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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
Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring tactical thinking, deck synergy mastery, and adaptation to…
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+4.0
Fate Hunters
The game offers challenging tactical deckbuilding and combat requiring skillful play and strategic choices, with…
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+4.0
Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes
The game offers tactical challenges requiring strategic thinking, planning, and skillful unit management, with…
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+4.0
HeXen II
The game is challenging with punishing combat, complex puzzles, and requires skillful resource management and spatial…
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+4.0
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged
The game features a high skill ceiling with challenging races, drifting mastery, and difficulty scaling, rewarding…
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+4.0
Leenie Boog
The game requires skillful listening, quick reactions, and learning enemy patterns to succeed, providing a challenging…
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+4.0
MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Game offers challenging missions requiring skillful micromanagement and strategic planning with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Phantom Doctrine
The game rewards skillful stealth, tactical positioning, and strategic planning with deterministic combat outcomes and…
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+4.0
Phantom Rose
Requires skillful resource and card management, strategic planning, and adapting to enemy patterns with feedback on…
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+4.0
Rhythm Fighter
Requires skillful timing and pattern recognition; difficulty curve rewards mastery and precise rhythm execution.
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+4.0
Rosenkreuzstilette
The game is challenging with precise platforming and difficult bosses requiring pattern learning and skillful execution.
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+4.0
Shortest Trip to Earth
Game is challenging, requiring skillful resource management, tactical combat, and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
The game challenges players with complex resource management, strategic planning, and large-scale fleet control…
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+4.0
Skill Legends Royale
Game requires skillful decision-making, strategic deck building, and adaptation to RNG and opponents, with high skill…
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+4.0
Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition
Gameplay requires skillful combat, squad management, and tactical decision-making with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Tenderfoot Tactics
Combat is challenging and requires strategic thinking, skillful manipulation of turn order and environment, and…
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+4.0
The Land Beneath Us
The game offers tactical challenges requiring planning, positioning, and mastery of weapon and chip systems with…
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+4.0
Unstoppable Gorg
The game requires skillful management of tower placement and orbit rotation, with challenging difficulty especially on…
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+4.0
Wreckfest 2
Driving physics and damage models are complex and realistic, requiring skillful control and offering satisfying…
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+4.0
All About Chopsticks
The game demands skillful fine motor control and mastery of a challenging physics system, rewarding player improvement.
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+4.0
LoveBeat
The game challenges players with rhythm-based skill tests, increasing difficulty levels, and leaderboard competition.
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+4.0
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition
The game offers skill-based beat 'em up combat with combos, boss fights, and progression requiring player mastery.
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+4.0
War on the Sea
Game requires skillful management of ships, aircraft, and resources with meaningful tactical and strategic challenges.
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+4.0
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Game involves strategic deck building, adapting to opponents, and mastering complex card interactions with skill-based…
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