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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+5.0
Hearts of Iron III
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, micromanagement, and strategic planning required to be effective.
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+4.0
Little Fighter 2 Remastered
Game offers skill-based combat, challenging stages, and requires mastery of combos and character abilities; some…
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+4.0
Loopmancer
The game features challenging combat requiring skillful dodging, parrying, and timing, with a learning curve and…
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+4.0
Midnight Ghost Hunt
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic team play, and a learning curve; players report mastering…
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+4.0
Mushroom Wars
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, requiring skillful management of units and buildings, with challenging AI and…
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+4.0
Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret
Puzzles increase in difficulty and require logical deduction and skill; players receive feedback on completed rows and…
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+4.0
RaceRoom Racing Experience
The game offers realistic physics, challenging AI that adapts to player skill, and requires skillful driving and setup…
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+4.0
RC Cars
Game requires skillful control of sensitive RC cars and mastering tricky physics and tracks.
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+4.0
Real Pool 3D - Poolians
Game offers realistic physics and skill-based gameplay requiring precision and strategy, with a learning curve and…
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+5.0
SaGa Emerald Beyond
Highly strategic and complex turn-based combat requiring skillful planning, timeline manipulation, and adapting to…
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+4.0
Serious Sam: Tormental
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful dodging, pattern recognition, and strategic use of…
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+5.0
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
The game demands high skill, strategic thinking, and mastery of complex mechanics, rewarding player effectiveness and…
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+5.0
Simutrans
High complexity and depth with challenging logistics, economic management, and detailed transport chains requiring…
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+5.0
Slave Zero X
High skill ceiling with complex combo system, parrying, meter management, and challenging enemy encounters requiring…
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+4.0
Sniper Elite
The game requires skillful sniping with realistic ballistics, managing wind, gravity, heartbeat, and precise aiming…
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+4.0
Snow Brothers
Game requires skillful timing, strategic snowball use, and mastery of enemy patterns; difficulty ramps up significantly.
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+4.0
Solitairica
Game requires skillful play, strategic decision-making, and mastery of different decks and spells to overcome…
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+4.0
Through Abandoned: The Forest
Puzzles require logical thinking and problem solving, with some being quite challenging and requiring trial and error…
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+4.0
Torque Drift
The game features skill-based drifting mechanics with a learning curve and progression system rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Train Sim World® 6
Game offers skill challenges in operating realistic train controls, managing faults, signals, and schedules with…
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+4.0
TramSim Vienna - The Tram Simulator
The game offers realistic tram driving physics, challenging timetable adherence, and requires learning controls and…
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+5.0
UFC 2009 Undisputed
The game features a steep learning curve with complex controls and mechanics rewarding skill mastery and strategic play.
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+4.0
Unto The End
Combat is challenging, skill-based, and requires learning enemy patterns and timing; players report satisfaction…
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+4.0
World of Shooting
Game offers skill-based shooting challenges with timing reload mini-games and leaderboard competition, requiring…
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