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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+5.0
SIC-1
The game demands high skill in low-level programming, debugging, and optimization, providing strong feedback through…
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+5.0
Stephen's Sausage Roll
The game is extremely challenging and requires high skill in spatial reasoning and puzzle solving, with constant…
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+4.0
Supreme Kung Fu
The game emphasizes skill mastery and depth in combat mechanics, rewarding effective actions.
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+5.0
The Binding of Isaac
The game is challenging, requiring skillful dodging, learning enemy patterns, and mastering item synergies to progress.
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+5.0
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
The game features challenging combat with a high skill ceiling, requiring mastering combos, dodging, and weapon…
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+5.0
THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH
High skill ceiling with complex combos, precise timing, and a steep learning curve requiring practice and mastery.
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+4.0
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Game offers satisfying combat, base building, and progression with skillful resource management and defense.
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+4.0
The Room Three
Puzzles require observation, logic, and manipulation skills with progressive difficulty and a hint system to support…
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+5.0
The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing
High skill ceiling with realistic boxing mechanics and AI difficulty scaling that challenges player ability and…
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+4.0
The Witch's House MV
The game challenges players with puzzles of varying difficulty and requires skillful timing in chase sequences…
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+5.0
TowerFall Ascension
High skill ceiling with challenging mechanics, precise controls, and rewarding mastery.
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+5.0
Trackmania United Forever
High skill ceiling with precise driving mechanics and leaderboard competition emphasizing player skill.
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+4.0
Tricky Madness
Game features skill-based trick execution, timing, and racing against AI with challenging mechanics and feedback…
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+5.0
Ultimate Custom Night
High skill ceiling with challenging mechanics, especially in modes like 50/20 that test player mastery.
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+4.0
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator
The game offers skill challenges with realistic physics, racing, freestyle flying, and feedback on performance such as…
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+4.0
Void Sols
Combat is challenging and skill-based with stamina management, parrying, and boss fights requiring mastery; players…
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+4.0
Waves
The game challenges players with increasing difficulty, requiring skillful movement, aiming, and combo management…
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+5.0
Worldless
Combat is challenging and skill-based with timing, combos, and parrying requiring mastery; progression rewards skill…
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+5.0
X-COM: UFO Defense
High skill ceiling with challenging tactical combat, resource management, and strategic planning requiring mastery and…
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+4.0
Zuma's Revenge!
Game requires skillful aiming, timing, and pattern recognition; players report challenging levels and achievement…
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+5.0
4D Minesweeper
The game is highly challenging, requiring advanced logical reasoning and pattern recognition, with a steep learning…
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+5.0
A Dance of Fire and Ice
The game demands high skill, precision, and mastery with a steep learning curve and challenging levels requiring…
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+4.0
Amanda the Adventurer
Engaging and challenging puzzles require attention, lateral thinking, and problem solving, with some requiring external…
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+5.0
Approximately Up
High skill ceiling with complex engineering, problem solving, and piloting challenges that require learning and mastery.
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