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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
RUSH
The game offers increasingly challenging puzzles that require skillful planning and spatial reasoning, with feedback…
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+4.0
Savant - Ascent REMIX
Game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring learning enemy patterns, mastering dodging, and precise timing…
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+4.0
Shrine
The game offers challenging combat with bullet-spongy enemies and difficult bosses requiring skillful play and…
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+4.0
Street Legal Racing: Redline v2.3.1
The game challenges players with complex mechanical tuning and racing skill, requiring learning and mastery to progress.
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+4.0
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
The game offers complex resource management, micromanagement of economy and military, and challenging missions that…
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+4.0
Swarm
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skill mastery and pattern memorization to succeed.
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+4.0
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon
Combat is challenging especially on higher difficulties, with complex mechanics like shard commands and strategic…
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+4.0
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Combat and parkour mechanics have a high skill ceiling; players report satisfying mastery and flow states.
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+4.0
Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders.
The game is challenging with brutal bullet patterns and difficulty spikes, rewarding skillful play and mastery of…
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+4.0
Unium
Challenging puzzles with increasing difficulty and achievements rewarding skillful solutions.
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+4.0
Zoominoes
Game offers meaningful skill expression through strategic tile placement, deckbuilding, and combo optimization with…
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+4.0
Arcade Mayhem Juanito
The game offers increasing difficulty, requiring skillful dodging, timing, and strategic use of power-ups, with…
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+4.0
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
The game challenges player skill with varied mission types, difficulty levels, and precise gunplay requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Hellbrella
The game demands skillful movement, pattern recognition, and mastery of unique umbrella mechanics, with rewarding…
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+4.0
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
Combat is challenging and strategic with unique boss mechanics; requires skillful planning and adaptation.
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+4.0
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Players feel effective when successfully hiding or seeking, but some mechanics can be frustrating.
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+4.0
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
The game requires skillful piloting, heat management, and tactical experimentation with mech builds and combat…
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+4.0
Men of War: Assault Squad
The game demands skillful micromanagement, tactical thinking, and mastery of complex controls, providing challenging…
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+4.0
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Combat involves skillful combos, special moves, and boss fights that test player mastery; experience points and…
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+4.0
Natural Selection 2
High skill ceiling with steep learning curve; players must master FPS aiming, RTS commanding, and team coordination.
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+4.0
NHL 26
The game features a steep learning curve, especially with the new goaltending system and realistic gameplay mechanics…
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+4.0
PeeWee Purpdrank's FOENEM Clicker
Game rewards skillful clicking and strategic upgrade choices, with a strong sense of progression and mastery.
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+4.0
Pokémon Conquest
The game requires strategic planning, skillful positioning, and managing elemental strengths and weaknesses, with a…
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+4.0
Pool 2D - Poolians
Game offers skill-based play with realistic physics and challenges against AI and human opponents, rewarding…
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