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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Tank Team
The game requires skillful coordination, aiming, and managing multiple tank systems, providing a satisfying challenge.
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+4.0
The Big Catch: Tacklebox
The game demands precise skillful platforming and mastery of complex movement mechanics, with a steep difficulty curve…
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+4.0
The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An
The game offers challenging difficulty levels with strategic depth, requiring skillful planning and tactical execution.
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+4.0
Warrior Kings: Battles
Game offers complex strategy, tactical combat, and resource management requiring skillful planning and execution.
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+4.0
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Combat is complex and skill-based with positioning, timing, and synergy systems requiring mastery and providing…
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+4.0
Mother 3
The game features skill-based rhythm combos in battles and tactical timing with the rolling HP meter, providing…
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+4.0
10,000,000
Game requires skillful and fast matching under time pressure, with increasing difficulty and strategic upgrades.
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+4.0
Abathor
The game offers challenging combat and platforming that requires skill, timing, and mastery, especially on higher…
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+4.0
Age of Mythology: Retold
The game offers significant brain usage, strategic depth, and skill-based challenges in both singleplayer and…
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+4.0
Anomaly Exit
Game challenges players to spot subtle anomalies and develop strategies, with feedback on success and failure…
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+4.0
Armored Brigade II
Game challenges players with complex tactical decisions, realistic unit behavior, and requires skillful planning and…
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+4.0
Assembly Planter
The game challenges players to optimize production lines, manage resource flow, and solve logistic puzzles with…
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+4.0
Banished
The game is challenging with complex resource balancing and survival mechanics requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
Battlefield 1942
The game offers skill-based vehicle control, class roles, and strategic objectives that challenge player effectiveness.
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+4.0
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
The game features a deep and complex fighting system with tutorials, challenge modes, and skill-based combo execution…
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+4.0
Chained Together
Game requires skillful platforming, timing, and coordination; players receive feedback through success/failure and…
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+4.0
Circle Empires Rivals
Game offers strategic depth, skillful unit management, and tactical decision-making with varied difficulty levels.
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+4.0
Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
The game offers challenging AI, complex unit management, and strategic depth requiring skill and planning.
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+4.0
Crush the Industry
The game offers skillful deckbuilding, strategic combat, and resource management with a learning curve and challenge…
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+4.0
Diner Bros
The game offers increasing difficulty, requiring coordination and skill to manage cooking, serving, and customer…
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+4.0
DRACOMATON
The game offers challenging bullet-hell combat requiring skillful dodging and mastery of weapon synergies, with…
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+4.0
Escape the Backrooms
Game involves challenging puzzles, significant brain usage, and skillful navigation; players report satisfaction from…
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+4.0
Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions
The game offers challenging puzzles, especially in hard mode where players must rotate pieces themselves, providing…
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Combat is skill-based with timing, combos, dodging, and boss mechanics requiring mastery; players receive feedback and…
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