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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
Solar Flux
The game challenges players with precise timing, skillful navigation, and mastery of physics-based controls to achieve…
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+4.0
Space Reign
Combat is challenging and skill-based with Newtonian flight mechanics and tactical fleet management requiring mastery.
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+4.0
10 Miles To Safety
The game involves overcoming increasingly difficult enemies, managing resources, and building defenses, providing a…
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+4.0
Age of Reforging: The Freelands
The game offers challenging combat, skill growth by use, and tactical depth requiring player skill and strategic…
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+4.0
Black Future '88
Game demands skillful aiming, dodging, and mastering mechanics; players report satisfaction from improving and…
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+4.0
Check vs Mate
The game offers challenging AI, puzzles, campaigns with unique objectives, and skill-based combat mini-games requiring…
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+4.0
Creatures of Aether
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, with strategic depth and skillful decision-making praised by players.
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+4.0
Grind Survivors
Game involves skillful dodging, build optimization, and overcoming challenging enemies and bosses with feedback on…
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+4.0
How 2 Escape
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring skillful communication and logical thinking, with increasing difficulty…
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+4.0
iRacing Arcade
The game offers a satisfying driving model with skillful cornering, managing tire wear, fuel, and pit stops, plus…
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+4.0
Meet Your Maker
High skill expression in raiding difficult player-built bases; requires quick reflexes, strategic thinking, and…
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+4.0
Potion Tycoon
The game offers a challenging learning curve with complex resource management, crafting optimization, and strategic…
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+4.0
Snooker 19
Game provides a challenging skill curve with realistic physics and aiming mechanics that reward mastery.
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+4.0
Space Hulk (Classic)
Requires careful planning, positioning, and resource management with meaningful feedback on success or failure.
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+4.0
TOOK: The Immortal Hero
The game features challenging boss fights requiring skillful blocking, parrying, and dodging, with a high difficulty…
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+4.0
Zeal
High skill ceiling with emphasis on timing, positioning, and counterplay; players report learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
Beholgar
The game is challenging with punishing platforming and combat requiring skill, timing, and pattern recognition; players…
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+4.0
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
The game challenges players with complex turn-based bullet hell mechanics requiring skillful planning and execution.
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+4.0
Patchwork
The game involves strategic planning, spatial reasoning, and resource optimization with a skill curve that is easy to…
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+4.0
9 Days
Players need to master timing and mechanics to succeed, indicating a strong skill component.
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+4.0
!AnyWay!
The game demands skillful timing and precision in platforming, with challenging parkour levels requiring mastery and…
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+4.0
Iron Danger
Combat requires skillful timing, positioning, and strategic planning with rewind mechanic to perfect actions and avoid…
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+4.0
Last Will
Puzzles vary in difficulty from easy to challenging, requiring skill and problem solving, with feedback through puzzle…
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+4.0
Master of Magic
Game involves strategic depth, skillful management of units, spells, and resources, with challenging AI and tactical…
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