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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
TetherGeist
The game provides challenging precision platforming that requires skillful execution and mastery of mechanics, with…
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+4.0
The Case of the Golden Idol
The game challenges players with logical deduction puzzles that require skillful observation and reasoning.
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+4.0
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Game offers high skill challenge with bullet hell patterns; practice mode and challenge mode support skill improvement.
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+4.0
Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.
The game is challenging with complex bullet hell patterns requiring skill and practice; includes spell practice mode to…
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+4.0
Trombone Champ
High skill ceiling with challenging rhythm gameplay and rewarding improvement.
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+4.0
Zortch
The game offers challenging enemy AI, varied combat scenarios, and skillful movement mechanics requiring player mastery.
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+4.0
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
The game challenges players to solve mysteries through logical deduction, evidence presentation, and argumentation.
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+4.0
Blind Drive
Game challenges player reflexes and auditory perception with increasing difficulty and precise timing requirements.
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+4.0
Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
Game challenges players to master resource management, positioning, and timing; difficulty ramps up and rewards…
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+4.0
Cube Escape: Paradox
Challenging puzzles requiring significant brain usage and problem solving, with feedback through puzzle completion and…
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+4.0
EverStopped
Game requires skillful aiming, timing, and reflexes with a clear challenge and progression through improving scores.
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+4.0
Gooba Ball
Game challenges players to skillfully combine balls and manage physics to achieve high scores, with feedback via combos…
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+4.0
Herald of Havoc
The game offers challenging combat with a rising difficulty curve, requiring skillful movement, aiming, and strategic…
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+4.0
Kemono Friends Cellien May Cry
The game features a high skill ceiling with challenging combat, boss fights, and mastery of enemy patterns, rewarding…
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+4.0
KUNKUN Defender
Game rewards skillful shooting, positioning, and strategic upgrades; players improve through practice and feedback.
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+4.0
Murders on the Yangtze River
Challenging mysteries requiring logical reasoning and puzzle solving with feedback on correctness
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+4.0
Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit
Challenging puzzles requiring logical thinking and problem solving provide satisfying skill tests.
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+4.0
PRAGMATA
Combat involves skillful shooting and hacking mechanics with boss fights that challenge player mastery.
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+4.0
SANABI
The game features a high skill ceiling with challenging platforming and boss fights that reward mastery and precision.
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+4.0
Stellar Code
The game challenges players with science-based puzzles and reasoning, requiring skillful interpretation of clues and…
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+4.0
Super Ledgehop: Double Laser
Game offers skill-based bullet hell challenges, boss fights requiring pattern recognition, and mastery of unique…
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+4.0
The Chef's Shift
The game challenges players with increasing difficulty, complex typing tasks, multitasking, and minigames that require…
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+4.0
The Crimson Diamond
The game offers logical puzzles and investigative challenges that reward skillful observation and problem solving, with…
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+4.0
The Pedestrian
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty, requiring logical thinking and skillful manipulation of game elements.
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