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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
Pro Cycling Manager 2020
The game demands skillful management of tactics, rider form, and race strategies with detailed feedback, though some AI…
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+4.0
Rise of the Third Power
Combat requires tactical thinking and pattern recognition, especially on higher difficulties, providing satisfying…
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+4.0
Serial Cleaner
The game offers challenging stealth puzzles requiring skillful timing and strategic planning, with feedback on success…
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+4.0
Teslagrad
The game offers challenging puzzles and boss fights requiring skill, precision, and learning through trial and error.
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+4.0
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Puzzles vary in difficulty, offering satisfying challenges and feedback; players feel effective when solving them.
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+4.0
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
Game involves tactical combat, skillful shooting, build crafting, and progression systems that reward player…
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+4.0
Total War: WARHAMMER
Game challenges players with complex battles, unique faction mechanics, and strategic campaign management requiring…
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+4.0
Tower Tag
Game offers skill-based shooting, strategic team play, and tactical movement with a high skill ceiling and ranked modes…
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+4.0
Valkyrie of Phantasm
Game features a high skill ceiling with complex combos, dodging, and resource management requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Vox Machinae
The game requires mastering complex mech controls, managing heat, aiming with head tracking, and tactical play…
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+4.0
VRacer Hoverbike
Game offers a skill curve with challenging tracks, AI difficulty levels, time trials with ghost racers, and competitive…
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+4.0
Ben and Ed
The game is challenging with precise platforming and timing, requiring skill to overcome difficult obstacles and bosses.
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+4.0
SCP: Labrat
The game is described as difficult with significant brain usage, requiring skill to survive and progress, with feedback…
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+4.0
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship
Game offers challenging driving physics and skillful handling, rewarding mastery and setup tuning.
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+4.0
a pet shop after dark
Challenging puzzles requiring problem-solving skills and interaction with game files provide strong feedback and skill…
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+4.0
Adore
The game requires skillful timing, positioning, and management of stamina and creature health, with punishing…
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+4.0
Arcane Trigger
The game rewards skillful build crafting, synergy mastery, and strategic planning with clear feedback and challenge…
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+4.0
Armored Brigade II
Game challenges players with complex tactical decisions, realistic unit behavior, and requires skillful planning and…
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+4.0
Azure Striker Gunvolt
The game rewards skillful play with a ranking system and challenging boss fights, requiring mastery of mechanics and…
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+4.0
Bing Bong XL
The game challenges players to improve reflexes and timing to beat high scores, with a skill ceiling in mastering the…
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+4.0
Breakout Garage
The game offers skill-based tuning and racing challenges, rewarding players for learning and improving their setups.
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+4.0
Bullets And More VR - BAM VR
Game features realistic gun mechanics, skill-based aiming and reloading, and various game modes that challenge player…
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+4.0
Cards & Tankards
Game involves strategic deck building, skillful play, and learning mechanics; players report challenging matches and…
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+4.0
Chinatris
Game requires skillful spatial reasoning and knowledge of Chinese character structure; players receive feedback from…
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