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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
The game offers skill-based combat with responsive controls, challenging bosses, and a ranking system rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
Noitu Love 2: Devolution
The game features challenging boss fights and requires skillful use of unique controls, rewarding mastery and precision.
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+5.0
Panzer Corps Gold
The game is challenging, requiring strategic thinking, planning, and mastery of unit management and terrain effects.
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+4.0
PBA Pro Bowling 2026
The game offers a skill-based bowling simulation with realistic physics and a challenging difficulty curve, especially…
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+4.0
Praetorians - HD Remaster
The game challenges players to master tactical combat, unit positioning, and terrain use, rewarding skillful play and…
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+4.0
Predynastic Egypt
Game requires strategic planning, resource management, and mastering timed challenges with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Puzzles require skillful timing, coding logic, and problem solving, providing satisfying feedback and a sense of…
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+5.0
Rift Wizard
The game is challenging and rewards skillful planning, build optimization, and tactical execution.
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+4.0
River Towns
The game challenges players with spatial puzzles, strategic tile placement, and score optimization requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
High skill ceiling with advanced movement, trick shots, and skill-based catching and throwing mechanics.
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+4.0
Rogue Blight
Combat requires skillful timing, learning enemy patterns, and mastering boss fights; progression and difficulty scaling…
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+4.0
Savant - Ascent REMIX
Game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring learning enemy patterns, mastering dodging, and precise timing…
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+5.0
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic planning, and challenging AI; players feel effective when…
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+5.0
Sifu
High skill ceiling with challenging combat requiring mastery of timing, parrying, dodging, and combos.
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+5.0
Soulestination
The game demands high skill in strategic resource management, puzzle-solving boss fights, and optimization of routes…
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+5.0
Space Beast Terror Fright
High skill requirement with instant death mechanics, tactical use of turrets, doors, and upgrades; steep learning curve.
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+5.0
SpaceChem
The game demands high skill in logic, programming-like puzzle solving, and optimization with clear feedback on…
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+5.0
Spelunky
High skill ceiling with precise platforming, strategic resource management, and learning enemy and trap mechanics.
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+5.0
Spirit Island
The game is highly challenging, requiring strategic thinking, planning, and mastery of complex mechanics.
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+4.0
SUPERHOT
The game challenges players with skillful combat, timing, and strategic planning, rewarding mastery and precision.
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+5.0
TEST TEST TEST
The game strongly emphasizes challenging puzzles and cryptography requiring skill, logical thinking, and problem…
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+4.0
The Caligula Effect 2
Combat requires skillful timing, planning, and mastery of mechanics like juggling enemies and managing voltage…
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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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+5.0
Thumper
High skill ceiling with demanding reflexes, timing, and pattern mastery; players improve through learning and practice.
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