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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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High competence scores, with relaxation at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Ghostrunner 2
The game offers challenging combat and platforming requiring skill and timing, with rewarding feedback and boss fights…
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+4.0
MicroWorks
Game tests player skill with fast-paced microgames requiring reaction, precision, and reading comprehension…
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+4.0
NO THING
High difficulty and skill required to master timing and reflexes; repeated failures common
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+4.0
Son of a Witch
Game is challenging with skill-based combat and requires learning enemy patterns and item synergies; deaths often feel…
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+4.0
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Game requires skillful teamwork, situational awareness, and mastery of class abilities and weapons to survive intense…
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+4.0
Xenopurge
Game challenges players with tactical decision-making, quick command input, and adapting to evolving threats.
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+4.0
The Age of Decadence
The game demands skillful specialization and mastery of complex mechanics; failure is common without competence.
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+4.0
1 Screen Platformer
The game challenges players with precise platforming, timing, and pattern memorization, rewarding skill mastery and…
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+4.0
Chromosome Evil 2
The game requires skillful resource management, tactical combat, and strategic planning with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
Deceive Inc.
High skill ceiling with tactical gameplay, aiming, and deception; players report rewarding skill expression and…
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+4.0
DERE EVIL EXE
Challenging platforming requiring skill, precision, and learning from repeated failures; rewards mastery and…
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+4.0
Furi Demake - The Chain
The game is challenging with skill-based combat, pattern memorization, and aiming for S-ranks, providing strong…
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+4.0
METAL EDEN
The game offers fast-paced, skill-based combat with satisfying gunplay and movement mechanics that reward mastery and…
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+4.0
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Fast-paced, skillful combat with responsive controls and challenging bosses requiring pattern recognition and mastery.
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+4.0
The House of the Dead 2
High skill requirement for precise aiming, timing, pattern memorization, and boss weak spot targeting; difficulty is…
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+4.0
Toki
The game demands skillful play, pattern memorization, and precision, with a high difficulty curve and one-hit deaths…
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+4.0
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Games are challenging platformers requiring skill and pattern learning; save states help but do not remove difficulty.
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+4.0
Heavy Bullets
The game demands skillful aiming, quick reflexes, and strategic resource management, with clear feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
The game challenges players with strategic planning, skillful use of zombies and items, and overcoming escalating…
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+4.0
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Challenging combat and platforming require skill and mastery, with meaningful boss fights and progression through…
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+4.0
Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰
The game challenges players with difficult puzzles, timing-based combat mechanics, and trial-and-error boss fights…
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+4.0
POPULATION: ONE
Game requires skillful aiming, climbing, flying, and strategic play with a significant learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
Project Unknown
The game features a steep learning curve, skill trees, and requires strategic use of character abilities and equipment…
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+4.0
SCP: 5K
Gunplay is praised as satisfying and skillful; combat requires tactical thinking and coordination, with challenging AI…
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