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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
Preserve
Challenging puzzle and scoring system requiring skillful planning and optimization; players report satisfaction from…
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+4.0
Sky Rogue
Challenging combat requiring skillful flying, aiming, and tactical decision-making.
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+4.0
Sol Survivor
The game demands strategic tower placement, ability timing, and adapting to enemy types, with challenging difficulty…
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+4.0
The House of Da Vinci 2
The game offers a range of challenging puzzles requiring skill and logical thinking, with feedback through puzzle…
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+4.0
Waves 2: Notorious
Game offers escalating difficulty, skill-based combat, and feedback through combos and upgrades, challenging player…
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+4.0
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
The game challenges players with time-sensitive missions and requires mastering flight controls and tactics, rewarding…
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+4.0
Battlefield 4™
High skill ceiling with vehicle mastery, weapon handling, and tactical team play; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Black Ice
The game involves skillful FPS combat, strategic hacking, and character progression with feedback from loot and…
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+4.0
Crop Rotation
The game challenges players to master complex synergies, optimize builds, and overcome increasing difficulty with…
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+4.0
Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
The game features tight, skill-based platforming with a high skill ceiling, rewarding mastery of movement mechanics and…
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+4.0
Earthworm Jim
The game is challenging, requiring mastery of complex controls like whip timing and precise platforming, with…
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+4.0
Escape Goat 2
The game offers challenging puzzles and platforming that require skill and problem solving, with feedback on…
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+4.0
Flamebreak
Challenging combat requiring skillful dodging, ability combos, and strategic upgrades; players report satisfaction from…
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+4.0
Gazillionaire
Game involves skillful economic decisions, stock market manipulation, and overcoming random challenges.
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+4.0
Genome Guardian 2
The game offers complex build crafting and strategic choices that reward skillful experimentation and mastery, with…
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+4.0
Hungry Horrors
The game challenges players to master complex combo chains, resource management, and strategic planning with meaningful…
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+4.0
Jagged Alliance 3
Challenging tactical combat with smart AI and skill-based mechanics; requires learning and mastery.
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+4.0
Jump Ultimate Stars
The game requires skillful timing, strategic deck building, and mastery of character abilities; players receive…
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+4.0
Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
Complex character development, strategic battles, and skill-based card duels provide challenging gameplay.
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+4.0
Nation Red
The game offers a skill-based challenge with scalable difficulty, tactical weapon and perk choices, and requires aiming…
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+4.0
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Game requires skillful resource management, strategic planning, and adapting to dynamic events and seasons; learning…
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+4.0
Pinball FX Classic
Game offers skill-based pinball play with challenges, tournaments, and leaderboards rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
RoboCop: Rogue City
Combat requires skillful shooting, use of abilities, and strategic upgrades; players receive feedback and progression…
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+4.0
Social Democracy: An Alternate History
The game challenges players to master complex political mechanics and discover winning strategies, with skillful…
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