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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
Prison Run and Gun
The game is challenging with a steep difficulty curve requiring skillful execution and puzzle solving, rewarding…
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+4.0
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
High skill ceiling with complex chain mechanics, strategic positioning, and learning enemy behaviors; players improve…
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+4.0
Sputnika Game
The game challenges players to master aiming, timing, and gravitational physics, with skill-based difficulty and…
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+4.0
BattleBit Remastered
Gameplay is skill-based with a learning curve, weapon recoil, vehicle control, and tactical coordination requiring…
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+4.0
Cliff Empire
The game is challenging and requires skillful balancing of resources, economy, and city planning with complex mechanics.
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+4.0
Filcher
The game challenges players with precise stealth mechanics, requiring skillful timing, sound and light management, and…
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+4.0
Jeffrey Eggstein
The game is described as very difficult with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful multitasking and dexterity.
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+4.0
King of Retail
The game involves managing complex systems like inventory, staff skills, scheduling, and marketing, providing skill…
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+4.0
Paranoia Place: Escape Together
Game challenges players with difficult puzzles, stealth mechanics, and an intelligent AI killer requiring skill and…
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+4.0
The Spike Cross
The game offers skill-based volleyball gameplay with a learning curve, timing challenges, and character progression…
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+4.0
Time Wasters
The game offers skill-based challenges, requiring dodging, positioning, and build optimization with feedback from…
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+4.0
Anode Heart
Combat requires strategic planning, managing action points, and optimizing monster builds
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+4.0
Anomaly President
Combat system requires skillful use of combos, parry, dodge, and timing; players report satisfying challenge and…
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+4.0
Flood of Light
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful planning and execution, with feedback via ratings and…
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+4.0
Goblin Sushi
The game demands skillful multitasking, memory of recipes, and quick decision-making under pressure with clear feedback…
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+4.0
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
The game challenges players with progressively harder puzzles and realistic tool usage, providing feedback and skill…
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+4.0
How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country
Game requires strategic thinking, resource management, and timing to succeed; skill trees impact gameplay effectiveness.
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+4.0
Inverted Angel
The game demands skillful reasoning and interpretation of subtle narrative cues, with challenging puzzle-solving and…
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+4.0
Logic Town
The game offers a range of puzzle difficulties, tests logical deduction skills, and provides feedback on mistakes…
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+4.0
Mega Mosaic
The game requires logical deduction and skillful reasoning to solve a massive, complex puzzle with feedback on errors.
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+4.0
Mosaic of the Strange
The game offers logical deduction puzzles with increasing complexity and multiple difficulty settings that challenge…
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+4.0
Pale Coins
Combat is challenging and requires skillful timing and strategy; progression through leveling, attribute allocation…
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+4.0
Space Gladiators
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring mastery of combat mechanics, enemy patterns, and strategic…
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+4.0
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
The game demands skillful timing, positioning, and mastery of character moves; difficulty ramps up and rewards player…
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