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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Growth
A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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+4.0
Patrick's Parabox
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful logical thinking and mastery of recursive mechanics, with…
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+4.0
BALL x PIT
The game offers skill-based aiming, strategic ball fusion and evolution, and requires learning enemy patterns and…
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+4.0
Halls of Torment
The game demands skillful positioning, aiming, and build optimization; players overcome challenging bosses and enemy…
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+4.0
Wandering Sword
Game offers skill-based combat with strategic depth, character progression through cultivation and skill mastery, and…
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+4.0
Arma 3
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, realistic ballistics, and challenging gameplay requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Borderlands 2
Game offers skill challenges with boss fights, character builds, and requires tactical play especially at higher…
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+4.0
Öoo
The game provides a steady challenge with clever puzzles that reward skillful thinking and mastery of mechanics…
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+4.0
ASTLIBRA Revision
Challenging combat with skill-based boss fights and complex RPG mechanics rewarding mastery and optimization.
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+4.0
Homicipher: Demo
The game challenges players to decipher an unknown language and solve puzzles, providing a rewarding sense of skill and…
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+4.0
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
The game is challenging with tactical turn-based combat requiring skill, strategy, and learning; deaths are frequent…
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+4.0
Tiny Rogues
The game offers challenging boss fights and requires skillful dodging and aiming, rewarding player mastery.
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+4.0
Dungeon Defenders
The game features skill-based tower defense and combat mechanics, with a high skill ceiling especially at higher…
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+4.0
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Game involves skill development, strategic combat, and problem solving with feedback on performance; early game…
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+4.0
Path of Achra
The game challenges players to master complex synergies and build optimization, rewarding skillful theorycrafting and…
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+4.0
觅长生
The game involves mastering complex combat mechanics, managing cultivation progress, and optimizing builds, providing…
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+4.0
Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey
The game offers skill challenges in language learning, including tests, minigames, and gradual mastery of vocabulary…
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+4.0
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Challenging combat and boss fights requiring skill and strategy; grinding and crafting add complexity and mastery.
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+4.0
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Game challenges players with stealth, hacking, combat, and exploration requiring skill and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
FEZ
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful observation, cryptography, and logical thinking, rewarding…
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+4.0
Caves of Qud
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic combat, and character builds; players report learning curve and…
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+4.0
Gumballs & Dungeons
Requires tactical thinking and skillful team-building; players overcome challenging roguelike dungeons and puzzles.
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+4.0
Chinese Parents
The game involves skill-building, mini-games, and strategic stat management to succeed academically and socially.
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+5.0
AO3dle
The game challenges players to improve their knowledge of fanfiction character popularity and rewards skillful pattern…
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+5.0
Bad Time Simulator (Sans Fight)
The game demands high skill, precise timing, and pattern memorization, with players improving through repeated practice…
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