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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Strategy
A strong dose of competence and strategy in the same game.
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+4.0
RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
Game involves skillful balancing of finances, coaster design with ride statistics, and park management challenges that…
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+4.0
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Gameplay is challenging with skill-based combat, boss fights, and build optimization requiring player mastery.
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+4.0
World of Goo
The game challenges players with physics-based puzzles requiring skill, planning, and precision, especially for OCD…
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+4.0
Splatoon 2
High skill ceiling with mastering movement, aiming, and weapon mechanics; multiplayer and Salmon Run modes provide…
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+4.0
DEVOUR
Game offers challenging AI, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skill, timing, and coordination to succeed.
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+4.0
MudRunner
Game demands skillful driving, problem solving, and mastery of realistic physics to overcome difficult terrain and…
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+4.0
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
Game rewards skillful tracking, shot placement, and understanding of animal behavior; missions provide challenges.
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+4.0
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
The game challenges players to solve mysteries through logical deduction, evidence presentation, and argumentation.
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+4.0
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
The game features challenging and clever puzzles requiring problem-solving skills and logical thinking.
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+4.0
inbento
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty, requiring skillful spatial reasoning and problem solving with feedback…
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+4.0
Species: Unknown
Players face challenging monsters with unique behaviors requiring skill and strategy; missions involve puzzle solving…
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+4.0
The Pedestrian
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty, requiring logical thinking and skillful manipulation of game elements.
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+4.0
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Challenging combat and boss fights requiring skill and strategy; grinding and crafting add complexity and mastery.
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+4.0
FEZ
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful observation, cryptography, and logical thinking, rewarding…
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+4.0
Relic Hunters Zero: Remix
Challenging gameplay with skill-based shooting, dodging, and progression through unlocks and relics
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+4.0
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
Players feel effective with improved mechanics and tools.
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+4.0
PUMPKIN PANIC
Game challenges players with skillful time management, resource allocation, and survival mechanics with feedback…
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+4.0
Splatoon 3
Game offers skill-based multiplayer with tactical depth, challenging single-player levels, and skill trees for upgrades.
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+4.0
Tetris® Effect: Connected
The game offers easy to learn but hard to master gameplay with skill-based challenges, achievements, and ranked…
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+4.0
Voidigo
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, boss fights, and mechanics like jumping and stomping that reward mastery.
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+4.0
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
The game features challenging boss fights and skill-based combat that test player abilities, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Game offers skill-based gunplay, challenging campaign on Veteran difficulty, and mastery in Zombies mode.
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+4.0
Chinese Parents
The game involves skill-building, mini-games, and strategic stat management to succeed academically and socially.
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+4.0
Kingdom: Classic
Game is challenging with a learning curve based on trial and error, rewarding skillful planning and execution.
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