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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
Gothic II: Gold Edition
The game features challenging combat and skill progression that requires learning and mastery, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Chronicon
Game offers deep skill trees, complex item crafting, and challenging endgame content requiring skill and strategy.
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+4.0
Songs of Syx
The game features complex management systems and challenges that reward skillful planning and problem solving.
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+4.0
System Shock® 2 (1999)
The game requires skillful resource management, weapon maintenance, and strategic combat, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
The game offers skill-based turn-based space combat, RTS planetary battles, text quests with puzzles, and strategic…
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+4.0
Soulstone Survivors
Game offers skill challenges with dodging, build optimization, and overcoming scaling difficulty; feedback through…
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+4.0
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
The game offers challenging gameplay with skill trees, equipment upgrades, and strategic tower placement requiring…
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+4.0
Drova - Forsaken Kin
Combat is challenging and skill-based with stamina and focus management; progression requires learning skills from…
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+4.0
Software Inc.
Game involves complex management, skillful delegation, and strategic decision-making with feedback on software quality…
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+4.0
Rogue Legacy 2
Game challenges players with skill-based platforming and combat, rewarding mastery and providing feedback through…
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+4.0
OFFBEAT
The game offers a gradual learning curve and rewarding feedback, enabling players to feel skillful in music production.
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+4.0
Our Adventurer Guild
Combat and management systems provide meaningful skill challenges and progression, with feedback on performance and…
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+4.0
Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional
The game challenges players with skillful positioning, resource management, and adapting to complex upgrade…
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+4.0
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Combat is challenging and tactical, requiring skillful planning and mastery of mechanics; players receive feedback and…
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+4.0
The Message from Deep Space
The game offers challenging puzzles across math, physics, chemistry, and linguistics that require skillful deduction…
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+4.0
Tribal Hunter
The game offers challenging platforming and combat with a unique fullness mechanic requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
FINAL FANTASY VI
The game challenges players with strategic turn-based combat, character progression, and mastery of unique abilities.
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+4.0
Football Coach: College Dynasty
The game offers deep strategic challenges in recruiting, coaching, and playcalling with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
4D Golf
The game offers a challenging learning curve with skillful 4D spatial reasoning and golf mechanics, rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
The game involves complex tactical combat based on AD&D 2nd edition rules, requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
The game offers challenging tower defense gameplay with a large tech tree, requiring skillful strategy and optimization…
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+4.0
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
The game offers challenging combat, including a Nightmare difficulty, requiring skill and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Antimatter Dimensions
The game requires skillful optimization, problem solving, and understanding complex mechanics to progress efficiently.
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+4.0
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
The game offers deep tactical combat with complex mastery systems and character customization that challenge player…
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