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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Strategy
A strong dose of competence and strategy in the same game.
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+4.0
Liquidators
The game involves navigating hazardous environments, solving puzzles, and managing resources like radiation exposure…
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+4.0
Maiden and Spell
The game offers skill-based bullet hell combat with a learning curve, challenging boss fights, and multiplayer…
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+4.0
Mosa Lina
The game challenges players to master complex physics and item interactions, rewarding skillful and creative problem…
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+4.0
Submachine: Legacy
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skill, observation, and note-taking, with rewarding feedback upon…
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+4.0
NHL 17
The game offers skill-based gameplay with precise puck control, goalie mechanics, and strategic net battles; adaptive…
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+4.0
AI LIMIT
Combat requires skillful timing, parrying, and learning enemy patterns; bosses provide challenging tests of player…
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+4.0
Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional
The game challenges players with skillful positioning, resource management, and adapting to complex upgrade…
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+4.0
Cave Crawlers
The game offers challenging combat, boss fights, and skill progression that rewards mastery and learning.
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+4.0
CrossCode
The game requires skillful combat, puzzle solving, and platforming with increasing difficulty, providing strong…
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+4.0
Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson
Combat involves skillful deckbuilding, timing QTEs, and strategic planning to overcome enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
GNOSIA
The game involves skillful deduction, learning character behaviors, and overcoming AI challenges, with feedback through…
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+4.0
MotionRec
Puzzles require skillful planning and problem solving with feedback from trial and error.
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+4.0
NERTS! Online
High skill ceiling with emphasis on speed, strategy, and quick reflexes; players receive immediate feedback on…
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+4.0
Reassembly
Players engage in skillful ship building, testing, and tactical combat requiring understanding of physics and mechanics.
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+4.0
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
The game offers a skill ceiling with drifting, gadget builds, and challenging rivals, rewarding mastery and providing…
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+4.0
The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot
Combat requires skillful use of directional attacks, environmental interactions, and ability combinations; challenge…
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+4.0
The Message from Deep Space
The game offers challenging puzzles across math, physics, chemistry, and linguistics that require skillful deduction…
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+4.0
Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
Game challenges players with bullet hell patterns requiring skill and learning, with a high skill ceiling and feedback…
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+4.0
Tribal Hunter
The game offers challenging platforming and combat with a unique fullness mechanic requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
Voxelgram
Puzzles require logical deduction and skillful manipulation of 3D grids with increasing difficulty and feedback.
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+4.0
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Combat system is skill-based with a steep learning curve, requiring player mastery of melee, magic, and environment use.
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+4.0
Guns of Icarus Online
The game has a steep learning curve, requires skillful piloting, shooting, and repairing, with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
In Sink: A Co-Op Escape Prologue
Puzzles require significant brain usage and problem solving, with feedback through progression and hints.
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+4.0
Pathogenic
The game offers challenging bullet hell combat requiring skillful dodging and build optimization, with meaningful…
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