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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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+5.0
Gods Will Be Watching
High difficulty and complex resource management require skill, learning from failures, and strategic thinking.
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+5.0
Pike and Shot : Campaigns
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful planning and mastery of complex mechanics; AI…
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+5.0
Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific
High skill ceiling with manual torpedo targeting, crew management, and tactical stealth gameplay requiring precision…
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+4.0
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
The game offers complex stealth mechanics, survival systems, and challenging boss fights requiring skill and strategy.
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+5.0
Mindbug Online
The game is skill-based with deep strategic layers, requiring careful evaluation, bluffing, and sequencing; players…
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+5.0
Automachef
The game provides challenging puzzles requiring skillful optimization, logical thinking, and programming to achieve…
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+5.0
Prosperous Universe
The game requires mastering complex economic systems, production chains, and market dynamics, with skillful planning…
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+4.0
Gakuen Idolmaster
The game challenges players with complex deck-building mechanics, strategic stat management, and skillful execution of…
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+5.0
Swords of Gurrah
Combat is skill-based, requiring mastery of unique weapon mechanics, timing, and strategy with clear feedback.
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+5.0
Frosthaven
The game is described as challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful play and mastery of complex…
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+5.0
BattleCON: Online
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, requiring mastery of many characters and strategic decision-making.
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+5.0
63 Days
The game is highly challenging, requiring skillful planning, precise execution, and mastery of complex stealth and…
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+4.0
Final Fantasy X
The Conditional Turn-Based Battle system rewards strategic planning and skillful execution, with meaningful feedback…
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+5.0
Rogue's Tale
High skill ceiling with learning mechanics, tactics, and overcoming punishing challenges; player effectiveness grows…
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+4.0
Persona 5
The game offers challenging turn-based combat with strategic depth, skillful exploitation of enemy weaknesses, and…
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+5.0
Frozen Cortex
High skill ceiling with deep tactical gameplay and challenging AI requiring mastery.
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+5.0
Rencounter
The game is challenging, requiring skillful tactical combat, resource management, and strategic planning to progress.
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+4.0
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
The game offers challenging stealth and boss battles requiring skill and strategy, with progression systems providing…
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+4.0
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
The game offers deep tactical combat with complex mechanics and character customization that reward skillful play and…
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+4.0
Final Fantasy XII
The game challenges players to master complex systems like the Gambit programming and License Board progression…
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+4.0
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Combat system is complex and challenging, requiring mastery of positioning, cooldown management, chain attacks, and…
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+4.0
RimWorld
The game involves overcoming complex challenges, managing resources, combat, and adapting to random events requiring…
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+4.0
Balatro
Game offers skill-based challenges with strategic deckbuilding, planning, and adapting to RNG; mastery improves…
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+4.0
Don't Starve Together
Game requires learning mechanics, mastering combat and survival skills, and provides feedback through repeated attempts…
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