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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
Smack Studio
The game offers a challenging and skillful fighting experience plus a complex character creation tool that rewards…
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+4.0
STATIONflow
The game challenges players with complex logistics and increasing difficulty, requiring skillful planning and…
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+4.0
Strata
Puzzles require skillful planning and problem solving with increasing difficulty and feedback on performance
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+4.0
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Fast-paced, skillful combat with responsive controls and challenging bosses requiring pattern recognition and mastery.
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+4.0
Stuck In Time
Game involves skillful optimization, problem solving, and iterative improvement of loops with clear feedback.
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+4.0
Subway Surfers
The game has a real skill ceiling with fast-paced reflex challenges and mastery of timing and route memorization.
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+4.0
The House of the Dead 2
High skill requirement for precise aiming, timing, pattern memorization, and boss weak spot targeting; difficulty is…
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+4.0
The Legend of Bum-Bo
The game requires skillful planning and strategic thinking to overcome challenging enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
The Talos Principle VR
The game offers challenging puzzles that require logical thinking and skill, with a progression from easy to difficult…
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+4.0
Toki
The game demands skillful play, pattern memorization, and precision, with a high difficulty curve and one-hit deaths…
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+4.0
Touge Shakai
High skill ceiling with challenging physics and driving mechanics; players improve through practice and mastering…
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+4.0
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Games are challenging platformers requiring skill and pattern learning; save states help but do not remove difficulty.
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+4.0
Executive Assault 2
Game offers significant skill and strategy challenges, with complex base building, resource management, and tactical…
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+4.0
Gladio Mori
The game offers a high skill ceiling with complex physics-based combat and a challenging moveset editor that rewards…
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+4.0
GOD EATER 3
Combat is fast-paced and skillful with a high learning curve; players feel rewarded mastering combos, perfect guarding…
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+4.0
Heavy Bullets
The game demands skillful aiming, quick reflexes, and strategic resource management, with clear feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
The game challenges players with strategic planning, skillful use of zombies and items, and overcoming escalating…
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+4.0
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Challenging combat and platforming require skill and mastery, with meaningful boss fights and progression through…
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+4.0
Morbid Metal
Combat is skill-based, challenging, and rewarding mastery; players overcome difficult bosses and improve through…
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+4.0
Morimens
Gameplay involves strategic deckbuilding, tactical combat, and overcoming challenging roguelike encounters, rewarding…
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+4.0
Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰
The game challenges players with difficult puzzles, timing-based combat mechanics, and trial-and-error boss fights…
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+4.0
POPULATION: ONE
Game requires skillful aiming, climbing, flying, and strategic play with a significant learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
Production Line : Car factory simulation
Game challenges players to optimize production efficiency, manage bottlenecks, and master complex research trees…
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+4.0
Project Unknown
The game features a steep learning curve, skill trees, and requires strategic use of character abilities and equipment…
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