 | +124 |
December 2021
I'm finally done playing Skyrim! (for a while anyway).
1310 | games |
63% | never played |
6% | unfinished |
20% | beaten |
10% | completed |
1% | won't play |
- Favourites 22
- Tag Challenge #1 12
- SG wins 46
- Endless 6
- Dropped 9