Find your kind of game
Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
Explore another motivation
Play style 03
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful planning and mastery of complex mechanics, rewarding player effectiveness.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Competence affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+4.0
Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle
Game features challenging combat with skill-based dodges, parries, and combo systems requiring mastery.
-
+4.0
GOD EATER 2 Rage Burst
Combat is skill-based with a high learning curve, requiring mastery of mechanics like Blood Arts, positioning, and…
-
+4.0
Jacksmith: Weapons and Warriors
The game requires skillful crafting and timing to produce effective weapons and overcome progressively tougher enemies.
-
+4.0
Deadswitch 3
Game is skill-based with challenging PvE missions, weapon mastery, and progression requiring player skill and strategy.
-
+4.0
Apotheon Arena
Combat involves skillful timing, shield blocking, weapon variety, and strategic positioning; players report a learning…
-
+4.0
Ghosts of Tabor
The game offers a steep learning curve, skill-based gunplay, tactical combat, and progression through reputation and…
-
+4.0
Blood Strike
Game features skill-based gunplay, ranked modes with increasing difficulty, and rewards for improving performance.
-
+4.0
Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
Combat is strategic and rewards skillful planning, resource management, and tactical decision-making; players receive…
-
+4.0
鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan
Combat is challenging and requires strategic resource management; players feel accomplishment overcoming difficult…
-
+4.0
Miasma Chronicles
Challenging tactical combat requiring skillful planning and execution, with meaningful feedback and progression.
-
+4.0
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
Combat is tactical and challenging, requiring strategic thinking and mastery; puzzles vary in difficulty and require…
-
+4.0
Tower of Mask
Combat requires skillful aiming at enemy weak points, timing, and positioning; puzzles require observation and problem…
-
+4.0
Splatoon 3
Game offers skill-based multiplayer with tactical depth, challenging single-player levels, and skill trees for upgrades.
-
+4.0
Hellsplit: Arena
Combat requires skillful blocking, parrying, and strategic targeting of enemies' weak points; players report satisfying…
-
+4.0
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Challenging combat especially on higher difficulties, requires skillful shooting and tactical thinking
-
+4.0
Bleak Sword DX
Combat is skill-based with timing, parrying, stamina management, and learning enemy patterns; difficulty spikes and…
-
+4.0
Age of Wonders III
The game offers deep tactical combat and strategic empire management with skill-based challenges and meaningful…
-
+4.0
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
The game challenges players with strategic troop management, real-time tactics, and hack-and-slash combat requiring…
-
+4.0
Kingdoms of the Dump
Combat involves timing-based attacks, strategic positioning on a grid, and boss fights requiring skill and strategy.
-
+4.0
Hell Maiden
Game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay with boss fights requiring skillful dodging and strategic build choices.
-
+4.0
Winnie's Hole
The game rewards skillful puzzle placement and tactical combat decisions with clear feedback and progression.
-
+4.0
Shadows of Adam
Combat requires strategic use of AP and abilities, puzzles are challenging but intuitive, and boss fights demand…
-
+4.0
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd
Combat is strategic and challenging, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful use of character abilities…
-
+4.0
Epic Conquest 2
Combat requires skillful dodging and timing; grinding and upgrading gear provide a satisfying challenge and sense of…
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of competence, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.
