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May 2026 Backlog Burner: Conclusion and Recap

Posted by kfwyre (edited )
Tags: backlog burner.2026.may, event

The May 2026 Backlog Burner event is officially over!

Over the month of May, 14 participants moved 176 games out of their backlogs.

Congratulations to the following Bingo winners:

Special congratulations:

  • u/1338 playing a total of 39 games (including many that you can't even buy anymore)
  • u/aphoenix for masterfully executing a thematically relevant plan for participating
  • u/BailerAppleby for playing so many games from the Tildes Game Giveaways
  • u/dannydotcafe for a truly mellow win
  • u/Durinthal for finishing a game from the 2024 Backlog Burner
  • u/J-Chiptunator for prioritizing their health
  • u/JCPhoenix for posting awesome Let's Plays
  • u/Wes for his many thoughtful comments

To everyone who played games, shared their thoughts, or even just read through the comments for the event:

This event is amazing because y'all all make it amazing. Thank you for playing.

Use this topic to post your final bingo cards, give recaps of your games, and share any thoughts you have on the event itself.

Who won?

The question on everyone's mind.

The feud between the Motivateds and the Mellows was a (possibly one-sided?) rivalry for the ages.

Who came out on top?

Well, I'm happy to report that the final numbers are in, and the Grand Winners are:

Winner

🎉 Team Mellowtivated 🎉

We are all one team! There's no actual rivalry. We've actually been gaming together as one wonderful little group this whole time! (Now everybody saw "AWWWWWW" and get all sappy)

Also, the jury has returned a verdict in u/Wes's trial:

Verdict

He has been found guilty of being awesome. His sentence is that he is required to feel immensely proud of his community service in making the amazing Backlog Bingo site and responding thoughtfully to everyone all month long.

Statistics

  • We averaged 12.6 games per person and 40.0 games per week.
  • There were 424 comments posted across 5 topics.
  • Games starting with the letter S accounted for a full 12% of what we played.
  • Shortest game title: 3 characters (Hue)
  • Longest game title: 54 characters (Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective) (a 1700% increase)

Game Lists

Full Game List (alphabetical)

0-9

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Full Game List (by week)

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5(ish)

2 comments

  1. kfwyre
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    This is the final ping for the May 2026 Backlog Burner. Thank you for participating! Use this topic to share your final thoughts, favorite games, highlights, etc. IMPORTANT: See the topic text to...

    This is the final ping for the May 2026 Backlog Burner. Thank you for participating! Use this topic to share your final thoughts, favorite games, highlights, etc.

    IMPORTANT: See the topic text to see which team won out overall! Will the Motivateds take it, or did the Mellows grab the win?

    Our next Backlog Burner will be in November 2026. I will ping everyone on this list once more to let you know when the announcement topic for that goes live.

    Notification List

    @1338
    @BailerAppleby
    @Bullmaestro
    @CannibalisticApple
    @CompChris
    @dannydotcafe
    @Durinthal
    @Eidolon
    @J-Chiptunator
    @JCPhoenix
    @ShroudedScribe
    @sotix
    @Wes

    5 votes
  2. Durinthal
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    Durinthal's Undiagnosed ADHD (Custom, 5/25) Durinthal's Undiagnosed ADHD Custom bingo 5/25 Why did I buy that? Earliest Unplayed Thing Just Chill One-Heart Event Eight-Heart Event Quick Pick...
    Durinthal's Undiagnosed ADHD (Custom, 5/25)
    Durinthal's Undiagnosed ADHD Custom bingo 5/25
    Why did I buy that? Earliest Unplayed Thing Just Chill One-Heart Event Eight-Heart Event
    Quick Pick RNGesus Take the Wheel Genki Boys Finally Fantasy Four
    ✅ Final Fantasy IV    		 Love in the Air v0.2.0
    Maru's Events Schedules for Abigail/Leah JM8 and Ludo Super Robot Wars Never Ends First-Person Shooter
    Sam's Events Hard Games Siffrin's Been Waiting Five-Heart Event Three-Heart Event
    Supergiant Please
    ✅ Transistor    		 Most Recent Purchase
    ✅ Ravenswatch    		 Base Builder
    ✅ Fabledom    		 Seven-Heart Event Visual Novels Take Forever
    ✅ Doki Doki Literature Club

    Too bad I never got to any of the weird squares on my card, maybe next time so I won't elaborate on them just yet. The good news is my backlog really has decreased compared to the start of the year as I haven't bought any new games since December, and I'm hoping to continue that for the rest of the year and shrink it some more come November.

    I had an unexpected trip in the past week so lost a lot of potential play time, but I'm still glad that this motivated me to finish three games that I really had wanted to get around to. FFIV, DDLC, and Transistor weren't just "game in my library that I haven't played yet" entries like a lot of others tend to be for me, and they're going to stick with me for a while longer.

    4 votes