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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Rise to Ruins
High skill and strategic planning required to manage resources, defense, and survival against escalating threats.
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+4.0
Rogue Hex
Game is challenging with skillful resource and deck management required; players report difficulty and learning curve.
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+4.0
Rune Factory 4 Special
Game offers skill leveling in many areas, crafting complexity, combat challenges, and progression through dungeons
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+4.0
Silent Hunter® III
High skill ceiling with manual torpedo targeting, navigation, and crew management; rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
Skeleton Hell
Game involves skillful quick thinking, teamwork, and overcoming challenges like one-hit deaths.
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+4.0
Skirmish Line
Game is challenging and requires skillful resource management and tactical positioning; players receive feedback…
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+4.0
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
Game challenges players with aiming precision, bullet physics, and managing scarce ammo; skillful headshots and…
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+4.0
Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
The game involves complex logistics, resource optimization, and strategic planning requiring skill and learning.
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+4.0
Solium Infernum
The game rewards skillful planning, strategic thinking, and mastering complex mechanics with clear feedback on…
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+4.0
Spark in the Dark
The game is punishing and requires mastery of combat timing, enemy patterns, and resource management, rewarding skill…
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+4.0
Star Valor
Game features skill trees, crafting, ship customization, and tactical combat requiring player skill and optimization.
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+4.0
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Combat requires skillful timing, parrying, and stamina management; difficulty modes allow challenge scaling; boss…
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+4.0
Terraformers
Game challenges players with resource balancing, strategic planning, and adapting to random events; skillful play…
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+4.0
Time Wasters
The game offers skill-based challenges, requiring dodging, positioning, and build optimization with feedback from…
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+4.0
War of Rights
Requires skillful teamwork, tactical coordination, and mastery of slow, realistic weapon mechanics
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
The game requires tactical skill, micromanagement, and strategic use of abilities, with a high skill ceiling especially…
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+4.0
Wuthering Waves
Combat is skill-based with dodging, parrying, combos, and character synergy requiring mastery; players receive feedback…
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+4.0
Super Mario Maker 2
The game offers skill challenges in both playing and designing levels, with feedback through level completion…
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+4.0
Idate: Online Interactive Dating
The game requires skillful rhythm-based dance battles with high APM and precision, rewarding mastery and technical…
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+4.0
7 Days to Die
The game features skill trees, crafting complexity, base building with physics, and challenging zombie hordes that…
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+4.0
A Legionary's Life
Combat and strategy require skill and understanding of mechanics; players feel effective as they improve.
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+4.0
AFTERBURN
Game is challenging to master, especially in later missions and endless mode, requiring skillful maneuvers and quick…
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+4.0
Arcane Trigger
The game rewards skillful build crafting, synergy mastery, and strategic planning with clear feedback and challenge…
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+4.0
Bloons Adventure Time TD
The game offers strategic depth and challenge, especially on harder difficulties, rewarding skillful planning and…
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