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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
Xeodrifter
The game offers challenging boss fights and requires skillful platforming and combat, with feedback through upgrades…
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+4.0
Anno 117: Pax Romana
The game offers complex production chains, resource management, and strategic planning that challenge player skill and…
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+4.0
Bionic Commando
The game rewards skillful play with upgrades and challenges, and mastering the swinging mechanic requires practice and…
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+4.0
Camera Obscura
The game offers a challenging difficulty curve with skill-based platforming and puzzle solving, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Dust & Neon
Game offers a satisfying skill-based combat system with manual reload mechanics and challenging bosses that reward…
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+4.0
Fortune's Run
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, challenging combat, and steep learning curve.
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+4.0
Franchise Hockey Manager 7
The game demands skill in strategic planning, interpreting scouting reports, managing finances, and long-term team…
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+4.0
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
Combat is challenging and skill-based, requiring attention, strategy, and mastery of class mechanics.
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+4.0
Railway Empire 2
The game involves managing complex logistics, optimizing routes, and overcoming challenges in train and network…
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+4.0
Rogue Waters
Combat requires tactical positioning and skillful use of abilities; difficulty scales with player progression and…
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+4.0
Super Sus
Players feel effective when identifying impostors and using roles strategically.
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+4.0
Tactic Boxing
The game has a steep learning curve, rewarding skillful timing, distance management, and strategic play, with players…
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+4.0
Uninitialized
The game offers challenging objectives and requires skillful play and strategic planning to complete missions and earn…
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+4.0
Way of the Samurai 3
Combat requires skillful timing, parrying, and mastering different weapon styles; progression involves upgrading…
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+4.0
WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship
Game offers skill challenges with realistic driving physics, damage management, and AI difficulty settings.
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+4.0
50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue
Game challenges observation skills and memory with increasing difficulty and unique anomalies, requiring careful…
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+4.0
After Long Night
The game features a steep difficulty curve and requires strategic planning and skillful management to survive…
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+4.0
Brawlout
The game offers a skill-based fighting system with combos, tech, and a rage mechanic rewarding mastery and technical…
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+4.0
Cross Blitz
The game offers challenging roguelike and story modes requiring skillful deckbuilding, strategic play, and adapting to…
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+4.0
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
Game involves skillful tactical combat, strategic planning, and overcoming challenging enemies with feedback on…
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+4.0
Making History: The Great War
The game offers complex management of resources, economy, military, and diplomacy, requiring skill and strategic…
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+4.0
Minutescape
Game requires skillful dodging and reflexes combined with strategic upgrade choices; players feel effective as they…
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+4.0
MXGP2 - The Official Motocross Videogame
Game offers a challenging learning curve with realistic physics and AI difficulty, rewarding skillful riding and tuning.
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+4.0
Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic
The game offers challenging turn-based combat requiring strategic thinking and equipment management.
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