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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Strategy
A strong dose of competence and strategy in the same game.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
StarCrawlers
Turn-based tactical combat with skill trees and gear upgrades requires strategic thinking and mastery.
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+4.0
STRIKEVOID
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, rewarding skill mastery and pattern recognition, especially in…
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+4.0
Super Hydorah
The game is challenging but fair, rewarding skillful play, pattern memorization, and mastery of weapon combinations.
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+4.0
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful spatial reasoning and precise triangle placement.
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+4.0
Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
The game challenges players to solve physics-based puzzles requiring skill and experimentation, with feedback from…
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+4.0
CrossCells
The game challenges players with progressively harder puzzles requiring mental arithmetic and logical reasoning…
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+4.0
古剑奇谭(GuJian)
Combat is challenging and requires tactical planning, skillful use of abilities, and strategic resource management…
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+4.0
NASCAR Heat 4
Challenging AI and tuning options provide skill tests and feedback, rewarding player improvement.
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+4.0
POLYGON
Game offers skill-based gunplay, tactical team play, and a rewarding progression system with weapon upgrades.
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+4.0
Strikers Club
Skill-based gameplay with emphasis on passing, positioning, and mechanical mastery; players report a high skill ceiling…
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+4.0
Tower of Time
Combat requires tactical thinking, positioning, and skill management; character builds and itemization add depth and…
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+4.0
Achilles: Survivor
The game offers skill-based combat, weapon upgrades, and strategic building mechanics that challenge players to improve…
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+4.0
Chip
Challenging puzzles with increasing difficulty and skill-based time and move limits provide strong competence feedback.
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+4.0
CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful use of mechanics like elemental strengths and positioning.
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+4.0
Fallback
Skill-based combat and platforming with punishing difficulty; players improve through learning enemy patterns and…
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+4.0
FIGHTING EX LAYER
The game offers a skill-based fighting system with combo execution, trials, and an expert mode that challenges players…
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+4.0
我来自江湖 From Jianghu
Combat is described as deep and strategic, requiring skill and tactical thinking; players improve through training and…
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+4.0
IXION
The game is challenging and requires skillful management of resources, planning, and balancing multiple systems to…
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+4.0
Joint Operations: Combined Arms Gold
The game offers challenging combat with realistic ballistics, tactical team play, and skill-based vehicle and weapon…
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+4.0
Outcast Tales: The First Journey
Combat is challenging and requires tactical planning; players receive feedback through success or failure, and must…
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+4.0
Roguelands
The game is challenging with skillful combat, requiring learning enemy patterns and mastering controls; players receive…
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+4.0
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Game offers meaningful challenges in resource management, city defense, and balancing multiple systems with feedback on…
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+4.0
SCP: Containment Breach 2
Game requires significant brain usage, skillful navigation, and overcoming challenges; players report difficulty and…
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+4.0
SWORN
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful play, learning enemy patterns, and build optimization, with…
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