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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Waves 2: Notorious
Game offers escalating difficulty, skill-based combat, and feedback through combos and upgrades, challenging player…
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+5.0
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
The game demands skillful tactical planning, resource management, and adapting to challenging and unpredictable combat…
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+4.0
AI LIMIT
Combat requires skillful timing, parrying, and learning enemy patterns; bosses provide challenging tests of player…
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+4.0
ANNIE:Last Hope
Combat requires skillful dodging, kiting, and boss pattern recognition; difficulty can be challenging but fair with…
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+4.0
Archons
The game is challenging, requiring skillful multitasking and mastery of dual-character control, with meaningful…
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+5.0
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
High skill ceiling with realistic ballistics, tactical gameplay, and complex controls requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Assault Spy
Combat requires skillful timing, chaining combos, mastering movesets, and overcoming challenging bosses.
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+5.0
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
The game offers deep strategic complexity, requiring skillful management of dice rolls, health resources, and…
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+5.0
Atomicrops
High skill ceiling with challenging multitasking, bullet hell combat, and farming management requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Automobilista 2
Game offers challenging AI, realistic physics, and skill-based driving with force feedback, supporting player skill…
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+4.0
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Game challenges reflexes and timing with increasing difficulty and skill mastery; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Bits & Bops
Game challenges players with timing and rhythm mastery, including aiming for perfect and super perfect ranks, requiring…
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+4.0
Braid, Anniversary Edition
Puzzles require skillful problem solving and timing; some puzzles are challenging and require precise execution.
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+4.0
Bridge Constructor Portal
Progressive difficulty with complex physics puzzles requiring skillful bridge design and problem solving.
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+4.0
Bruisers 2D Boxing
The game features a steep learning curve with skill-based boxing mechanics and feedback, rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
Buck Up And Drive!
High skill ceiling with complex drifting, fighting game style inputs, and challenging police encounters requiring…
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+4.0
Call of Duty: World at War
Veteran difficulty is challenging with grenade spam and tactical gameplay; multiplayer and zombies modes require skill…
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+4.0
Cat Warfare
The game features skill-based FPS mechanics, balanced weapons, and tactical maps that reward intellectual play and…
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+5.0
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, learning boss patterns, and rewarding player improvement and…
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+5.0
Demon's Souls
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, precise timing, and strategic combat, with rewarding feedback…
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+4.0
Demonschool
Combat is a challenging puzzle-like tactical system rewarding skillful planning and execution with feedback via…
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+4.0
Doll Impostor
Game challenges players with puzzle-solving, deduction, and memory tasks that increase in difficulty.
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+4.0
Dome Keeper
Game offers skill-based challenges especially on higher difficulties; players improve through mastering resource…
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+4.0
Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter
Game challenges players with skillful flying, shooting, and maneuvering; progression and unlocks provide feedback on…
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