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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
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
The game offers challenging combat, strategic inventory management, and meaningful progression with feedback on…
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+4.0
Out of Ammo
Game offers skill-based shooting mechanics with manual reloading and strategic placement, rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
War Thunder
Game requires skillful play, mastery of physics, and tactical knowledge; players report learning and improving over…
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+4.0
Battle On! Hero Academy
The game involves skillful management of hero builds, equipment crafting, and strategic team composition with…
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+4.0
Bendy: Lone Wolf
Game involves skillful combat, strategic resource management, and puzzle solving with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Eiyu*Senki Gold – A New Conquest
The game offers strategic turn-based battles with character builds, equipment, and tactical positioning, requiring…
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+4.0
FORCED SHOWDOWN
Game requires skillful twin-stick shooting, strategic deck building, and adapting to random modifiers and bosses.
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+4.0
myPOPGOES
Game features challenging resource management and difficult minigames requiring skill and practice, with feedback on…
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+4.0
No Man's Home
Challenging AI requiring tactical thinking and skillful combat; players receive meaningful feedback.
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+4.0
QV
Puzzles require skillful thinking and some physical timing; difficulty scales well and challenges players progressively.
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+4.0
StarCrawlers
Turn-based tactical combat with skill trees and gear upgrades requires strategic thinking and mastery.
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+4.0
STRIKEVOID
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, rewarding skill mastery and pattern recognition, especially in…
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+4.0
Super Hydorah
The game is challenging but fair, rewarding skillful play, pattern memorization, and mastery of weapon combinations.
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+4.0
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful spatial reasoning and precise triangle placement.
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+4.0
Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
The game challenges players to solve physics-based puzzles requiring skill and experimentation, with feedback from…
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+4.0
CrossCells
The game challenges players with progressively harder puzzles requiring mental arithmetic and logical reasoning…
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+4.0
古剑奇谭(GuJian)
Combat is challenging and requires tactical planning, skillful use of abilities, and strategic resource management…
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+4.0
NASCAR Heat 4
Challenging AI and tuning options provide skill tests and feedback, rewarding player improvement.
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+4.0
POLYGON
Game offers skill-based gunplay, tactical team play, and a rewarding progression system with weapon upgrades.
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+4.0
Strikers Club
Skill-based gameplay with emphasis on passing, positioning, and mechanical mastery; players report a high skill ceiling…
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+4.0
Tower of Time
Combat requires tactical thinking, positioning, and skill management; character builds and itemization add depth and…
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+4.0
Achilles: Survivor
The game offers skill-based combat, weapon upgrades, and strategic building mechanics that challenge players to improve…
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+4.0
Chip
Challenging puzzles with increasing difficulty and skill-based time and move limits provide strong competence feedback.
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+4.0
CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful use of mechanics like elemental strengths and positioning.
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