Find your kind of game
Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
Explore another motivation
Focused on competence
Games where competence stands out from the other motivations.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Competence affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+4.0
Blocks That Matter
The game challenges players with increasingly complex puzzles requiring skillful block placement and platforming…
-
+4.0
Bouncy Goat Climb
The game is highly challenging and punishing, demanding precise skill and timing to progress.
-
+4.0
Candle
The game offers challenging puzzles and platforming sections requiring skill, precision, and problem-solving, with…
-
+4.0
Cart To The End
The game requires skillful cart control, precise timing for turns, and overcoming challenging obstacles, with feedback…
-
+4.0
City of Brass
Game requires skillful use of whip and sword, precise timing, and strategic use of environment and traps; difficulty…
-
+4.0
Convoy
Combat requires tactical positioning, weapon management, and micromanagement; players improve skills over repeated…
-
+5.0
Dangerous Waters
Steep learning curve requiring mastery of sonar, TMA, weapon systems, and naval tactics; players develop real skills…
-
+4.0
Dark Light
Combat requires skillful timing, pattern recognition, and mastery of mechanics; bosses provide challenging tests of…
-
+5.0
Dungeon Warfare 3
The game demands skillful planning, puzzle-like problem solving, and mastery of complex mechanics with clear feedback…
-
+4.0
Faaast Penguin
Game rewards skillful timing, chaining attacks, and track knowledge; players report satisfying mastery and competitive…
-
+5.0
Fate of the World: Tipping Point
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve requiring skillful management and strategic thinking.
-
+4.0
Gravity Field
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring spatial reasoning, logic, and mastery of unique gravity and time reversal…
-
+4.0
Grimlord
Combat requires skillful parrying, dodging, and learning enemy patterns; bosses provide challenging tests of ability.
-
+5.0
hackmud
High skill ceiling with complex puzzles, scripting challenges, and player-versus-player hacking requiring mastery and…
-
+5.0
Haunted Lands
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, pattern memorization, and precise execution; players receive…
-
+4.0
I Am Bread
The game is challenging with difficult controls requiring skill and practice to master; players receive feedback via…
-
+5.0
Incremental Adventures
The game requires understanding complex mechanics, optimization of prestige layers, and strategic planning to progress…
-
+4.0
Iron Marines
Game offers challenging missions, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful micro and strategy.
-
+4.0
Jeopardy!
Players engage in challenging trivia questions requiring knowledge and quick recall, with feedback on correctness.
-
+4.0
MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Game offers challenging missions requiring skillful micromanagement and strategic planning with feedback on performance.
-
+5.0
Occupy Mars: Prologue (2020)
The game challenges players with complex survival mechanics, technical problem solving, and resource management…
-
+5.0
Out of Action
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics and rewarding mastery; players improve through learning and overcoming…
-
+4.0
Outnumbered
The game is skill-based with a high difficulty curve, requiring players to master dodging, positioning, and upgrade…
-
+4.0
Puzzle Chambers
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty requiring logical thinking, math skills, and problem solving; some levels…
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of competence, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.
