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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Growth
A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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+4.0
Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Combat is skill-based with dodge, parry, block mechanics requiring player mastery; leveling requires clearing dungeons…
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+4.0
Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth
The game demands skillful resource management, strategic planning, and optimization to meet escalating rent challenges.
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+4.0
DEVIATOR
Combat is skill-based with parry mechanics requiring timing and mastery; bosses are challenging and reward skillful…
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+4.0
Distant Worlds 2
The game offers deep, complex mechanics requiring skillful management of economy, fleets, and technology, with…
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+4.0
Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
The game challenges players with complex resource chains, defense setup, and combat mechanics requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Flesh Eaters
The game requires skillful micro and macro management, strategic planning, and overcoming challenging waves of zombies…
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+4.0
Glitchspace
The game challenges players to learn and apply programming logic and puzzle-solving skills with increasing complexity.
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+4.0
LOST EPIC
Game requires skillful combat with stamina management, timing for counters and combos, and progression through leveling…
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+4.0
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Challenging puzzles requiring skillful manipulation of magnetic fields and platforming, with a steep learning curve.
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+4.0
MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
The game demands high skill and strategic planning with punishing difficulty and complex layered mechanics, rewarding…
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+4.0
MindSeize
Game offers challenging boss fights requiring skill and timing, with meaningful feedback and progression through…
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+4.0
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
The game offers complex city and castle management, strategic planning, and tactical battles requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
The game offers tactical depth and challenge, requiring skillful planning and overcoming difficult bosses and dungeon…
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+4.0
The Knight Witch
Challenging bullet hell combat and boss fights require skill and mastery; some difficulty spikes noted but generally…
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+4.0
The Legend of Dark Witch
The game requires skillful platforming and boss pattern recognition with challenging difficulty and punishing mechanics.
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+4.0
Afghanistan '11
The game demands skillful management of logistics, combat tactics, and political resources with challenging AI and…
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+4.0
Redemption Reapers
Combat is challenging and requires strategic positioning and skill management; players feel rewarded by mastering…
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+4.0
Space Reign
Combat is challenging and skill-based with Newtonian flight mechanics and tactical fleet management requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Black Future '88
Game demands skillful aiming, dodging, and mastering mechanics; players report satisfaction from improving and…
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+4.0
Check vs Mate
The game offers challenging AI, puzzles, campaigns with unique objectives, and skill-based combat mini-games requiring…
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+4.0
Grind Survivors
Game involves skillful dodging, build optimization, and overcoming challenging enemies and bosses with feedback on…
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+4.0
iRacing Arcade
The game offers a satisfying driving model with skillful cornering, managing tire wear, fuel, and pit stops, plus…
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+4.0
Potion Tycoon
The game offers a challenging learning curve with complex resource management, crafting optimization, and strategic…
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+4.0
Snooker 19
Game provides a challenging skill curve with realistic physics and aiming mechanics that reward mastery.
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