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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
Escape Simulator 2
Puzzles are challenging, well-designed, and provide satisfying problem-solving experiences with clear feedback.
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Combat is skill-based with timing, combos, dodging, and boss mechanics requiring mastery; players receive feedback and…
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+4.0
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Combat requires skill, strategy, and understanding enemy weaknesses; challenging fights especially on higher…
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+4.0
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Combat and boss fights provide challenging skill tests, especially on higher difficulties; players receive clear…
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+4.0
Rogue Legacy 2
Game challenges players with skill-based platforming and combat, rewarding mastery and providing feedback through…
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+4.0
Sanctum 2
The game requires skillful shooting, strategic tower placement, and adapting to enemy types; challenging especially at…
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+4.0
The Riftbreaker
The game offers skill-based combat, strategic base building, and a large tech tree providing challenges and feedback on…
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+4.0
TheDawn
The game rewards skillful aiming, dodging, and ability usage with challenging boss fights and responsive controls.
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+4.0
Transport Fever 2
Requires significant brain usage, strategic planning, and skill to optimize supply chains and transport routes.
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+4.0
Amanda the Adventurer
Engaging and challenging puzzles require attention, lateral thinking, and problem solving, with some requiring external…
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+4.0
Bento Blocks
Puzzles require spatial reasoning and strategic planning with increasing difficulty, rewarding skillful and efficient…
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+4.0
Call of Duty® 2
The game offers challenging gameplay, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful aiming, tactical movement…
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+4.0
Dawnsbury Days
The game offers challenging tactical combat encounters requiring skillful planning and execution, especially on higher…
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+4.0
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
The game features challenging combat and hacking mechanics requiring skill, experimentation, and mastery, with…
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+4.0
Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories
Puzzles are challenging, require logical thinking, and provide satisfying feedback upon solving.
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+4.0
Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Game offers significant skill challenge with tactical stealth, AI awareness, and weapon customization requiring mastery.
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+4.0
ISLANDERS: New Shores
The game offers strategic depth, skillful placement challenges, and feedback through scoring and achievements…
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+4.0
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum
The game offers challenging puzzles up to 40x30 grids with quality of life features and feedback, supporting skill…
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+4.0
KAMI
Challenging puzzles that require thinking and skillful planning to achieve perfect solutions.
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+4.0
Liquidators
The game involves navigating hazardous environments, solving puzzles, and managing resources like radiation exposure…
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+4.0
Loop-Loop DX
The game offers skill challenges, bullet hell mechanics, and achievement-based goals that provide feedback on player…
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+4.0
Maiden and Spell
The game offers skill-based bullet hell combat with a learning curve, challenging boss fights, and multiplayer…
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+4.0
Mosa Lina
The game challenges players to master complex physics and item interactions, rewarding skillful and creative problem…
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+4.0
OFFBEAT
The game offers a gradual learning curve and rewarding feedback, enabling players to feel skillful in music production.
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