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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
Knightfall: A Daring Journey
The game features a high skill ceiling with satisfying gunplay, horse drifting mechanics, and tactical racing to towns.
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+4.0
Lootun
The game offers complex systems requiring skillful min-maxing, build optimization, and tactical planning, with…
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+4.0
LUMINES REMASTERED
High skill ceiling with challenging puzzles, missions, and modes; players report learning curves and mastery over time.
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+4.0
Max Payne
The game is challenging with precise shooting, bullet time mechanics, and difficult enemies requiring skillful play and…
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+4.0
Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
Game involves strategic skill in managing campaigns and real-time battles; players overcome complex challenges.
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+4.0
Nuclear Blaze
Game offers increasing challenge, skillful platforming, and tactical fire management with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Pharaoh + Cleopatra
The game offers challenging city management, balancing economy, defense, and monument building with feedback on…
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+4.0
PIPE by BMX Streets
Game has a steep learning curve with nuanced controls and physics that reward skill mastery and trick execution.
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+4.0
Quest Master
The game offers complex puzzle design, combat challenges, and a powerful editor that rewards skillful use and mastery.
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+4.0
Renowned Explorers: International Society
The game involves mastering complex tactical combat, skill checks, and strategic resource management, rewarding…
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+4.0
Retrograde Arena
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, requiring skillful control of recoil and physics to outmaneuver opponents.
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+4.0
ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER
Players experience skill growth through mastering hammer physics, perfect nail hits, and speedrunning challenges.
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+4.0
Stonemachia
Combat requires skillful parrying and dodging with satisfying feedback; bosses offer challenge and reward mastery.
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+4.0
Ten Bells
The game challenges players to spot subtle and obvious anomalies, testing observation skills and memory, with feedback…
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+4.0
Terraformental
The game rewards skillful planning, optimization, and learning, with feedback through faster actions and progression.
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+4.0
The Alters
Game involves managing complex base building, resource gathering, and crew morale under time pressure, requiring skill…
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+4.0
The Crimson Diamond
The game offers logical puzzles and investigative challenges that reward skillful observation and problem solving, with…
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+4.0
The Rise of the Golden Idol
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring skillful deduction and reasoning, with feedback on correct or incorrect…
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+4.0
There Are No Orcs
Game offers strategic depth, skillful building placement, and commander mastery with feedback through progression and…
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+4.0
Touhou Crisis
Game challenges players with bullet hell patterns and boss fights requiring skill, precision, and learning attack…
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+4.0
Town of Salem
High skill ceiling involving social deduction, lying, and strategic thinking with feedback from player interactions.
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+4.0
UnderMine
Game requires skillful combat, learning enemy patterns, and strategic use of relics; players feel effective as they…
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
The game requires tactical skill, micromanagement, and strategic use of abilities, with a high skill ceiling especially…
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+4.0
Wax Heads
The game involves skillful deduction and puzzle solving to match records to customers, rewarding knowledge and…
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