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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
First Class Escape: The Train of Thought
Puzzles are challenging and rewarding, requiring skill and logical thinking, especially in later chapters.
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+4.0
Godhood
The game involves strategic planning, managing multiple stats and classes, and optimizing disciple builds to succeed in…
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+4.0
Mad Experiments: Escape Room
The game offers challenging puzzles that require logical thinking and observation, rewarding skillful problem solving…
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+4.0
Nowhere Prophet
The game is challenging with tactical combat and strategic deckbuilding requiring skill and learning.
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+4.0
Occupy Mars: The Game
The game involves technical challenges, resource management, and skill progression through research and crafting.
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+4.0
One More Line
Requires skillful timing and reflexes; players strive to improve high scores and master challenging mechanics.
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+4.0
Oxygen
The game offers challenging resource management, survival mechanics, and strategic planning that require skill and…
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+4.0
PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
The game demands skillful routing, fast reflexes, and mastery of new mechanics like ghost trains and bumping ghosts.
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+4.0
甜点恋人 / Pastry Lovers
The game involves skill tests, stat management, and quizzes that challenge players to meet goals and unlock endings.
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+4.0
Skautfold: Usurper
Combat requires skillful timing of attacks, dodges, and guard management; bosses are challenging and reward mastery.
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+4.0
Solstice Chronicles: MIA
Game challenges players with managing ammo, threat levels, and tactical drone skills; higher difficulties require…
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+4.0
THE LAST BLADE
The game rewards skillful timing, countering, and mastery of combos; players experience a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
Volleying
The game features challenging AI and skill-based physics mechanics requiring timing and strategy, with achievements…
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+4.0
Wulin Chess
The game offers deep strategic challenges and requires skillful planning and adaptation, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
Death Fungeon
Challenging platforming and stealth puzzles requiring skill, timing, and mastery of controls.
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+4.0
Felix The Reaper
Puzzles require skillful spatial reasoning and precise sequencing, with optional harder challenges demanding mastery
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+4.0
Möbius Front '83
Game challenges players to master unit capabilities, positioning, and combined arms tactics; requires skillful planning…
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+4.0
Terroir
Game challenges players with complex management tasks, learning curves, and skillful balancing of variables like…
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+4.0
Trinity Survivors
Game demands skillful dodging of complex bullet patterns and precise aiming; players report challenging difficulty and…
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+4.0
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
High skill ceiling with emphasis on timing, combos, and counterplay; players feel effective when mastering mechanics.
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+4.0
Bubsy Two-Fur
The game is challenging with high difficulty, requiring skillful platforming and memorization, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Knights in Tight Spaces
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful positioning, combo management, and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Overstep
High skill ceiling with challenging parkour and shooting mechanics; players report learning curve and skill mastery.
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+4.0
Rising Lords
Game challenges players with resource management, strategic planning, and tactical combat requiring skill and…
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