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Growth
Learning or personal development
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Growth + Competence
A strong dose of growth and competence in the same game.
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Darkest Dungeon®
Players develop skills, knowledge, and strategies over time; characters level up and improve.
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+4.0
Gunfire Reborn
Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and progress through talent trees and unlocks.
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+4.0
PAYDAY 2
Players learn skills, improve tactics, and develop builds over hundreds of hours.
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+4.0
Slay the Spire 2
Players develop skills in deckbuilding, strategy, and game knowledge over time.
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+4.0
Bills Must Be Paid
Players experience clear progression through upgrades, prestige, and skill acquisition.
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+4.0
Nubby's Number Factory
Players learn item synergies, strategies, and improve skill over time, with a meaningful learning curve.
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+4.0
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Players learn complex mechanics, improve strategic skills, and develop knowledge about history and game systems over…
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+4.0
SpeedRunners
Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and improve over time.
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+4.0
The Talos Principle
Players develop problem-solving skills and philosophical understanding through gameplay and story.
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
Players develop skills in multiplayer and progress through ranks and unlocks.
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+4.0
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Players develop skills, learn boss patterns, and improve through challenges and New Game+ modes.
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+4.0
Tactical Breach Wizards
Players develop skills by unlocking perks and abilities, learning to optimize strategies and character builds.
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+4.0
Walkabout Mini Golf VR
Players develop putting skills, learn course layouts, and improve through repeated play and challenges.
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+4.0
Arknights
Players experience meaningful learning and development through mastering complex combat and factory systems.
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+4.0
Chef Showdown
Progression through leveling recipes and improving culinary skills supports learning and personal development.
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+4.0
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Players gain new abilities after boss fights and improve skills through time trials and level mastery.
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+4.0
FIFA Soccer 12
Players develop skills in tactical defending, dribbling, and team management; career mode supports long-term…
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+4.0
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Players learn enemy patterns, acquire new abilities, and improve skills throughout the game.
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+4.0
ANIMAL WELL
Players learn new mechanics, develop problem-solving skills, and improve platforming ability.
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+4.0
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Skill trees, experience points, and progression systems provide learning and personal development opportunities.
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+4.0
Darkwood
Players learn mechanics, enemy patterns, and improve survival skills through repeated play and exploration.
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+4.0
Dead as Disco
Players feel a sense of improvement as they master the game's mechanics.
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+4.0
Murders on the Yangtze River
Players develop deductive reasoning skills and learn historical and forensic knowledge
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+4.0
UNBEATABLE [white label]
Players improve skills, learn new patterns, and develop mastery over challenging beatmaps.
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