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Competence
Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Cave Crawlers
The game offers challenging combat, boss fights, and skill progression that rewards mastery and learning.
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+4.0
Combat Master: Season 5
Game features skill-based gunplay with a high skill ceiling, fast-paced movement mechanics, and rewards mastery through…
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+4.0
Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour
The game offers challenging AI, skill-based micromanagement, and strategic depth, rewarding effective tactics and…
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+4.0
CrossCode
The game requires skillful combat, puzzle solving, and platforming with increasing difficulty, providing strong…
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+4.0
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Combat is challenging and tactical, requiring skillful planning and mastery of mechanics; players receive feedback and…
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+4.0
Draw Steel
The game challenges players with tactical combat and complex rules, supported by automation that provides feedback and…
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+4.0
Dune: Imperium
The game offers challenging AI and multiplayer modes requiring skillful deck-building, worker placement, and tactical…
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+4.0
Escape from Ever After
Combat is challenging and strategic with timing-based action commands, puzzles require clever thinking, and players…
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+4.0
Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson
Combat involves skillful deckbuilding, timing QTEs, and strategic planning to overcome enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
From Glory To Goo
Game challenges players with strategic base building, resource management, and tactical combat requiring skill and…
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+4.0
GNOSIA
The game involves skillful deduction, learning character behaviors, and overcoming AI challenges, with feedback through…
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+4.0
Gun Devil
Challenging gameplay with skill-based platforming and combat; players feel effective as they master mechanics and…
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+4.0
Idol Showdown
Game offers skill-based combos, meter management, and learning curve rewarding mastery; training mode supports skill…
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+4.0
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
The game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skillful play and mastery of mechanics.
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+4.0
MotionRec
Puzzles require skillful planning and problem solving with feedback from trial and error.
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+4.0
NERTS! Online
High skill ceiling with emphasis on speed, strategy, and quick reflexes; players receive immediate feedback on…
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+4.0
Perfect Heist 2
Game involves skillful stealth, deception, class mastery, and tactical decision-making with feedback from gameplay.
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+4.0
Reassembly
Players engage in skillful ship building, testing, and tactical combat requiring understanding of physics and mechanics.
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+4.0
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
The game offers a skill ceiling with drifting, gadget builds, and challenging rivals, rewarding mastery and providing…
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+4.0
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
Game offers significant challenge, especially in later missions and skirmishes, requiring skillful resource and battle…
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+4.0
The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot
Combat requires skillful use of directional attacks, environmental interactions, and ability combinations; challenge…
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+4.0
The Escapists
The game requires skillful planning, crafting, and timing to successfully escape, with feedback from guards and…
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+4.0
The Message from Deep Space
The game offers challenging puzzles across math, physics, chemistry, and linguistics that require skillful deduction…
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+4.0
The Witch's House MV
The game challenges players with puzzles of varying difficulty and requires skillful timing in chase sequences…
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