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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
UNDERDOGS
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful movement and timing, with feedback on hits and damage, and boss…
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+4.0
Unsorted Horror
Games require learning and mastering various mechanical tasks under time pressure, providing skill challenges and…
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+4.0
Wax Heads
The game involves skillful deduction and puzzle solving to match records to customers, rewarding knowledge and…
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+4.0
Angeline Era
Combat requires skillful bump-slash mechanics and dodging; bosses and levels provide challenging tests of player…
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+4.0
Arco
Combat is challenging, requiring skillful tactics and strategic planning with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Combat system is skill-based with timing, combos, counters, and gadget use; puzzles and stealth require problem solving.
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+4.0
DRAINUS
The game offers skill-based challenges with multi-phase bosses and a flexible difficulty curve rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
DYO
Challenging puzzles that require skillful thinking and coordination; players report brain-melting difficulty and…
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+4.0
ElecHead
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skill and clever thinking, with rewarding feedback on puzzle solutions.
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+4.0
Escape from Ever After: Onboarding
Combat involves timing-based action commands and strategic planning; puzzles require use of character skills; players…
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+4.0
Eslabong
Game involves strategic team building, skill customization, and tactical decision-making with feedback from combat…
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+4.0
FISHGUN
Game offers challenging combat and movement mechanics with skill-based dodging, weapon combos, and boss fights…
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+4.0
Half-Life 2: Episode One
The game offers challenging combat and physics-based puzzles requiring skill and problem solving.
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+4.0
Lords of the Realm II
Players engage in skillful management of economy and tactical battles requiring strategic thinking and execution.
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+4.0
Mayonnaise Simulator
Gameplay involves skillful dodging, aiming, and shooting with a skill gap and challenge increasing over time.
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+4.0
Methods: The Canada Files
Challenging puzzles and deduction require skillful analysis and logical reasoning.
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+4.0
Nuclear Option
Game offers skill-based flight mechanics, realistic damage modeling, and tactical combat requiring mastery and…
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+4.0
Papa's Mocharia Deluxe
The game features a challenging learning curve with precise mechanics requiring skillful multitasking and timing to…
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+4.0
PUMPKIN PANIC
Game challenges players with skillful time management, resource allocation, and survival mechanics with feedback…
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+4.0
RED HOT VENGEANCE
Game offers skill-based fast-paced shooting challenges with increasing difficulty and feedback, rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
東方催狐譚 ~ Servants of Harvest Wish
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay with skill-based dodging and resource management, rewarding player…
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+4.0
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, with skill-based controls, combos, and scoring rewarding player improvement.
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+4.0
Spirits Abyss
The game features challenging gameplay requiring skillful platforming, combat, and strategic use of items, with a steep…
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+4.0
The Last Clockwinder
The game challenges players to optimize and master precise timing and throwing skills, with feedback on efficiency and…
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