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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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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Spirits Abyss
The game features challenging gameplay requiring skillful platforming, combat, and strategic use of items, with a steep…
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+4.0
The Doors of Trithius
Skill-based progression with meaningful challenges and tactical combat requiring mastery and strategy.
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+4.0
TR-49
The game challenges players to solve complex puzzles and make logical deductions, rewarding skillful pattern…
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+4.0
Trust Me, I Nailed It
The game challenges players to think strategically and optimize attack and defense sequences, requiring skillful…
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+4.0
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
Game involves overcoming challenging bosses, mastering combos, and learning synergies; players report a steep learning…
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+4.0
Dig or Die
Game requires skillful resource management, building with physics constraints, and combat tactics.
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+4.0
Gaokao.Love.100Days
Game involves skillful balancing of stats and decision making to achieve different endings and overcome challenges.
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+4.0
Intravenous
The game demands skillful stealth, tactical planning, and precise combat; AI is challenging and punishing, rewarding…
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+4.0
Potionomics
The game challenges players with complex time management, potion crafting ratios, and strategic deckbuilding with…
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+4.0
Preserve
Challenging puzzle and scoring system requiring skillful planning and optimization; players report satisfaction from…
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+4.0
Battlefield 4™
High skill ceiling with vehicle mastery, weapon handling, and tactical team play; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Black Ice
The game involves skillful FPS combat, strategic hacking, and character progression with feedback from loot and…
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+4.0
Escape Goat 2
The game offers challenging puzzles and platforming that require skill and problem solving, with feedback on…
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+4.0
Gazillionaire
Game involves skillful economic decisions, stock market manipulation, and overcoming random challenges.
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+4.0
Genome Guardian 2
The game offers complex build crafting and strategic choices that reward skillful experimentation and mastery, with…
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+4.0
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Game is challenging with skillful stealth, resource management, and combat requiring player mastery.
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+4.0
Nation Red
The game offers a skill-based challenge with scalable difficulty, tactical weapon and perk choices, and requires aiming…
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+4.0
Snow Brothers
Game requires skillful timing, strategic snowball use, and mastery of enemy patterns; difficulty ramps up significantly.
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+4.0
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie
The game features challenging combat with strategic depth, character builds, and difficulty modes including a punishing…
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+4.0
Tunnet
The game challenges players to solve complex networking puzzles and optimize packet routing, rewarding skill and…
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+4.0
Vangers
The game is challenging with difficult controls and complex mechanics requiring skill and mastery.
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+4.0
911 Operator
Game challenges players to manage limited resources, make quick decisions, and handle complex emergencies, providing…
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+4.0
Blood West
Game rewards skillful stealth, precise aiming, and tactical planning with meaningful progression and feedback.
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+4.0
Cricket 19
The game offers challenging AI, skill-based batting and bowling mechanics, and feedback systems that reward player…
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