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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Devil May Cry 4
The game demands skillful timing, combo mastery, and offers graded performance feedback, rewarding player improvement…
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+4.0
Divide By Sheep
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring math and logic skills, with increasing difficulty and feedback through…
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+4.0
Dog Sled Saga
The game involves skillful timing in races and strategic management of dogs and resources, providing a sense of mastery.
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+5.0
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
The game has a steep learning curve with complex mechanics, requiring skillful planning and mastery to succeed.
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+5.0
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
The game demands high skill, strategic planning, and mastery of complex mechanics, with unforgiving mistakes and a…
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+5.0
DOOM Eternal
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, requiring mastery of weapon swapping, timing, and resource management…
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+5.0
Exo Rally Championship
The game demands mastering complex physics, vehicle tuning, resource management, and precise driving skills, with a…
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+4.0
Fever Meme
Game challenges players with difficult puzzles and platforming requiring skill and problem solving.
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+4.0
FlatOut
The game is challenging with difficult AI, demanding precise driving and learning track layouts; players feel skillful…
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+4.0
Flood of Light
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful planning and execution, with feedback via ratings and…
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+5.0
Football Manager 2024
The game offers deep strategic challenges, requiring skill in tactics, scouting, and management with meaningful…
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+4.0
Fungiman
Game challenges players with difficult mechanics requiring skillful evasion and item collection under pressure.
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+4.0
Gargadusa's Tower
The game offers complex management challenges, party synergy optimization, and strategic planning that reward skillful…
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+5.0
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
The game demands high skill and strategic thinking, with complex mechanics and a steep learning curve that rewards…
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+5.0
GearBlocks
The game has a steep learning curve and requires skill and mechanical knowledge to master building and engineering…
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+4.0
Gorilla Tag
The game has a steep learning curve with skill-based movement mechanics and competitive modes that reward mastery.
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+4.0
Grabity
Game features skill-based mechanics like blocking, projectile catching, and advanced movement, rewarding player mastery…
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+4.0
Grapple
The game features a steep learning curve and requires skillful timing and precision to master swinging and grappling…
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+4.0
Gravity Circuit
The game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skill, precision, and mastery of mechanics; players…
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+4.0
Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
Puzzles require intellectual challenge, logic, and interpretation of complex clues, providing satisfying skill-based…
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+4.0
Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha
Challenging AI and puzzles require skill and strategic thinking, with feedback from AI behavior.
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+4.0
How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country
Game requires strategic thinking, resource management, and timing to succeed; skill trees impact gameplay effectiveness.
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+5.0
Invisible, Inc.
High skill ceiling with complex tactical planning, precise execution, and learning from mistakes.
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+4.0
ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe
The game offers challenging and varied puzzles requiring skillful observation and problem-solving, with feedback…
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