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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
Prelude Dark Pain
Combat is challenging and strategic, requiring skillful positioning, synergy use, and overcoming difficult objectives.
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+4.0
Sniper Elite: Resistance
The game challenges players with skillful sniping, stealth tactics, and strategic planning, rewarding effective…
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+4.0
Somewhere in the Shadow
The game features challenging puzzles and requires skillful cooperation to progress, providing feedback and a sense of…
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+4.0
Steel Division: Normandy 44
Game challenges players with complex unit management, tactical positioning, and adapting to evolving battle conditions.
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+4.0
Surfingers
Game is challenging with fast pace and increasing difficulty requiring skill and reflexes to progress.
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+4.0
TRON RUN/r
Game requires skillful reflexes, mastering complex controls like wall running, gliding, disc throwing, and light cycle…
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+4.0
Tunnel Escape
Strategic turn-based combat with resource management and skill customization provides a satisfying challenge and skill…
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+4.0
Union of Gnomes
The game offers tactical combat with positioning, resource management, and strategic deck building that rewards skill…
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+4.0
Voidborn
Game offers challenging combat, skill-based movement, and boss fights that require mastery and provide satisfying…
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+4.0
8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
The game offers challenging boss fights requiring skill and strategy, with responsive controls and combat mechanics.
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+4.0
Akin
The game offers increasing difficulty puzzles that require logical thinking and skill, especially in timed mode.
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+4.0
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX
The game is challenging with precise platforming and punishing one-hit deaths, requiring skill and mastery…
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+4.0
Angel Engine
The game demands skillful multitasking, timing, and precision under pressure with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Battlefield 3™
The game offers skill-based gunplay, vehicle mastery, and tactical teamwork with feedback, challenging players to…
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+4.0
Candle
The game offers challenging puzzles and platforming sections requiring skill, precision, and problem-solving, with…
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+4.0
Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring tactical thinking, deck synergy mastery, and adaptation to…
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+4.0
Fate Hunters
The game offers challenging tactical deckbuilding and combat requiring skillful play and strategic choices, with…
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+4.0
Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes
The game offers tactical challenges requiring strategic thinking, planning, and skillful unit management, with…
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+4.0
HeXen II
The game is challenging with punishing combat, complex puzzles, and requires skillful resource management and spatial…
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+4.0
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged
The game features a high skill ceiling with challenging races, drifting mastery, and difficulty scaling, rewarding…
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+4.0
Leenie Boog
The game requires skillful listening, quick reactions, and learning enemy patterns to succeed, providing a challenging…
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+4.0
MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Game offers challenging missions requiring skillful micromanagement and strategic planning with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Phantom Doctrine
The game rewards skillful stealth, tactical positioning, and strategic planning with deterministic combat outcomes and…
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+4.0
Phantom Rose
Requires skillful resource and card management, strategic planning, and adapting to enemy patterns with feedback on…
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