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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Waves
The game challenges players with increasing difficulty, requiring skillful movement, aiming, and combo management…
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+4.0
Wizard of Legend
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling; players improve by mastering combos, dodging, and timing, receiving…
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+4.0
Worms Armageddon
The game features a high skill ceiling with nuanced physics, weapon mastery, and strategic depth, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Zero-K
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic positioning, and unit micro; AI and unit behaviors require mastery.
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+4.0
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
The game offers a satisfying combat system with skill-based mechanics like parrying, weak-point breaking, and combo…
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+4.0
FIFA 18
The game challenges players with skillful passing, defending, and timing tackles, rewarding mastery and providing…
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+4.0
Banished
The game is challenging with complex resource balancing and survival mechanics requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
Big Ambitions
Game involves skillful management of logistics, pricing, employee scheduling, and business growth with meaningful…
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+4.0
Cave Story+
Gameplay involves skillful platforming, weapon management, and challenging boss fights.
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+4.0
Gamble With Your Friends
Players feel effective when they successfully navigate gambling mechanics.
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+4.0
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Challenging combat and platforming with skill-based combos and boss fights requiring pattern recognition
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+4.0
Killing Floor 2
Game offers challenging combat with skill-based shooting, aiming, and teamwork; progression system rewards mastery and…
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+4.0
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Combat requires skillful dodging, pattern learning, and timing; bosses are challenging and reward mastery.
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+4.0
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
The game challenges players with tactical combat, strategic management, and skill development, requiring learning and…
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+4.0
Soulstone Survivors
Game offers skill challenges with dodging, build optimization, and overcoming scaling difficulty; feedback through…
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+4.0
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Combat requires skillful timing, parrying, and stamina management; difficulty modes allow challenge scaling; boss…
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+4.0
The Darkness II
The game offers skill-based combat with a variety of weapons and abilities, requiring quick reactions and strategic use…
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+4.0
APE OUT
Game requires skillful timing, quick reflexes, and mastering mechanics like grabbing, throwing, and positioning to…
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+4.0
Bean Battles
High skill ceiling with varied weapons, movement mechanics, and strategic gameplay requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Beastieball
The game offers deep strategic gameplay with skillful decision-making and meaningful feedback in battles.
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+4.0
Burger Shop
The game offers increasing difficulty and requires skillful multitasking and fast reflexes to master, especially for…
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+4.0
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Gameplay requires skillful platforming, mastering time powers, and boss fights that test player ability.
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+4.0
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
The game offers challenging gameplay with skill trees, equipment upgrades, and strategic tower placement requiring…
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+4.0
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
Game offers skill-based challenges with pattern memorization, risk/reward scoring, and difficulty scaling rewarding…
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