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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Competence + Growth
A strong dose of competence and growth in the same game.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Deep Rock Galactic
The game offers skill-based combat, strategic teamwork, and progression systems with upgrades and overclocks that…
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+4.0
Don't Starve Together
Game requires learning mechanics, mastering combat and survival skills, and provides feedback through repeated attempts…
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+4.0
Mount & Blade: Warband
The game features challenging combat mechanics and strategic management that reward skill and mastery.
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+4.0
Subnautica
The game challenges players with survival mechanics, resource management, and overcoming environmental hazards…
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+4.0
Mother 3
The game features skill-based rhythm combos in battles and tactical timing with the rolling HP meter, providing…
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+4.0
Ghost of Yotei
Combat is skill-based with a rock-paper-scissors weapon system requiring tactical weapon switching and precise timing…
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+4.0
Honkai: Star Rail
Combat rewards strategic planning, skillful team composition, and adaptation to enemy weaknesses with clear feedback.
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+4.0
Hot Wheels: Race Off
The game challenges players with difficult physics-based tracks requiring skillful control and mastery of car handling…
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+4.0
Jak II
The game is challenging with difficult missions requiring skill, practice, and mastery of mechanics like driving and…
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+4.0
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
The game offers a challenging skill curve, especially at higher difficulties (150cc), requiring mastery of drifting and…
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+4.0
Offroad Outlaws
The game rewards skillful tuning and driving on challenging terrain, with a steep learning curve and satisfying mastery…
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+4.0
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Combat requires skillful timed button presses and strategic badge management; boss fights and tactical battles provide…
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+4.0
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
The game offers challenging platforming, puzzles, and combat requiring skill and timing, with feedback through level…
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+4.0
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
The game features skill-based timed button presses in battles, strategic use of shared Flower Points, and puzzle…
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+4.0
Talking Tom Gold Run
The game challenges players with fast reflexes, obstacle avoidance, and progression systems rewarding skill improvement…
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The game challenges players with complex time management, puzzle-solving, and mastering multiple transformation masks…
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+4.0
Wii Sports Resort
Games offer skill-based challenges with increasing difficulty, requiring precision and mastery of motion controls.
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+4.0
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
Gameplay requires skillful timing for reversals and counters, mastering a deep grappling system, and strategic…
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+4.0
Dishonored
Game offers skill-based stealth, combat, and use of powers with feedback and challenge scaling.
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+4.0
Don't Starve
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve requiring skillful resource management, combat, and planning…
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+4.0
Satisfactory
The game challenges players to master complex factory building, optimization, and resource management.
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+4.0
Dying Light
The game offers skill-based parkour and combat mechanics with progression and challenges, especially at night.
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+4.0
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Combat requires skillful use of action and strategy, including managing ATB meters, exploiting enemy weaknesses, and…
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+4.0
Overwatch
The game offers a high skill ceiling with unique heroes requiring mastery of different abilities and team roles…
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