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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Combat is strategic and challenging, requiring skillful planning and execution; difficulty spikes and tactical depth…
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+4.0
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
Game offers challenging combat with skill-based mechanics, weapon mastery, and progression through grinding and…
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+4.0
Old World
The game offers deep strategic challenges, requiring skillful management of resources, units, and political…
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+4.0
Resident Evil 3
Combat requires skillful dodging, aiming, and resource management; difficulty modes offer challenge and mastery…
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+4.0
Scavland
The game is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful resource management, combat tactics, and survival strategies.
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+4.0
STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN
Combat is skill-based with challenging bosses and requires mastery of mechanics like parrying and managing resources.
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+4.0
Summum Aeterna
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful dodging, timing, and mastery of enemy patterns, with meaningful…
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+4.0
The Way
Game offers challenging puzzles and precise platforming requiring skill and problem-solving, with frequent feedback…
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+4.0
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
Game requires strategic thinking and planning several moves ahead, challenging players' skills.
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+4.0
WASD : The Adventure of Tori
High difficulty and demand for precise timing and coordination; players feel challenged and tested in skill, with…
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+4.0
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
The game requires strategic thinking, skill management, and tactical combat with feedback on performance; combat is…
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+4.0
Alien Shooter 2 Conscription
Game offers challenging combat especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful weapon and resource management.
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+4.0
Apocalypse Express
Game requires skillful multitasking, quick decision-making, and managing multiple systems under pressure to succeed.
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+4.0
Babble Royale
Game rewards skillful word knowledge, quick thinking, and strategic positioning; players report a learning curve and…
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+4.0
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Game offers challenging combat, skill progression, and difficulty modes that require player skill and strategy.
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+4.0
Chromosome Evil
Game requires skillful resource management, tactical control, and decision-making with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
Deadzone: Rogue
Game offers skill-based gunplay, tactical movement, and challenging enemies with difficulty scaling and rewarding…
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+4.0
Democracy 4
The game challenges players to understand complex political and economic systems and manage multiple interacting…
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+4.0
Forgive Me Father 2
The game offers challenging combat, skillful gunplay, and requires strategic use of abilities and weapon variants…
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+4.0
Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition
Game requires skillful combat, mastery of character abilities, and strategic use of relics; difficulty ramps up and…
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+4.0
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Players feel effective when successfully hiding or seeking, but some mechanics can be frustrating.
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+4.0
Revenge of the Titans
Game is challenging with a steep difficulty curve requiring skillful planning, multitasking, and adaptation to…
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+4.0
Revhead
Game challenges players to diagnose, repair, and optimize cars; racing requires skill and tuning knowledge.
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+4.0
Ship of Fools
The game requires skillful coordination, timing, and mastery of mechanics to overcome challenging bosses and enemy…
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