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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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+4.0
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Combat system is skill-based with timing, combos, counters, and gadget use; puzzles and stealth require problem solving.
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+4.0
God of War
Combat requires skill, timing, and strategy; difficulty settings allow challenge scaling; progression and upgrades…
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+4.0
The Room
Challenging puzzles require observation, logic, and problem-solving skills with satisfying feedback on success.
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+4.0
Super Mario Maker 2
The game offers skill challenges in both playing and designing levels, with feedback through level completion…
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+4.0
Idate: Online Interactive Dating
The game requires skillful rhythm-based dance battles with high APM and precision, rewarding mastery and technical…
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+4.0
Cities: Skylines
The game offers complex challenges like traffic management, budget balancing, and infrastructure planning that require…
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+4.0
FIFA 17
The game offers skill challenges, tactical gameplay, and training mini-games that improve player competence and mastery.
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+4.0
Five Nights at Frickbear's 3
The game challenges players with strategic resource management, pattern recognition, and skillful multitasking…
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+4.0
Gran Turismo 7
The game demands skillful driving and tuning; license tests and physics-based handling provide challenging feedback.
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+4.0
Identity V
Gameplay demands skill in movement, timing, strategy, and dexterity, with a steep learning curve and mastery of…
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+4.0
PUBG Mobile
Game rewards skillful play with a competitive ranking system and tactical combat, though early bot matches reduce…
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+4.0
Splatoon Raiders
The game features challenging missions with a satisfying learning curve and requires skillful adjustments and strategic…
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+4.0
Star Fox 64
The game challenges players to master precise controls, learn enemy patterns, and execute strategies especially in boss…
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+4.0
Risk of Rain 2
The game offers a high skill ceiling with challenging enemies, scaling difficulty, and mastery of different survivors…
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+4.0
Resident Evil Requiem
The game offers skill-based combat, resource management, and puzzles that provide a satisfying challenge and feedback…
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+4.0
Besiege
The game requires skillful engineering and problem solving to build functional siege machines; trial and error and…
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+4.0
Black Mesa
The game offers challenging combat, puzzles, and boss fights with improved AI and mechanics, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
Game involves skillful diagnosis, repair, and assembly of cars with increasing complexity and feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Crab Champions
The game offers challenging combat and skill-based movement with a high skill ceiling and meaningful feedback on player…
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+4.0
Forza Horizon 2
The game rewards skillful driving with points and perks; driving dynamics require finesse and mastery; rewind feature…
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+4.0
Noita
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics and emergent gameplay; players learn through repeated failure and…
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+4.0
Pokémon Blue Version
The game offers challenging gym battles and strategic turn-based combat requiring skill and planning.
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+4.0
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
The game offers a well-balanced challenge with skill-based combat, boss fights requiring pattern recognition, and…
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+4.0
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The game demands skillful stealth, strategic use of survival mechanics, and mastery of CQC and boss fights, providing…
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