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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Doomsday Hunters
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful dodging, aiming, and mastery of complex…
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+4.0
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
Challenging puzzles require significant brain usage and problem solving, with feedback from puzzle completion.
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+4.0
Lost Lives
Game demands skillful shooting, tactical thinking, and equipment management; players improve over time and face…
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+4.0
Poetry of Blood: Eclipse
The game emphasizes skillful combat, precision dodging, and mastery of weapon timing, rewarding player effectiveness.
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+4.0
Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code)
The game challenges players with varied questions and tracks performance, encouraging skill improvement.
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+4.0
Serpent's Gaze
Combat is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful dodging, learning enemy patterns, and build optimization…
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+4.0
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
The game challenges players with resource management, stealth scavenging, and strategic planning, requiring skillful…
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+4.0
Starward Rogue
The game offers challenging bullet hell mechanics requiring skillful dodging and aiming, with meaningful progression…
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+4.0
Syrian Warfare
Game is challenging with realistic mechanics requiring skillful tactics, resource management, and micromanagement.
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+4.0
The Use of Life
Combat requires skillful timing of QTE dodges and strategic planning of moves; character builds and stat allocation…
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+4.0
Alisa
Challenging combat and puzzles requiring skill and learning enemy patterns; trial and error encouraged.
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+4.0
Carrier Deck
Game challenges players with complex multitasking, timing, and strategic planning to manage aircraft and missions…
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+4.0
CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
Game challenges players with stamina management, timing inhaler use, and evading a relentless stalker, requiring skill…
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+4.0
Dead Signal
Game requires skillful multitasking, attention to detail, and learning enemy behaviors to succeed.
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+4.0
NETHER HEROES
Game offers challenging bosses and requires skillful pattern recognition and reaction, with some complaints about…
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+4.0
State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)
The game requires skillful management of units, strategic use of upgrades, and micromanagement of the Advancer unit to…
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+4.0
Wild Animal Sports Day
The game is described as challenging with skill-based mini-games requiring practice and mastery, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Blood Strike
Game features skill-based gunplay, ranked modes with increasing difficulty, and rewards for improving performance.
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+4.0
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Combat requires skillful melee timing, blocking, and weapon choice; investigation tools add variety; enemies have…
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+4.0
Crysis Warhead®
Game offers skill-based combat, weapon customization, and challenging AI especially on higher difficulties.
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+4.0
DEFCON
The game requires skillful strategy, anticipation, and micromanagement to succeed in complex nuclear war scenarios.
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+4.0
MINDNIGHT
Requires skill in deduction, deception, and strategic thinking; players improve by learning to read others and bluff…
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+4.0
Paddle Paddle Paddle
The game demands skillful coordination and precise timing, with challenging obstacles and difficulty spikes that test…
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+4.0
Styx: Master of Shadows
The game is challenging, requiring skillful stealth, timing, and planning; combat is punishing and best avoided.
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