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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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+4.0
Keeper's Toll
The game offers skill-based combat with meaningful boss fights and tactical positioning, rewarding player mastery and…
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+4.0
Kingsvein
Combat is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring strategic positioning, ability synergy, and environmental…
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+4.0
Mainframe Defenders
Game offers tactical challenges, requiring strategic thinking, positioning, and synergy to overcome increasing…
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+4.0
Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale
The game is challenging and strategic, requiring careful planning and skillful play to overcome complex puzzles and…
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+4.0
Microtopia
Game involves overcoming complex logistical challenges, managing ant lifecycles, and optimizing production with…
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+4.0
Outlanders
The game offers increasing challenge through puzzle-like levels requiring strategic resource management and…
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+4.0
OVIS LOOP
The game demands skillful combat, precise timing, and strategic build crafting with feedback on performance; bosses…
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+4.0
Riptide GP2
The game challenges players with skillful racing, stunt execution, and vehicle upgrades, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Roof Rage
High skill ceiling with complex combos, technical inputs, and challenging AI; players feel effective when mastering…
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+4.0
State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)
The game requires skillful management of units, strategic use of upgrades, and micromanagement of the Advancer unit to…
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+4.0
Wild Animal Sports Day
The game is described as challenging with skill-based mini-games requiring practice and mastery, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Abyssus
Challenging roguelite gameplay with skill-based combat, boss fights, and progression rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
Puzzles and Somnium sequences require logical thinking and problem solving, with improvements over the first game and…
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+4.0
Blood Strike
Game features skill-based gunplay, ranked modes with increasing difficulty, and rewards for improving performance.
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
The game offers skill-based gameplay with a unique cooldown mechanic, rewarding mastery and improvement, while also…
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+4.0
Knights and Merchants
The game requires skillful management of complex economic chains and tactical combat, with challenging missions and…
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+4.0
MINDNIGHT
Requires skill in deduction, deception, and strategic thinking; players improve by learning to read others and bluff…
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+4.0
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Game requires tactical skill, strategic planning, and mastery of rank and flank mechanics with dice-based combat…
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+4.0
Stardeus
The game involves managing complex systems, optimizing production, and overcoming technical challenges like power…
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+4.0
Styx: Master of Shadows
The game is challenging, requiring skillful stealth, timing, and planning; combat is punishing and best avoided.
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+4.0
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator
The game offers skill challenges such as racing, freestyle flying, and chasing dynamic objects, with feedback on…
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+4.0
World of Tanks Blitz
Game requires skillful aiming, positioning, and knowledge of tank mechanics; players report learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
Angry Penguin
The game offers a challenging die-and-retry platforming experience requiring skill, timing, and learning from failures.
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+4.0
Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
The game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skill and timing, with feedback on performance and…
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