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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Mark of the Deep
Combat requires skillful timing and pattern recognition; bosses and enemies provide a challenging learning curve.
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+4.0
Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition
The game demands skillful movement, aiming, and dodging in fast-paced combat with challenging enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
Nowhere Prophet
The game is challenging with tactical combat and strategic deckbuilding requiring skill and learning.
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+4.0
Occupy Mars: The Game
The game involves technical challenges, resource management, and skill progression through research and crafting.
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+4.0
PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
The game demands skillful routing, fast reflexes, and mastery of new mechanics like ghost trains and bumping ghosts.
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+4.0
Skautfold: Usurper
Combat requires skillful timing of attacks, dodges, and guard management; bosses are challenging and reward mastery.
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+4.0
Solstice Chronicles: MIA
Game challenges players with managing ammo, threat levels, and tactical drone skills; higher difficulties require…
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+4.0
Wulin Chess
The game offers deep strategic challenges and requires skillful planning and adaptation, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
Death Fungeon
Challenging platforming and stealth puzzles requiring skill, timing, and mastery of controls.
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+4.0
Möbius Front '83
Game challenges players to master unit capabilities, positioning, and combined arms tactics; requires skillful planning…
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+4.0
Trinity Survivors
Game demands skillful dodging of complex bullet patterns and precise aiming; players report challenging difficulty and…
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+4.0
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
High skill ceiling with emphasis on timing, combos, and counterplay; players feel effective when mastering mechanics.
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+4.0
Bubsy Two-Fur
The game is challenging with high difficulty, requiring skillful platforming and memorization, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Knights in Tight Spaces
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful positioning, combo management, and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Overstep
High skill ceiling with challenging parkour and shooting mechanics; players report learning curve and skill mastery.
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+4.0
Terrian Saga: KR-17
The game is described as challenging and hard, requiring skillful platforming, timing, and puzzle solving, with…
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+4.0
The Manga Works
Players improve skills, manage resources, and face strategic challenges in manga creation and career progression.
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+4.0
Beware Planet Earth
The game offers a challenging experience, especially in Veteran mode, requiring skillful management of towers, zapper…
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+4.0
COH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces
Requires skillful micro-management and tactical decision-making to effectively use infantry blobs and combined arms.
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+4.0
Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast
Combat requires learning enemy movesets, timing, and strategic use of weapons and abilities; boss fights are…
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+4.0
Black Forest
The game challenges players with resource management, defense building, and surviving relentless attacks, requiring…
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+4.0
Schein
The game offers challenging puzzles and precision platforming that require skill and timing, with frequent feedback…
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+4.0
Alien: Rogue Incursion VR
Game offers skill-based combat, strategic resource management, and challenging AI that require player effectiveness and…
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+4.0
Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone
The game features a steep learning curve, challenging AI, skill-based gunplay, and progression systems that reward…
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