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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
Kingdoms of the Dump
Combat involves timing-based attacks, strategic positioning on a grid, and boss fights requiring skill and strategy.
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+4.0
Light Bearers
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, requiring skillful movement, map knowledge, and shadow counterplay.
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+4.0
Modulus: Factory Automation
The game offers complex puzzle-solving and optimization challenges that require skillful planning and execution…
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+4.0
Murky Divers
The game involves skillful submarine navigation, sonar decoding, and cooperative diving challenges with enemy…
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+4.0
Neon Chrome
Game rewards skillful play, tactical use of destructible environments, and mastery of weapons and abilities; difficulty…
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+4.0
NIMBY Rails
The game involves complex management of train scheduling, route optimization, and economic balancing, rewarding skill…
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+4.0
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
The game involves skillful play including deception, tactical movement, and teamwork; players report a learning curve…
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+4.0
Supraworld
Challenging puzzles requiring skill, timing, and problem solving; players report feeling rewarded and proud when…
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+4.0
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Game challenges players with complex physics puzzles and building tasks requiring skill and problem solving.
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+4.0
Virgo Versus The Zodiac
Combat requires skillful timing, strategic equipment management, and mastery of complex mechanics with feedback on…
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+4.0
SiNKR 2
Increasingly challenging puzzles provide skill tests and logical problem solving with clear feedback on success.
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+4.0
東方憑依華 ~ Antinomy of Common Flowers.
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics like Perfect Possession and bullet hell elements; players report learning…
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+4.0
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX
Crafting and combat systems offer depth and skill-based optimization, especially in alchemy and battle combos.
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+4.0
Bonfire Peaks
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful spatial reasoning and problem solving, with feedback via undo…
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+4.0
Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu
The game offers a challenging skill curve with varied opponents requiring different tactics, rewarding mastery of…
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+4.0
Ghost Exile
Game involves skillful investigation, evidence gathering, and mastering exorcism rituals with feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Hell Maiden
Game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay with boss fights requiring skillful dodging and strategic build choices.
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+4.0
Iron Blight
The game challenges players with realistic weapon mechanics, resource scarcity, manual reloading, and strategic combat…
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+4.0
Juno: New Origins
The game challenges players with realistic rocket design, orbital mechanics, and mission objectives requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Midnight Heist
Game involves skillful stealth, hacking mini-games, and managing entity threats with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Oxygen: First Breath
Game challenges players with resource management, survival mechanics, and weather events requiring skillful planning…
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+4.0
RUSH
The game offers increasingly challenging puzzles that require skillful planning and spatial reasoning, with feedback…
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+4.0
Street Legal Racing: Redline v2.3.1
The game challenges players with complex mechanical tuning and racing skill, requiring learning and mastery to progress.
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+4.0
Swarm
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skill mastery and pattern memorization to succeed.
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