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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Growth
A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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Blood Strike
Game features skill-based gunplay, ranked modes with increasing difficulty, and rewards for improving performance.
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
The game offers skill-based gameplay with a unique cooldown mechanic, rewarding mastery and improvement, while also…
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+4.0
Knights and Merchants
The game requires skillful management of complex economic chains and tactical combat, with challenging missions and…
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+4.0
MINDNIGHT
Requires skill in deduction, deception, and strategic thinking; players improve by learning to read others and bluff…
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+4.0
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Game requires tactical skill, strategic planning, and mastery of rank and flank mechanics with dice-based combat…
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+4.0
Stardeus
The game involves managing complex systems, optimizing production, and overcoming technical challenges like power…
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+4.0
Styx: Master of Shadows
The game is challenging, requiring skillful stealth, timing, and planning; combat is punishing and best avoided.
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+4.0
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator
The game offers skill challenges such as racing, freestyle flying, and chasing dynamic objects, with feedback on…
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+4.0
World of Tanks Blitz
Game requires skillful aiming, positioning, and knowledge of tank mechanics; players report learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
Angry Penguin
The game offers a challenging die-and-retry platforming experience requiring skill, timing, and learning from failures.
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+4.0
Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation
The game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skill and timing, with feedback on performance and…
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+4.0
C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)
Gameplay involves skillful shooting, situational awareness, weapon management, and progression through increasingly…
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+4.0
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Gameplay involves skillful parkour, combat mechanics with weighty feedback, and progression through skill upgrades and…
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+4.0
Electronic Super Joy 2
The game is described as brutally hard with challenging platforming requiring skill and precision, rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Combat requires skillful timing, learning combos, parrying, and pattern recognition; bosses provide challenging tests…
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+4.0
Grim Nights
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful resource management and tactical defense to succeed.
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+4.0
In Falsus
The rhythm game is challenging with a high skill ceiling and complex controls, rewarding skill development and mastery.
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+4.0
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure
Puzzles provide a satisfying challenge with a smooth difficulty curve and rewarding problem solving.
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+4.0
Inside the Backrooms
Challenging puzzles requiring significant brain usage and skillful avoidance of entities provide a strong sense of…
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+4.0
Journey to Incrementalia
Game challenges players with skill trees, build optimization, and overcoming increasingly complex walls.
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+4.0
Katanaut
Combat requires skillful timing, dodging, parrying, and mastery of stamina management; players improve through learning…
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+4.0
MannaRites
The game features challenging combat with skill-based timing, combos, blocking, and positioning, requiring mastery and…
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+4.0
MoteMancer
The game challenges players with complex logistics puzzles, unique hex grid mechanics, and managing entropy, requiring…
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+4.0
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy
The game features challenging puzzles that require logic and research, with rewarding problem-solving and feedback…
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