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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
Ultrawings
Missions increase in difficulty requiring skillful flying and precision; players receive feedback via medals and…
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+4.0
War of Omens Card Game
Game involves strategic deck building, tactical play, and skillful resource management with feedback through…
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+4.0
Within the blade
Game is challenging with precise timing and skill required; players report satisfying combat and stealth mechanics.
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+4.0
Democracy 4
The game challenges players to understand complex political and economic systems and manage multiple interacting…
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+4.0
Thymesia
Combat is challenging, fast-paced, and skill-based with precise parry mechanics and boss fights requiring mastery…
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+4.0
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
The game features a complex combat system with advanced combos, counters, and timing, rewarding skill mastery.
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+4.0
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
The game features a high skill ceiling with complex mazing, tower synergies, and strategic upgrades that challenge…
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+4.0
Bean
The game challenges players with skill-based parkour and grappling mechanics that require practice and mastery.
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+4.0
Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
The game is challenging with skill-based platforming, boss fights requiring pattern recognition and precision, and a…
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+4.0
Breach Wanderers
The game offers challenging combat and strategic deckbuilding with skillful synergy and character mastery required.
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+4.0
GOAT OF DUTY
The game has a high skill ceiling with fast-paced arena shooter mechanics, rewarding player skill and aiming ability…
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+4.0
Greed Corp
The game is easy to learn but hard to master, requiring strategic thinking and skillful planning to succeed.
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+4.0
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
The game challenges players with difficult combat, puzzle solving, and maze-like level design requiring skill, memory…
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+4.0
KIBORG
Combat requires skillful timing, combos, parrying, and build optimization; players feel effective overcoming challenges.
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+4.0
Mortal Glory
The game offers strategic depth, skill-based turn-based combat, and meaningful progression, rewarding player mastery…
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+4.0
Project Nimbus: Complete Edition
Fast-paced, skillful mech combat requiring reflexes, dodging, and weapon management; some difficulty spikes and boss…
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+4.0
Rising Hell
The game demands skillful platforming, fast reflexes, and mastery of enemy patterns and boss fights.
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+4.0
Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered
Combat requires skillful use of positioning, combos, and resource management; players feel challenged and rewarded by…
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+4.0
Ruff Ghanor
The game offers challenging strategic combat and deck management requiring skill and mastery, with a learning curve…
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+4.0
Skeleton Hell
Game involves skillful quick thinking, teamwork, and overcoming challenges like one-hit deaths.
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+4.0
Sublevel Zero Redux
The game demands skillful flying, aiming, and resource management with challenging enemies and progression through…
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+4.0
Sudden Strike 2 Gold
The game demands skillful tactical thinking, unit management, and overcoming AI challenges with feedback on success.
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+4.0
Toki Tori 2+
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful reasoning and mastery of mechanics, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Trip to Vinelands
Game requires skillful pattern recognition, fast reflexes, and mastery of level layouts to progress.
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