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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
White Noise 2
High skill ceiling with strategic gameplay, teamwork, and monster hunting mechanics; players improve through learning…
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+4.0
Wigmund
Combat is skill-based and challenging; players feel rewarded for mastering mechanics and overcoming tough enemies.
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+4.0
X4: Foundations
The game features complex mechanics requiring skillful management, piloting, and strategic decision-making.
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+4.0
Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
The game challenges players to solve physics-based puzzles requiring skill and experimentation, with feedback from…
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+4.0
Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
The game challenges players with strategic crew management, vehicle building, and combat requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Block N Load
High skill ceiling with tactical depth, mastery of unique classes, aiming, building, and strategic planning required.
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+4.0
Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)
High skill ceiling with complex rules, strategic planning, and risk management; players improve through learning and…
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+4.0
Defend Your Life: TD
Game offers increasing difficulty, strategic tower upgrades, and hero leveling requiring skillful play and adaptation.
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+4.0
Destiny 2
The game offers challenging raids, dungeons, and PvP modes that require skill and coordination, providing strong…
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+4.0
Earth 2150 Trilogy
The game offers complex challenges including resource management, strategic planning, and overcoming AI opponents with…
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+4.0
Epic Seven
The game demands skillful team building, speed tuning, and tactical execution, rewarding mastery of complex mechanics.
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+4.0
Few Nights More: Genesis
Game offers challenging tactical combat and strategic base building requiring skillful planning and adaptation, though…
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+4.0
Furry Femboys
The game features challenging puzzles with increasing difficulty and requires skill and concentration, especially in…
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+4.0
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
The game requires skillful resource management, planning, and learning enemy patterns; players feel effective as they…
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+4.0
Monday Night Combat
The game requires skillful aiming, strategic turret placement, and team coordination; players receive feedback through…
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+4.0
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Game challenges players to build effective drones, program logic, and optimize designs, requiring skill and problem…
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+4.0
Nuclear Dawn
The game requires skillful FPS play, strategic RTS commanding, and team coordination, providing challenging and…
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+4.0
Rise of Piracy
The game offers challenging naval and land combat with tactical controls such as cannon angle and powder load…
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+4.0
SCP: Containment Breach 2
Game requires significant brain usage, skillful navigation, and overcoming challenges; players report difficulty and…
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+4.0
Six Days in Fallujah
Challenging AI and realistic combat require skillful play and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
Skull Hotel
Game requires skillful observation, quick reactions, and learning from repeated attempts to succeed.
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+4.0
SMITE®
The game demands skillful aiming, timing, and strategic itemization; mastery of many gods and builds is encouraged.
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+4.0
The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-
Combat system is complex and rewarding, requiring skillful use of mechanics like ZOC, awakening, and chip commands…
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+4.0
The Matchless Kungfu
Combat and skill systems provide meaningful challenges and growth; players overcome complex mechanics and receive…
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