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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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High competence scores, with story at +0 or below.
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+4.0
Horizon Chase Turbo
Game offers skill-based racing with challenging AI, requiring memorization of tracks and precise driving to win and…
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+4.0
Knightfall: A Daring Journey
The game features a high skill ceiling with satisfying gunplay, horse drifting mechanics, and tactical racing to towns.
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+4.0
LUMINES REMASTERED
High skill ceiling with challenging puzzles, missions, and modes; players report learning curves and mastery over time.
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+4.0
PIPE by BMX Streets
Game has a steep learning curve with nuanced controls and physics that reward skill mastery and trick execution.
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+4.0
Retrograde Arena
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, requiring skillful control of recoil and physics to outmaneuver opponents.
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+4.0
There Are No Orcs
Game offers strategic depth, skillful building placement, and commander mastery with feedback through progression and…
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+4.0
Touhou Crisis
Game challenges players with bullet hell patterns and boss fights requiring skill, precision, and learning attack…
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+4.0
Town of Salem
High skill ceiling involving social deduction, lying, and strategic thinking with feedback from player interactions.
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+4.0
Space Invaders
The game demands skillful timing, pattern recognition, and precision shooting with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
High skill ceiling with challenging rhythm-based FPS mechanics and roguelike progression.
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+4.0
Crimsonland
Game challenges players with increasing enemy waves, requiring skillful aiming, movement, and strategic perk and weapon…
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+4.0
FlatOut
The game is challenging with difficult AI, demanding precise driving and learning track layouts; players feel skillful…
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+4.0
Kingdoms Reborn
Game offers complex resource logistics, city management, and strategic challenges with difficulty levels from easy to…
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+4.0
Horizon's Gate
The game features deep tactical combat with many classes and skills, rewarding skillful play and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
IronWolf VR
Game requires skillful operation of submarine controls, coordination, and tactical decision-making; learning curve…
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+4.0
Replicat
The game is challenging and requires skillful memory and strategic planning to succeed, with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Super Video Golf
Game offers skill-based shot making, wind and terrain effects, and a progression system rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
VR The Diner Duo
Game features increasing difficulty levels requiring skill, coordination, and memory, with feedback through star…
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+4.0
Level Devil
The game challenges players with difficult, unpredictable platforming and requires skill, patience, and learning from…
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+4.0
Timberman VS
Game demands quick reflexes and timing, with a well-balanced difficulty curve and skill-based scoring encouraging…
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+4.0
Gran Turismo Sport
The game rewards mastery of driving physics and techniques, with challenging AI and skill-based online competition.
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+4.0
Hammerwatch
Game offers challenging combat, strategic boss fights, and skillful dodging, rewarding player mastery and progression.
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+4.0
Haxball
The game has a high skill ceiling with emphasis on mastering physics, positioning, teamwork, and ball control; players…
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+4.0
Piano Glow
The game provides skill challenges such as rhythm, sight reading, and pitch training, with feedback and statistics that…
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