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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Deadlings: Rotten Edition
Requires skillful timing and planning to overcome challenging puzzles and platforming sections, especially on harder…
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+4.0
Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
The game is challenging and requires skillful timing and precision, with players overcoming difficult platforming…
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+4.0
Serial Cleaner
The game offers challenging stealth puzzles requiring skillful timing and strategic planning, with feedback on success…
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+5.0
Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, realistic ballistics, and tactical depth requiring learning and mastery.
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+5.0
Puck
High skill floor and ceiling with challenging mechanics; players improve through practice and receive satisfying…
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+5.0
Steel Armor: Blaze of War
High skill ceiling with complex controls, realistic tank operation, and tactical command requiring mastery.
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+5.0
Super Mario Bros.
The game demands mastery of precise timing, momentum, and pattern recognition, with a steep but fair difficulty curve…
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+5.0
Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions
High skill ceiling with challenging maps, tactical depth, and punishing mechanics requiring mastery and strategic…
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+4.0
Chroma Blast
Game is challenging with skill-based twin-stick shooting and upgrade mastery, though some upgrades are unbalanced.
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+4.0
Ministry of Broadcast
The game demands precise platforming skills and puzzle solving with trial and error, providing a strong sense of…
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+4.0
RetroMania Wrestling
The game has a learning curve with timing-based grappling mechanics requiring skill and mastery, rewarding player…
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+5.0
A Night In Berlin
The game is highly challenging, requiring precise timing, skillful execution, and mastery of mechanics, with players…
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+5.0
Combat Mission Black Sea
The game is highly challenging, requiring skillful tactics, learning real military doctrines, and mastery of complex…
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+5.0
東方実在相 ~ Dream Logical World
High difficulty with complex bullet patterns requiring memorization, skillful dodging, and mastery of unique mechanics…
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+5.0
In Death
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, aiming, and movement mechanics requiring mastery and providing rewarding…
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+5.0
Kreedz Climbing
High skill ceiling with challenging movement mechanics requiring dexterity and practice; players report long learning…
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+5.0
Slapshot: Rebound
Steep learning curve with a very high skill ceiling; players actively improve and receive feedback on performance.
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+4.0
BAJA: Edge of Control HD
The game offers challenging AI, realistic vehicle damage and wear, and requires skillful driving and strategy to…
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+4.0
Disc Golf Valley
Game features challenging physics and skill-based throwing mechanics with a learning curve and feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Sudoku RPG
The game challenges players with increasingly difficult Sudoku puzzles under time pressure, requiring skillful rapid…
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+4.0
Thymesia
Combat is challenging, fast-paced, and skill-based with precise parry mechanics and boss fights requiring mastery…
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+4.0
Will Glow the Wisp
The game offers challenging levels requiring skillful timing and precision, with a high skill ceiling noted by players…
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+5.0
Cossacks: Art of War
The game demands skillful micro-management, strategic planning, and resource balancing, with challenging AI and complex…
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+5.0
Darwin Project
High skill ceiling with complex combat mechanics, timing, tracking, and strategic resource management.
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