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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Metal Slug Anthology
The game offers challenging, skill-based gameplay with punishing difficulty, requiring precision and timing, rewarding…
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+4.0
MindSeize
Game offers challenging boss fights requiring skill and timing, with meaningful feedback and progression through…
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+4.0
Mutant Mudds Deluxe
The game offers a challenging platforming experience with precise timing, skillful jumping, and mastery of mechanics.
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+4.0
MXGP2 - The Official Motocross Videogame
Game offers a challenging learning curve with realistic physics and AI difficulty, rewarding skillful riding and tuning.
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+4.0
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
The game features a high skill ceiling, fast-paced gameplay, combo-heavy mechanics, and competitive balance efforts.
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+4.0
Oriental Dynasty - Silk Road defense war
Game offers challenging levels requiring skillful play and strategic upgrades; some players note difficulty spikes and…
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+4.0
Overture
High difficulty with challenging bosses and skill-based combat requiring practice and mastery.
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+4.0
PGA TOUR 2K23
Game offers challenging swing mechanics, skill trees, and realistic physics rewarding player skill and mastery.
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+4.0
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
The game rewards mastering complex controls like the power bar for passing and shooting, skill moves, and tactical…
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+4.0
Runner3
The game offers challenging levels including 'Impossible' stages that require skill and precision, with feedback on…
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+4.0
Scene Investigators
The game challenges players with complex puzzles requiring skillful deduction and logical reasoning, rewarding…
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+4.0
Shovel Knight Dig
The game requires skillful platforming, quick reactions, and strategic use of items and relics, with a learning curve…
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+4.0
Sniper Elite: Resistance
The game challenges players with skillful sniping, stealth tactics, and strategic planning, rewarding effective…
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+4.0
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
Challenging puzzles and platforming require skill, timing, and problem solving with feedback via ranks and achievements.
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+5.0
Stoneshard
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful play and rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
Subliminal
The game features challenging puzzles and chase sequences requiring skill and problem solving, with rewarding feedback…
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+5.0
Tekken
The game offers deep technical combat mechanics, combo mastery, and advanced training tools including replay analysis…
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+5.0
Tetris
The game offers a high skill ceiling with challenging modes, strategic depth, and feedback through scoring and rankings.
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+4.0
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
Challenging boss fights require skill, pattern recognition, and strategy; players feel rewarded by overcoming difficult…
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+4.0
The Coma 2B: Catacomb
Game features challenging stealth, stamina management, QTEs, and difficult puzzles requiring skill and memorization.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls®: Legends™
The game emphasizes skillful play, strategic deck building, and mastery of complex mechanics with meaningful feedback…
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+4.0
The King of Fighters 2000
The game requires skillful execution of combos, mastery of the Active Striker system, and precise controls, offering a…
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+4.0
The Surge
Challenging combat requiring skill, timing, and learning enemy patterns; progression through upgrades and mastery of…
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+4.0
The Surge 2
Challenging combat with skill-based directional parrying and boss fights requiring mastery of mechanics.
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