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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
Anger Foot
Game requires skillful execution, pattern recognition, and mastery of mechanics with challenging levels and boss fights.
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+4.0
Halls of Torment: Prelude
Game involves skillful aiming, dodging, and strategic use of abilities with challenging enemy patterns and bosses.
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+4.0
Legend of Keepers: Prologue
The game involves strategic planning, skillful monster and trap management, and tactical combat requiring player skill…
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+4.0
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
The game offers challenging gameplay requiring skillful multitasking, coordination, and mastery of controls.
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+4.0
Peace, Death!
Game tests players' skill in quick observation, memory, and decision-making under time pressure.
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+4.0
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
High skill ceiling with advanced movement, trick shots, and skill-based catching and throwing mechanics.
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+4.0
Zombie Night Terror
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring skillful timing and strategic planning, with increasing difficulty and…
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+4.0
Antonball Deluxe
Game is challenging with skill-based platforming and ball control; players report difficulty spikes and satisfaction…
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+4.0
Banjo-Kazooie
The game offers a gradual difficulty curve with skill-based platforming challenges and puzzles that require mastering…
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+4.0
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe
The game challenges players with timed combat and puzzle cooking requiring skillful combos and strategic equipment…
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+4.0
CAPTURED
The game requires skillful observation, memory, and quick reactions to avoid enemies and correctly identify anomalies…
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+4.0
Cats Love Boxes
The game features challenging Sokoban-style puzzles that require skillful planning and problem solving, with difficulty…
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+4.0
Ducks Can Drive
Game offers skill-based driving, challenging time trials, and progression through upgrades.
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+4.0
Dynomite Deluxe
Game has a high skill ceiling with challenging modes like Fossil Challenge and Endless Puzzle requiring precision and…
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+4.0
EA Sports UFC 6
The game rewards skillful play with strategic striking, stamina management, and timing; grappling is less refined but…
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+4.0
Eslabong
Game involves strategic team building, skill customization, and tactical decision-making with feedback from combat…
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+4.0
.Forty-Five
The game offers strategic depth, skillful deckbuilding, and tactical combat challenges that require player mastery and…
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+4.0
Friday Night Funkin'
The game challenges players with increasingly complex note patterns requiring skillful timing and hand-eye…
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+4.0
GeoGuessr
The game challenges players to develop and apply geographical knowledge and observational skills, with clear feedback…
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+4.0
HyperRogue
The game requires skillful tactical movement and planning several turns ahead to avoid being cornered, with a steep…
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+4.0
Iron Meat
Game offers skill-based challenges with responsive controls, boss fights requiring pattern recognition, and difficulty…
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+4.0
Jeopardy!
Players engage in challenging trivia questions requiring knowledge and quick recall, with feedback on correctness.
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+4.0
Linelight
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty, requiring skillful timing, planning, and problem solving.
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+4.0
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
The game offers a wide variety of challenging puzzles that require skillful pattern recognition, logic, and deduction…
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