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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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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
PARTICLE MACE
High skill ceiling with challenging physics-based gameplay, mission objectives, and score chasing requiring mastery and…
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+4.0
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
The game requires skillful management of multiple unit types and complex strategies, with a steep learning curve.
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+4.0
Police Stories
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful tactics, quick reactions, and mastery of…
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+4.0
Project Warlock
The game provides skill challenges with fast-paced combat, boss fights, and a progression system rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Silent Hunter® III
High skill ceiling with manual torpedo targeting, navigation, and crew management; rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
SMITE®
The game demands skillful aiming, timing, and strategic itemization; mastery of many gods and builds is encouraged.
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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
5 NIGHTS AT BOBR KURWA
The game challenges players with survival mechanics, resource management, and increasing difficulty, requiring skill…
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+4.0
a weird game about sausage
The game is skill-based with a steep learning curve, requiring mastery of physics and timing to succeed.
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+4.0
Alien Hominid Invasion
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring dodging, aiming, and strategic build choices; players…
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+4.0
ANNIE:Last Hope
Combat requires skillful dodging, kiting, and boss pattern recognition; difficulty can be challenging but fair with…
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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
Card-en-Ciel
The game requires strategic planning, understanding complex card interactions, and mastering combos to succeed.
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+4.0
Colt Canyon
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, requiring mastery of gunplay, stealth, and resource management.
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+4.0
Cubot
Challenging puzzles require skillful planning and problem solving; feedback on move counts encourages mastery.
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+4.0
Dark Deity 2
Gameplay offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful positioning, ability use, and strategic planning…
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+4.0
Dicefolk
The game challenges players to optimize dice sequences and team synergies, rewarding skillful planning and tactical…
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+4.0
FAKEBOOK
The game challenges players to carefully find and highlight clues, requiring skillful reading and deduction.
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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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