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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Thrill
A strong dose of competence and thrill in the same game.
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+4.0
Retimed
High skill ceiling with mechanics like dual joystick control, map knowledge, and timing, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
The game requires skillful resource management, planning, and learning enemy patterns; players feel effective as they…
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+4.0
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
The game demands skillful resource gathering, crafting, dinosaur taming, and PvP combat, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
Gurei
The game requires skillful timing, pattern recognition, and mastery of dodging mechanics to succeed.
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+4.0
Midnight Ghost Hunt
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic team play, and a learning curve; players report mastering…
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+4.0
Moros Protocol
Game offers challenging combat, boss fights, and skill-based dodging and stamina management with rewarding progression.
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+4.0
Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
The game features challenging puzzles including sudoku, nonograms, renograms, and logic puzzles that require skill and…
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+4.0
Phantom Squad
Game demands skillful tactical planning, precise execution, and mastery of equipment; mistakes are punished, requiring…
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+4.0
Primal Carnage
High skill ceiling with unique class mechanics, aiming, and team coordination required; players report learning curve…
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+4.0
Unworthy
The game demands skillful combat mastery, pattern recognition, and boss fight strategy, rewarding player effectiveness.
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
High skill ceiling with challenging combat and progression; players improve through mastering mechanics and builds.
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+4.0
After the Fall®
Game offers skill challenges with manual reloading, weapon upgrades, and increasing difficulty levels.
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+4.0
LIFE EFFECT
Game is challenging with high skill demands, complex crafting, and difficult combat requiring learning and adaptation.
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+4.0
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
The game offers a high skill ceiling with mechanical challenges, strategic depth, and frequent balance updates…
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+4.0
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
Combat is challenging and rewarding, requiring skillful parrying, stamina management, and learning enemy patterns.
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+4.0
STRIDE
High skill ceiling with challenging parkour mechanics, aiming, and timing; players report learning curve and mastery…
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+4.0
Battlerite Royale
High skill ceiling with emphasis on aiming, positioning, and ability usage; players report rewarding skill-based…
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+4.0
Chromosome Evil
Game requires skillful resource management, tactical control, and decision-making with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
DCL - The Game
The game offers challenging flight mechanics and skill-based racing with feedback via leaderboards and time trials…
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+4.0
Ironsight
Game offers skill-based gunplay with recoil mastery, tactical movement, and challenging combat against varied opponents.
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+4.0
Project Starship
The game is challenging with precise controls and requires skillful dodging and mastery of power-ups; players report a…
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+4.0
Starblast
Game requires skill development in reflexes, ship control, and strategic upgrading; players receive feedback via…
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+4.0
Captain Forever Remix
The game is skill-intensive with a steep difficulty curve, requiring mastery of ship building, balance, and combat…
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+4.0
KartRider: Drift
High skill ceiling especially in Speed Mode; mastering drifting and nitro management is challenging and rewarding.
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