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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
The game offers skill-based challenges, such as mastering spin in bowling and precise archery, with a meaningful…
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+4.0
Super Smash Bros.
The game rewards skillful play with nuanced mechanics, combo potential, and strategic spirit team building, offering a…
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+4.0
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Combat is complex and layered, requiring skillful timing, positioning, and resource management, with a steep learning…
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+4.0
20 Small Mazes
Puzzles vary in difficulty, requiring problem solving and critical thinking, with satisfying feedback on completion.
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+4.0
Barotrauma
The game rewards skillful teamwork, technical knowledge, and mastery of complex mechanics.
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+4.0
DUSK
The game offers challenging combat, skillful movement (bunny hopping), and requires mastery of level layouts and enemy…
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+4.0
Far Far West
Players feel effective with skill-based gameplay and rewarding mechanics.
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+4.0
Mini Metro
Game challenges players with increasing complexity, requiring skillful planning and adaptation to avoid overcrowding.
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+4.0
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
The game requires strategic planning, tactical unit control, and mastery of faction-specific mechanics, with a…
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+4.0
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm
Game requires skillful micro and macro management, tactical decision-making, and adapting to opponents' strategies.
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+4.0
Grim Dawn
Game offers challenging combat, complex character progression, and requires skillful build optimization and tactical…
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+4.0
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Combat requires skillful use of combos, dodging, and exploiting enemy weaknesses; Nemesis system adds strategic depth…
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+4.0
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
High skill ceiling with realistic gun mechanics, requiring learning and mastery of firearm operation and tactical…
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+4.0
Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Game offers challenging levels with strategic depth, requiring skillful tower placement, hero management, and…
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+4.0
Ori and the Blind Forest
The game offers challenging platforming requiring skill, timing, and precision, with a steep but fair difficulty curve.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
The game challenges players with aiming mechanics, strategic enemy targeting, boss fights, and resource management…
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+4.0
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Skill-based combat and character progression require learning and mastery; players feel effective as they improve their…
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+4.0
Darkest Dungeon®
The game demands skillful planning, resource management, and tactical combat; players learn from failures and improve.
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+4.0
Gunfire Reborn
Game offers skill-based gunplay, challenging boss fights, and a progression system rewarding mastery and build…
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+4.0
Patrick's Parabox
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful logical thinking and mastery of recursive mechanics, with…
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+4.0
PAYDAY 2
Game requires skillful coordination, tactical planning, and mastery of complex mechanics and builds.
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+4.0
Slay the Spire 2
The game challenges players with complex mechanics, strategic deckbuilding, and difficult bosses, rewarding skillful…
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+4.0
Super Animal Royale
Gameplay has a high skill ceiling with tactical weapon use and movement; players report learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
BALL x PIT
The game offers skill-based aiming, strategic ball fusion and evolution, and requires learning enemy patterns and…
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