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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Growth
A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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+4.0
Space Pirates and Zombies
Combat requires skillful piloting and tactical positioning; progression involves overcoming increasingly difficult…
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+4.0
THE CANON OF BALLS
The game offers challenging physics-based platforming requiring skill mastery and precise control, with feedback…
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+4.0
The Incident at Galley House
The game provides challenging deduction puzzles requiring logical reasoning and skillful information management, with…
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+4.0
Thief II: The Metal Age
The game challenges players with complex stealth mechanics, sound and light management, and large levels requiring…
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+4.0
vivid/stasis
Game offers a wide difficulty range with skill-based challenges and rewarding progression, appealing to both beginners…
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+4.0
Fate/EXTELLA LINK
Gameplay involves mastering combos, active skills, and strategic use of abilities with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
The game offers challenging mechanics, especially on later nights, requiring skill and mastery.
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+4.0
God of War Ragnarök
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful timing, parrying, and strategy, especially on higher…
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+4.0
Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
The game offers a challenging bullet hell experience requiring skillful dodging and pattern memorization, with…
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+4.0
PICO PARK 2
Game challenges players with increasingly difficult puzzles requiring skill, timing, and coordination.
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+4.0
Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)
Challenging gameplay with difficult bullet-hell levels requiring skill and mastery; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
The game offers complex alchemy puzzles, strategic turn-based combat, and progression through skillful crafting and…
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+4.0
Contract Rush DX
Gameplay is skill-based with challenging boss fights and tests of mastery; players improve through learning patterns…
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+4.0
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
The game offers complex tactical challenges, skill trees, and requires strategic planning and execution, rewarding…
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+4.0
DEMON'S TILT
Game rewards skillful play, learning complex mechanics, and mastering fast-paced pinball action with boss fights and…
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+4.0
Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
The game offers challenging tactical gameplay requiring skillful squad management, aiming, stealth, and strategy, with…
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+4.0
Levelhead
The game features challenging platforming requiring skill mastery, with a steep learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
pureya
The game features skill-based minigames with scaling difficulty and achievements requiring mastery, providing players…
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+4.0
Rodland of Pipes
The game requires skillful navigation, puzzle solving, and resource management with a challenging difficulty curve and…
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+4.0
Shigatari
Combat system is deep and skill-based with timing, stance mastery, and strategic decisions; players feel rewarded…
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+4.0
Stardust Skate
The game has a high skill ceiling with challenging mechanics like bouncing combos and special moves, rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Game involves skillful party management, tactical combat, puzzle solving, and progression through challenging dungeons…
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+4.0
Timelie
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring skillful planning, precise timing, and problem solving with clear…
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+4.0
Vibrant Venture
The game rewards skillful movement and mastery of character switching; it is challenging and requires precision, with a…
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