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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
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
The game challenges players with complex puzzles, combat requiring strategy and skill, and exploration, providing a…
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+4.0
Null Vector
Game offers escalating difficulty, skillful dodging, and strategic upgrade management with clear feedback.
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+4.0
Takoyaki Party Survival
Requires skillful management of nutrition, timing, and multitasking (cooking and squats) with feedback on survival and…
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+4.0
Death Skid Marks
The game is challenging with skill-based combat, boss fights requiring pattern recognition, and resource management…
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+4.0
Demonschool
Combat is a challenging puzzle-like tactical system rewarding skillful planning and execution with feedback via…
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+4.0
Dice With Death
Game rewards skillful play, synergy building, and strategic risk-taking; players improve over time to overcome…
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+4.0
Obama Maze
The game is challenging with difficult maze navigation, stamina management, and skillful evasion of Obama, requiring…
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+4.0
Rack and Slay
Skillful aiming and strategic planning are rewarded; moderate learning curve with increasing challenge and mastery.
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+4.0
Royal Alchemist
The game challenges players with stat management, skill checks, and strategic planning to avoid death and progress…
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+4.0
SquareCells
The game challenges players with progressively difficult puzzles requiring skillful logical reasoning and problem…
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+4.0
Taiji
Puzzles require logical deduction and skillful application of learned rules, with a balanced difficulty curve.
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+4.0
USAC: Code Breach
Challenging puzzles and combat require skill, reading comprehension, and coordination, providing feedback and rewarding…
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+4.0
Virtual Circuit Board
The game offers complex challenges requiring skill and learning of digital logic, rewarding mastery with functional…
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+4.0
OPERATOR
The game demands skillful gun handling, tactical movement, and overcoming challenging AI, providing a strong sense of…
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+4.0
POPUCOM
The game offers challenging puzzles and boss fights that require skill and coordination, with feedback and progression…
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+4.0
Void Crew
Game involves skillful multitasking, coordination, and technical challenges in ship management, combat, and exploration.
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+4.0
Zenless Zone Zero
Players feel effective in combat, with a high skill ceiling.
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+4.0
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX
The game offers a deep alchemy system requiring skill and planning, alongside strategic combat and task management…
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+4.0
Classic Marathon 2
The game demands precision, strategy, and mastery of mechanics with challenging combat and level design, rewarding…
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+4.0
Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition
Game requires logical deduction and strategic thinking; AI difficulty levels provide challenge and skill development.
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+4.0
Cronos: The New Dawn
Combat requires skillful aiming, resource management, and strategic use of charged shots and environment, providing…
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+4.0
Dirty Bomb®
High skill ceiling with emphasis on aiming, movement, and team coordination; gunplay rewards precision and headshots.
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+4.0
Mind Over Magic
The game challenges players with complex management, optimization, and combat mechanics requiring skill and strategic…
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+4.0
Monomyth
The game challenges players with skill-based combat, resource management, and puzzle solving, rewarding mastery and…
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