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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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High competence scores, with relaxation at +0 or below.
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+4.0
Legend Battles
The game demands skillful play with complex AI, tactical decision-making, mastery of specialists, and challenging…
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+4.0
Odallus: The Dark Call
The game offers challenging combat and boss fights that require learning patterns and skillful execution, rewarding…
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+4.0
Space Gladiators
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring mastery of combat mechanics, enemy patterns, and strategic…
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+4.0
Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
The game is challenging with skill-based dodging and shooting, requiring learning enemy patterns and reflexes…
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+4.0
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
The game demands skillful timing, positioning, and mastery of character moves; difficulty ramps up and rewards player…
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+4.0
The Pale Beyond
The game challenges players with survival resource management and strategic crew assignments, requiring skillful…
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+4.0
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Game offers challenging AI, especially in Challenge mode, requiring skill and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
Dead by Daylight
High skill ceiling with mind games, mechanical skill, and strategic thinking required; players report learning curves…
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+4.0
World War Z
The game offers a challenging difficulty curve, skill trees, weapon upgrades, and requires tactical teamwork, providing…
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+4.0
Faces of War
The game is challenging, requiring skillful micro-management, tactical thinking, and mastery of complex mechanics.
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+4.0
Handy Harry's Haunted House Services
Game involves skillful navigation, task completion, and evasion of ghosts with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Holopoint
The game has a learning curve with skillful aiming, dodging, and timing required to progress and achieve high scores.
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+4.0
Impaler Gold
Gameplay is challenging and skillful, requiring mastery of movement, weapon switching, and spike mechanics with…
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+4.0
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Games are challenging platformers requiring skill and precision, with added challenge modes testing mastery.
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+4.0
Missing Banban
The game features challenging platforming and boss fights that require skill and provide feedback, though some find…
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+4.0
NOT A HERO
The game is challenging with precise timing, cover mechanics, and skillful execution required, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
The game offers challenging puzzles and platforming that require skill and timing, with a learning curve and quicksave…
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+4.0
Over the Counter
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful management and strategy to overcome RNG and…
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+4.0
R2BEAT(アールツービート)
The game offers a high skill ceiling with challenging rhythm and racing mechanics requiring precision and reflexes.
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+4.0
SWARMRIDERS
Game challenges players to survive increasingly difficult waves, requiring skillful reflexes and aiming to achieve high…
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+4.0
Ultratron
Challenging gameplay with increasing difficulty and skill-based dodging and shooting.
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+4.0
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
The game offers challenging boss fights and skill-based combat with responsive controls and upgrade systems that reward…
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+4.0
Arena Breakout
The game features a steep learning curve with skill-based gunplay, strategic positioning, and mastery of maps and audio…
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+4.0
Def Jam: Fight for NY
The game rewards skillful play, timing-based combat, and learning opponent habits, providing a satisfying challenge and…
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