Find your kind of game
Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
Explore another motivation
Focused on competence
Games where competence stands out from the other motivations.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Competence affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+5.0
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
High skill ceiling with challenging missions, precise aiming, strategic use of equipment, and friendly fire requiring…
-
+5.0
Hellsinker.
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, requiring learning and mastery of multiple unique characters and systems.
-
+4.0
Intravenous
The game demands skillful stealth, tactical planning, and precise combat; AI is challenging and punishing, rewarding…
-
+4.0
It Has My Face
The game offers increasing difficulty, skill challenges in identifying and killing clones, and a rewarding upgrade…
-
+4.0
Jak II
The game is challenging with difficult missions requiring skill, practice, and mastery of mechanics like driving and…
-
+4.0
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
The game challenges players with timing, pattern recognition, and mastering combos against increasingly difficult…
-
+5.0
Lichess
The platform offers deep skill development through puzzles, engine analysis, practice modes, and detailed game review.
-
+4.0
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
The game offers a challenging skill curve, especially at higher difficulties (150cc), requiring mastery of drifting and…
-
+4.0
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful planning and execution, especially on higher…
-
+5.0
NEO Scavenger
High skill ceiling with complex crafting, tactical combat, and survival mechanics requiring learning and mastery.
-
+5.0
Nidhogg
High skill ceiling with precise timing, reflexes, and strategic mind games required to master combat.
-
+5.0
No More Room in Hell
High skill requirement due to realistic combat mechanics, limited ammo, stamina management, and infection system.
-
+4.0
Outlanders
The game offers increasing challenge through puzzle-like levels requiring strategic resource management and…
-
+4.0
Paragnosia
The game challenges players to spot subtle anomalies, requiring observation skills, memory, and quick reactions, with…
-
+4.0
Penguins Arena: Sedna's World
Gameplay involves skillful aiming, timing, and use of power-ups; players report satisfaction from landing difficult…
-
+4.0
Penumbra Overture
Challenging physics-based puzzles and stealth mechanics require skill and problem solving; combat is clunky but present.
-
+4.0
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist
The game offers multiple difficulty levels including very challenging modes, providing skill tests and feedback on…
-
+4.0
Pocket Kingdom
Puzzles require thoughtful problem solving and experimentation with mechanics, providing satisfying skill challenges.
-
+4.0
Potionomics
The game challenges players with complex time management, potion crafting ratios, and strategic deckbuilding with…
-
+5.0
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
The game is challenging and requires skillful planning, economic management, and mastering complex mechanics to succeed.
-
+4.0
Rayman® Legends
The game offers skill-based platforming with increasing difficulty, time trials, and challenges that test player…
-
+4.0
Riptide GP: Renegade
The game features challenging AI, skill-based stunt execution, and difficult boss races requiring mastery and precision.
-
+4.0
RUSH
The game offers increasingly challenging puzzles that require skillful planning and spatial reasoning, with feedback…
-
+4.0
SAMURAI SHODOWN V SPECIAL / サムライスピリッツ零スペシャル
The game offers a high skill ceiling with emphasis on footsies, timing, and mastering unique mechanics; players receive…
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.