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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+4.0
Breakout Garage
The game offers skill-based tuning and racing challenges, rewarding players for learning and improving their setups.
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+4.0
Bright Memory
Gameplay is challenging with skill-based combat, dodging, parrying, and combo mechanics requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Calm Down, Stalin
The game challenges players with multitasking, coordination, and managing stress under pressure, requiring skill and…
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+5.0
Captain of Industry
The game offers complex challenges requiring skillful management of resources, production chains, and logistics with…
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+5.0
Children of a Dead Earth
The game demands mastering complex physics, engineering, and orbital mechanics with detailed feedback on designs and…
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+4.0
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker
The game offers multiple difficulty levels with AI opponents that provide a challenging and skill-testing experience…
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+5.0
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
High skill ceiling with complex strategy, detailed combat mechanics, and management of multiple systems requiring…
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+4.0
Death Crown
Game offers a skill challenge with fast-paced RTS mechanics, requiring quick decisions and adaptation to AI and map…
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+5.0
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
High skill ceiling with complex combos and mechanics; players report rewarding mastery and continuous improvement.
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+4.0
Drift Phonk 666
The game demands precision, quick adaptation, and mastery of a unique drifting mechanic, providing a challenging…
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+4.0
En Garde!
Combat is challenging, skill-based with parrying, dodging, and environment use; players improve with practice.
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+4.0
False Hero
Combat requires skillful timing, learning enemy patterns, and chaining combos; bosses demand mastery of mechanics and…
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+5.0
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection Two
The games are challenging with complex tactical combat, requiring skillful management of party, spells, and…
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+4.0
Forsworn
The game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based ability management and meaningful progression, rewarding…
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+4.0
Galactic Glitch
Challenging combat with skill-based dodging, aiming, and strategic use of abilities; players report satisfying mastery.
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+4.0
Galaxian
The game requires skillful aiming, timing, and pattern recognition to survive and improve scores.
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+5.0
Gary Grigsby's War in the East
The game demands high skill and mastery of complex mechanics including logistics, combat tactics, and strategic…
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+4.0
Gateways
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skill and understanding of complex mechanics, especially time travel…
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+5.0
GearCity
High skill and knowledge required to master complex economic simulation, vehicle design, and company management
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+5.0
Graphwar
High skill ceiling requiring mathematical knowledge and precision to succeed; players feel effective when mastering…
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+5.0
Grey Hack
The game demands skillful use of commands, scripting, and problem solving with a steep learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
Game offers skill-based challenges, especially in boss fights and score attack modes, rewarding mastery and precision.
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+4.0
Hade
The game offers a rising difficulty curve with challenging puzzles that require skillful logical thinking and problem…
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+5.0
Hearts of Iron IV
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic planning, and operational tactics requiring mastery and continuous…
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