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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
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Complex 4X mechanics with strategic depth, tech trees, ship design, and political systems challenge player skill
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+4.0
Etherlords II
The game challenges players with complex deckbuilding, strategic battles, and requires skillful adaptation to enemy…
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+4.0
Evochron Legacy SE
High skill ceiling with complex flight physics, detailed ship management, and challenging combat.
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+4.0
Fortnite
The game features a steep skill ceiling especially with building mechanics and aiming, rewarding mastery and skillful…
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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
IGNOBLE
The game provides satisfying progression and skill upgrades, rewarding player effectiveness and mastery over runs.
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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
Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs-
The game features challenging boss fights requiring strategic thinking and mastery of complex mechanics, rewarding…
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+4.0
Last Dream
The game offers challenging combat, puzzles, and skill customization with rewarding feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Maelstrom
Skill-based ship combat with strategic positioning, aiming, and ability use; learning curve and progression system…
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+4.0
Main Assembly
The game offers a steep learning curve with complex programming and engineering challenges that reward skill and…
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+4.0
My Lands: Black Gem Hunting
Game requires strategic thinking, planning, and skillful management of resources and armies; players report learning…
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+4.0
Old School RuneScape
The game offers skill mastery, challenging quests, boss fights, and complex mechanics rewarding player skill and effort.
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+4.0
Out of the Park Baseball 27
The game offers deep strategic challenges, complex statistics, and skillful management tasks that require learning and…
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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
Project Unknown
The game features a steep learning curve, skill trees, and requires strategic use of character abilities and equipment…
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+4.0
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Challenging combat and boss fights require skill and mastery; players receive feedback and improve over runs.
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+4.0
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages
Gameplay requires skillful piloting with Newtonian physics, mastery of complex controls, and strategic ship…
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+4.0
SOULCALIBUR VI
The game offers challenging combat mechanics, skill-based fighting, and a learning curve that rewards mastery and…
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+4.0
Star Ruler
Steep learning curve and challenging AI provide tests of skill and mastery, rewarding strategic planning and ship…
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+4.0
Star Traders: Frontiers
Game demands skillful management of crew, ship, trading, and combat with meaningful feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Starship EVO
The game challenges players with complex building, logic wiring, and optimization of ship systems, rewarding skill and…
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+4.0
SUPER ROBOT WARS Y
Expert difficulty mode offers a challenging tactical gameplay requiring strategic planning and resource management.
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+4.0
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker
The game involves skill leveling, combat challenges, crafting, and progression with meaningful feedback and achievement…
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