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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Growth
A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Outnumbered
The game is skill-based with a high difficulty curve, requiring players to master dodging, positioning, and upgrade…
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+4.0
Pizza Connection 2
The game requires skillful management, strategic planning, and micromanagement to succeed, with challenging campaign…
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+4.0
Pro Cycling Manager 2023
The game offers challenging AI, realistic race dynamics, and requires skillful management and tactical decisions…
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+4.0
SimCity
The game offers complex challenges in managing resources, traffic, and emergent city dynamics, rewarding skillful…
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+4.0
Spellweaver
The game has a steep learning curve with strategic depth, requiring skillful play and deck building to succeed.
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+4.0
Stellar Initiative
Game requires skillful planning, timing, and strategic thinking, with a notable learning curve and challenge especially…
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+4.0
Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
The game challenges players with complex train automation, signal programming, and optimization tasks requiring skill…
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+4.0
Swing Dunk
The game has a high skill ceiling with challenging mechanics and a learning curve; players report mastering tricky…
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+4.0
TramSim Vienna - The Tram Simulator
The game offers realistic tram driving physics, challenging timetable adherence, and requires learning controls and…
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+4.0
UFO: Aftermath
Game challenges players with tactical combat, weapon variety, and strategic decisions, requiring skillful play…
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+4.0
Blade Assault
Game offers challenging combat with skill-based dodging and boss fights; players report satisfaction from mastering…
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+4.0
Creed: Rise to Glory™
The game challenges players with skillful punching, dodging, stamina management, and strategic timing, rewarding…
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+4.0
Dark Devotion
Challenging combat requiring skill, pattern recognition, stamina management, and boss learning
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+4.0
Legend of Dungeon
Challenging gameplay with skill-based combat and progression; players improve through repeated runs and learning enemy…
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+4.0
Mordheim: City of the Damned
High skill ceiling with complex tactical combat and character progression; success requires mastering mechanics and…
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+4.0
Mutants: Genesis
Game requires strategic thinking, deck building, and tactical play; players report depth and challenge especially in…
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+4.0
Popup Dungeon
Combat is challenging and tactical with a high skill ceiling; players receive feedback and can improve through…
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+4.0
Punishing: Gray Raven
Combat is skill-based with high skill ceiling, requiring timing, combos, and mastery of unique character mechanics.
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+4.0
Really Big Sky
The game is challenging with skill-based twin-stick shooting, boss fights, and requires learning enemy patterns.
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+4.0
Space Crew: Legendary Edition
Requires skillful multitasking, crew management, and tactical use of abilities to overcome challenging combat and ship…
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+4.0
鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan
Combat is challenging and requires strategic resource management; players feel accomplishment overcoming difficult…
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+4.0
The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
The game involves complex stat management, skill checks, and strategic planning, requiring players to master mechanics…
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+4.0
100 Doors Game - Escape from School
Game challenges players with increasingly difficult puzzles requiring logic, knowledge, and problem-solving skills.
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+4.0
CivIdle
Requires skillful resource management, logistics, and optimization; learning curve noted.
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