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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Wild Dive
Game challenges player reflexes and precision, especially at higher difficulty levels and in speedrunning for…
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+4.0
Annihilate The Spance
Game offers challenging missions requiring strategic planning and resource management, with satisfying feedback from…
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+4.0
Atom Zombie Smasher
The game challenges players with tactical and strategic decisions, requiring skillful unit placement and planning to…
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+4.0
Audio Trip
Game offers a challenging skill curve with increasing difficulty levels and requires coordination and full-body…
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+4.0
Blaster Master Zero 2
The game offers challenging boss fights, skill-based counter mechanics, and requires mastery of movement and combat…
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+4.0
Card-en-Ciel
The game requires strategic planning, understanding complex card interactions, and mastering combos to succeed.
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+4.0
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™
Game offers challenging AI, skill-based unit management, and strategic depth requiring player skill.
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+4.0
Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
Challenging gameplay with skillful resource and unit management; difficulty spikes require mastery and strategic…
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+4.0
Cubot
Challenging puzzles require skillful planning and problem solving; feedback on move counts encourages mastery.
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+4.0
Day of Defeat
High skill ceiling with recoil control, map knowledge, and team coordination required; gameplay punishes mistakes.
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+4.0
Death Coming/死神来了
Game challenges players to master timing, sequencing, and strategy to get perfect kills and high scores.
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+4.0
Death Must Die
The game requires skillful aiming, dodging, and strategic build crafting, with difficulty spikes and responsive combat…
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+4.0
Everdell
Game offers strategic depth, skillful decision-making, and challenging AI; players report learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
Farlanders
Game challenges players with complex resource management, puzzle-like terraforming, and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Fights in Tight Spaces
The game challenges players to master complex tactical combat and deck management with meaningful feedback and skill…
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+4.0
Freeways
Game requires significant brain usage, problem solving, and optimization skills to improve traffic flow and efficiency.
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+4.0
Gamble With Your Friends
Players feel effective when they successfully navigate gambling mechanics.
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+4.0
Gaokao.Love.100Days
Game involves skillful balancing of stats and decision making to achieve different endings and overcome challenges.
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+4.0
Goblin Sushi
The game demands skillful multitasking, memory of recipes, and quick decision-making under pressure with clear feedback…
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+4.0
Guns of Icarus Online
The game has a steep learning curve, requires skillful piloting, shooting, and repairing, with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Homura Hime
Combat requires skillful parrying, dodging, and combo execution; boss fights provide satisfying challenges and feedback.
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+4.0
Hot Wheels: Race Off
The game challenges players with difficult physics-based tracks requiring skillful control and mastery of car handling…
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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
KeyWe
Progressive difficulty with skill-based challenges and rewarding gold medal achievements.
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