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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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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Trip to Vinelands
Game requires skillful pattern recognition, fast reflexes, and mastery of level layouts to progress.
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+4.0
TTV2
The game is challenging and tests player skill, reflexes, and memorization, rewarding mastery and precision.
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+4.0
Rhythia
Game emphasizes skill mastery, precision, and improving timing and aiming, with leaderboards and ranking systems.
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+4.0
War of Dots
Game offers skill-based tactical challenges and rewards thoughtful play and micro-management.
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+4.0
AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
Game challenges players to master precise controls and timing to achieve high scores and perfect landings.
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+4.0
Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics
The game offers a challenging AI and strategic depth, requiring skillful tile placement and scoring tactics.
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+4.0
Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction
The game challenges players with complex logic puzzles and deduction requiring skillful analysis and memory.
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+4.0
Elite Dangerous
The game has a steep learning curve with complex controls and flight mechanics, rewarding skill mastery and technical…
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+4.0
Elven Assassin
Game requires skillful aiming, dodging axes, and mastering bow mechanics with feedback on performance and progression.
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+4.0
Gum Ball Run
Game offers skill-based platforming and racing challenges with leaderboards and ranked modes.
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+4.0
Gunlocked
Game requires skillful movement, positioning, and strategic build choices to survive waves and bosses, with challenging…
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+4.0
Nomad Survival
Game offers skill-based challenge with difficulty modes and requires strategic build choices; players report satisfying…
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+4.0
SurfsUp
High skill ceiling with challenging maps, leaderboards, replays, and a focus on mastering surfing mechanics.
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+4.0
Terracards
Game involves skillful resource management, strategic planning, and overcoming complex challenges with feedback on…
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+4.0
The Haunted: Hells Reach
The game challenges players with increasing waves of enemies, requiring skillful shooting, melee combos, and strategic…
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+4.0
Tony Stewart's Sprint Car Racing
The game offers a challenging AI and requires skillful car control and setup tuning, rewarding player improvement and…
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+4.0
TOP DOG
Game is challenging with skill-based dogfighting, requiring mastery of controls and strategic upgrades.
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+4.0
Ultimate Racing 2D
The game offers challenging AI, skillful driving mechanics, tire management, and strategic pit stops that test player…
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+4.0
变量 Variables
The game requires skillful planning of tower placement, path design, and build optimization with complex upgrade and…
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+4.0
Wayout 2: Hex
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful logical thinking and planning to solve.
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+4.0
Blazing Beaks
Game is challenging and skill-based with tactical combat, enemy patterns, and risk management; players report learning…
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+4.0
Train Sim World® 2
The game offers challenging scenarios requiring skillful operation of trains with realistic physics and detailed…
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+4.0
Urban Trial Freestyle
Game challenges players with skillful bike control, timing, and precision to complete levels and earn stars; repeated…
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+4.0
Alien Cat
The game requires precise timing, reflexes, and mastery of sensitive controls, especially with gravity inversion and…
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