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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
Stoneshard: Prologue
The game is challenging with complex mechanics, requiring skillful play and strategic decision-making to overcome…
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+4.0
Strategic Command: World War I
Game offers strategic depth and challenge requiring skillful planning, resource management, and tactical decisions.
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+4.0
Super Fantasy Kingdom
The game challenges players with resource management, strategic planning, and micromanagement, rewarding skillful play…
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+4.0
Supreme Commander
The game requires mastering complex resource management, large-scale army control, and strategic planning, providing a…
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+4.0
Surviving Mars
The game challenges players with complex resource logistics, micromanagement, and strategic problem solving, rewarding…
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+4.0
Swarm Queen
Challenging gameplay requiring skill and strategic thinking; difficulty ramps up with hard mode and challenge levels.
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+4.0
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
The game challenges players with complex puzzles, combat requiring strategy and skill, and exploration, providing a…
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+4.0
Tempest Rising
Game offers skill-based RTS gameplay with unit micro, macro, and strategic planning; difficulty spikes noted.
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+4.0
The House of Da Vinci 3
Puzzles range from easy to challenging, requiring skill and reasoning, with feedback through puzzle completion.
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+4.0
The Karters 2: Turbo Charged
High skill ceiling with challenging mechanics like boosting, drifting, and reserve management; players report learning…
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+4.0
Tower Factory
Game challenges players with fast-paced multitasking, resource management, and strategic defense requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Vivid Knight
The game offers a challenging difficulty curve requiring skillful resource management, strategic planning, and…
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+4.0
Vojo
The game requires precise control and skill to navigate obstacles and collect cubes, with a high difficulty level and…
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance
Typing speed and accuracy are challenged, with increasing difficulty and skill-based feedback like ranks.
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
The game challenges players with strategic squad management, resource control, and tactical combat requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Yggdra Union
The game is challenging with complex mechanics requiring skillful planning, resource management, and tactical execution.
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+4.0
Nasty Zombies
The game offers skill-based survival challenges, mastering movement mechanics like air-dashing, and overcoming…
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+4.0
Null Vector
Game offers escalating difficulty, skillful dodging, and strategic upgrade management with clear feedback.
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+4.0
Takoyaki Party Survival
Requires skillful management of nutrition, timing, and multitasking (cooking and squats) with feedback on survival and…
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+4.0
Death Skid Marks
The game is challenging with skill-based combat, boss fights requiring pattern recognition, and resource management…
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+4.0
Demonschool
Combat is a challenging puzzle-like tactical system rewarding skillful planning and execution with feedback via…
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+4.0
Dice With Death
Game rewards skillful play, synergy building, and strategic risk-taking; players improve over time to overcome…
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+4.0
Dungeon Warfare 2
The game offers challenging levels requiring skillful trap placement and strategy, with feedback through progression…
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+4.0
Dungeonmans
Game requires tactical thinking, skillful combat, and strategic resource management with meaningful feedback.
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