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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Thrill
A strong dose of competence and thrill in the same game.
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+4.0
HyperRogue
The game requires skillful tactical movement and planning several turns ahead to avoid being cornered, with a steep…
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+4.0
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
The game offers challenging stealth mechanics and level designs that require skill and planning, with a learning curve…
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+4.0
Shell Shockers
The game rewards skillful aiming, positioning, and strategic play with a high skill ceiling and feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Swarmlake
Game demands skillful movement, swarm management, and score optimization with clear feedback and leaderboards.
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+4.0
Thief II: The Metal Age
The game challenges players with complex stealth mechanics, sound and light management, and large levels requiring…
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+4.0
God of War Ragnarök
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful timing, parrying, and strategy, especially on higher…
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+4.0
Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
The game offers a challenging bullet hell experience requiring skillful dodging and pattern memorization, with…
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+4.0
Max Payne 3
The game offers challenging gunplay, skillful use of bullet time, and tactical cover mechanics requiring player skill.
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+4.0
Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)
Challenging gameplay with difficult bullet-hell levels requiring skill and mastery; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Boomerang X
The game challenges players with skill-based aiming, movement mastery, and combo execution.
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+4.0
DEMON'S TILT
Game rewards skillful play, learning complex mechanics, and mastering fast-paced pinball action with boss fights and…
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+4.0
Mayonnaise Simulator
Gameplay involves skillful dodging, aiming, and shooting with a skill gap and challenge increasing over time.
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+4.0
Alien Hominid HD
The game is challenging and requires skill, focus, and persistence to progress, with players reporting satisfaction in…
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+4.0
Clea
The game challenges players with stealth, timing, puzzle-solving, and requires skillful use of sound cues and limited…
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+4.0
Driving Rogue
Driving mechanics reward skillful drifting, near misses, and combo management; players improve through practice and…
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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
KLETKA
Game challenges players with survival, resource management, combat, and strategic decisions; players receive feedback…
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+4.0
Max Payne
The game is challenging with precise shooting, bullet time mechanics, and difficult enemies requiring skillful play and…
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+4.0
Stonemachia
Combat requires skillful parrying and dodging with satisfying feedback; bosses offer challenge and reward mastery.
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+4.0
Ten Bells
The game challenges players to spot subtle and obvious anomalies, testing observation skills and memory, with feedback…
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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
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
Game offers skill-based shooting, tactical gameplay, and challenging veteran difficulty; players report satisfaction…
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