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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+5.0
Last Origin
The game demands mastery of complex combat mechanics, stat thresholds, and strategic formations, rewarding skillful…
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+4.0
Marble Blast Gold
The game features a learning curve with increasingly challenging levels requiring skillful physics manipulation and…
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+4.0
Mega Snake: 16-Bit Edition
The game challenges player reflexes and precision with increasing speed, rewarding skill mastery and high-score chasing.
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+4.0
Micro Stunt Machina
The game offers a challenging skill curve with 80 levels of increasing difficulty requiring strategic planning and…
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+5.0
Monkeytype
The game focuses on skill measurement and improvement with detailed feedback, advanced statistics, and challenge modes.
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+4.0
Monoposto
The game offers realistic physics and challenging AI requiring skillful driving and strategic car management to succeed.
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+4.0
Museca
The game requires skillful coordination of spinning and pressing five buttons plus a foot pedal, with complex note…
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+5.0
NBA 2K27: Ultra Edition
The game emphasizes skill-based gameplay with precise timing in dribbling, shooting, and defense, rewarding player…
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+5.0
Nitro Type
The game challenges players to improve typing speed and accuracy with real-time feedback and competitive races.
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+4.0
PES 2018 Mobile
Gameplay requires skillful timing, mastering advanced maneuvers, and strategic team building, providing meaningful…
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+4.0
Pipe
Games require skillful spatial reasoning, puzzle solving, and mastery of mechanics with increasing difficulty.
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+5.0
Pokémon Dark Horizon
The game is described as challenging with a skill tree, level caps, adjusted movepools, and a difficult postgame…
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+5.0
PUBG Mobile: Season 5
High skill ceiling with complex gunplay mechanics, recoil mastery, strategic positioning, and ranked competitive modes.
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+4.0
Redactle
The game challenges players with deduction, pattern recognition, and vocabulary skills, rewarding effective guessing…
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+4.0
Rooftop Run
The game challenges players with difficult levels requiring precise timing, spatial awareness, and mastery of momentum…
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+4.0
Snakes
Games like Scales of Silence and Brawl Snakes emphasize skillful maneuvering, strategic choices, and overcoming…
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+4.0
Snow Rider
The game features a steep challenge curve requiring skillful reflexes and timing to master increasingly difficult…
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+4.0
Snow Rider 3D
The game challenges players with increasing difficulty, requiring skillful timing and reflexes to improve performance.
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+4.0
Soccer League
The game emphasizes skill mastery, intricate controls, and strategic decision-making to succeed.
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+4.0
Solitaire
The game offers skill-based challenges with strategic card play, combo building, and tactical decisions in combat and…
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+4.0
Sonic 2011
The game demands high reflexes and skill to overcome fast-paced obstacles and challenges, with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Spelling Bee
The game challenges players to find increasingly difficult words, rewarding skillful vocabulary recall and pattern…
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+4.0
Stick Run
The game tests player reflexes and timing with increasing difficulty and procedural obstacle generation, rewarding…
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+4.0
Supreme Duelist Stickman
The game requires mastering physics-based movement, timing, and weapon mechanics, rewarding skill and strategic play.
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