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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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+5.0
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
The game offers deep strategic challenges, complex mechanics, and requires skillful management of resources, combat…
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+5.0
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
High skill ceiling with realistic shooting mechanics, recoil, ballistics, and tank operation requiring mastery and…
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+5.0
REMNANT II®
High skill ceiling with challenging boss fights, build crafting, and tactical combat requiring timing and strategy.
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+5.0
Intake
The game is a challenging reflex and aiming test with increasing difficulty and skill-based progression.
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+5.0
Stealth Bastard Deluxe
The game demands high skill in timing, precision platforming, and puzzle solving, with a strong emphasis on mastering…
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+5.0
Surgeon Simulator
Game demands mastering difficult and awkward controls, providing a strong sense of skill development and challenge.
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+5.0
Urtuk: The Desolation
The game emphasizes skillful tactical combat, strategic positioning, and mastery of complex mechanics with clear…
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+5.0
Bloodline Champions
The game is highly skill-based with no RNG, requiring mastery of complex mechanics and precise execution.
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+5.0
oO
Game demands high skill and reflex mastery; players repeatedly fail and improve, with clear feedback on performance.
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+5.0
Sky Knights
Game rewards skillful flying, strategic decisions, and mastery of maneuvers with clear performance feedback.
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+5.0
Wayout
The game strongly challenges players' mental skills with increasingly difficult puzzles and demands mastery of…
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+5.0
Outlive 25
The game demands skillful resource management, micromanagement, strategic planning, and adaptation to challenging AI…
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+5.0
Pitfall!
High skill requirement with challenging timing, precise jumps, and memorization of routes; players learn from mistakes…
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+5.0
Angvik
The game is described as very challenging and unforgiving, requiring skillful platforming, timing, and mastery of…
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+5.0
Company of Heroes 2
The game demands skillful micro and macro management, strategic thinking, and adaptation to opponents, with a steep…
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+5.0
Cosmic Express
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful planning and problem solving, with clear feedback on success.
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+5.0
Warstride Challenges
High skill ceiling with precise aiming, movement mastery, and route optimization required for top performance.
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+5.0
Wolfpack
The game demands skillful operation of submarine systems, navigation, and torpedo targeting with detailed feedback and…
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+5.0
Dashy Square
Game demands high precision, timing, and mastery; difficulty is steep and punishing, rewarding skill and practice.
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+5.0
Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
The game is highly challenging with complex puzzles requiring note-taking, research, and logical deduction, rewarding…
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+5.0
Rusted Moss
The game has a high skill ceiling with challenging platforming, boss fights, and mastery of the physics-based grappling…
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+5.0
Subspace Continuum
High skill ceiling with complex controls and mechanics; players report rewarding mastery and challenging gameplay.
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+5.0
Artisan TD
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful planning, timing, and optimization to succeed…
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+5.0
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
The game is known for its high difficulty and challenging missions requiring skillful planning, precise execution, and…
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