Find your kind of game
Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
Explore another motivation
+5 Competence affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+4.0
Deadlings: Rotten Edition
Requires skillful timing and planning to overcome challenging puzzles and platforming sections, especially on harder…
-
+4.0
Evochron Legacy SE
High skill ceiling with complex flight physics, detailed ship management, and challenging combat.
-
+4.0
Fairytale Fables
High skill ceiling with strategic depth, complex synergies, and regular balance patches; learning curve acknowledged…
-
+4.0
Hearthlands
Game involves complex resource management, logistics, military strategy, and economic balancing requiring skill and…
-
+4.0
Madshot
The game requires skillful dodging, aiming, and mastery of combat mechanics; bosses and enemies demand player…
-
+4.0
Marble Skies
Game challenges players with skill-based physics, speedrunning, and precision control, rewarding mastery and…
-
+4.0
纸境英雄 Papercraft
The game requires strategic thinking, skillful deck building, and tactical positioning in turn-based combat with…
-
+4.0
Sclash
The game offers skill-based one-hit kill combat requiring timing, stamina management, and mind games.
-
+4.0
Solateria
Combat and boss fights require skillful parrying and pattern learning; difficulty is challenging but fair with feedback.
-
+4.0
Spirit X Strike
Combat requires learning enemy patterns, mastering perfect dodges and parries, and timing attacks, providing a strong…
-
+4.0
Star Ruler
Steep learning curve and challenging AI provide tests of skill and mastery, rewarding strategic planning and ship…
-
+4.0
Tower of Kalemonvo
The game requires skillful resource management, tactical positioning, and precise combat, rewarding effective play and…
-
+4.0
Vaporum: Lockdown
Combat requires tactical positioning and skillful use of weapons and gadgets; puzzles are challenging and require…
-
+4.0
Virtual Pool 4
High skill ceiling with realistic physics, challenging AI, and learning curve for spin, power, and shot control.
-
+4.0
Avernum 3: Ruined World
The game features tactical turn-based combat with strategic positioning, skill development, and difficulty settings…
-
+4.0
Fighties
The game features challenging bosses and fast-paced combat requiring skill and reflexes; players report difficulty…
-
+4.0
Hardware Engineers
Game involves technical challenges like diagnosing hardware/software issues, assembling PCs, and managing a business.
-
+4.0
Knightin'+
Game features skill-based combat with pattern recognition for bosses and challenging puzzles requiring problem solving.
-
+4.0
Veterum
Combat is described as tactically deep and challenging, requiring skillful positioning and unit synergy, with…
-
+4.0
iBomber Defense Pacific
The game offers a balanced challenge with skill-based tower placement, upgrades, and tactical decisions, especially on…
-
+4.0
Out of the Park Baseball 27
The game offers deep strategic challenges, complex statistics, and skillful management tasks that require learning and…
-
+4.0
Plains of Pain
Game is challenging with skill trees, survival mechanics, combat, and crafting requiring mastery.
-
+4.0
RetroMania Wrestling
The game has a learning curve with timing-based grappling mechanics requiring skill and mastery, rewarding player…
-
+4.0
Scavland
The game is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful resource management, combat tactics, and survival strategies.
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of competence, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.