Skill is an element in the games where the outcome is determined by physical or mental skill, rather than by chance. There are some commonly played video games of skills include such as Collectible Card Games (CCG), Poker, Mahjong, MMORPGs, and more. Most video games of skill also involve some degree of chance, due to the environment’s natural aspects, guessing, or randomising device due to incomplete information. Some video games like Poker may involve bluffing and different forms of psychological warfare. The difference between skill and chance has legal significance in several territories where chance video games are taken differently from skill games. Some MMORPGs support skill elements and let the player depends on its mental and physical skills, instead of chance. In these types of games, the player is capable of making his own choices to decide the outcome of the game. Skill games are split into five different categories such as Arcade Games, Puzzle Games, Word Games, Trivia Games, Fantasy Sports, and Cards.

10 Best Skill Games for PS4

#1 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth combines the elements of Rough-like, Dungeon Crawling, Shooter, Action-Adventure and Horror developed and published by Nicalis. The game supports both single and multiplayer modes and offers an exciting story of the Binding of Isaac inspired by the childhood of McMillen growing up in a religious family. You take on the role of the young boy known as Isaac whose mother locks the protagonist in his room and convinced she is doing the job of god. His mother wants to sacrifice Isaac to prove here faith, Isaac becomes scared and escapes to the basement and lock himself. The game takes place in the fictional underground world full of monsters, and strange creatures. Explore the game world, fight against monsters, and other creatures to complete several missions and earn points that you can use to unlock upgrades. You have to gather items and power-ups to enhance your abilities and take down foes. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant visuals, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

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#2 Rayman Legends

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Rayman Legends is an Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platformer video game created by Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Casablanca. The game provides with a similar game-play to Rayman Origins and allows up to 4 players for a simultaneous game-play in which you can explore dungeons, haunted lands and fight against vampires, ghosts, and the living dead etc. Rayman Legends provides with 120 levels of pure awesomeness, additional Lums and Teensies. This super cool re-mastered version of the game actually is a war going on between the Teensies and their nightmares so you must get up from you 100 yearlong sleep, encounter the nightmares and the Dark Teensies and free the 10 princesses and the good Teensies. Rayman Legends is a great Action-Adventure, and Puzzle platformer video game, do try it out.

#3 XCOM

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XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.

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#4 Gauntlet: Slayer Edition

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Gauntlet: Slayer Edition combines the elements of Hack and Slash, Dungeon Crawling, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Arrowhead Game Studios. It is the marvelous part of the Gauntlet series and introduces four different races such as Warrior, Wizard, Elf, and Valkyrie. The game takes place in the procedurally generated world and lets you a chance to engage yourself in over four-player multiplayer gameplay experience. Your main is to explore the dungeon, interact with NPCs, and fight against strange creatures, monsters, and foes to complete your quests. The game uses top-down perspective to manipulate the environment, and each character equips with unique attributes, weapons, and skills. Use different weapons to take down enemies and face boss at the end of each stage. Get power-ups to unlock special skills, and earn experience points to enhance your abilities. With the underground environment, superb prominent features, and wonderful mechanics, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition is the best game to play and enjoy.

#5 King’s Quest Collection

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King’s Quest Collection is a Fantasy-based, Point and Click, Adventure, Retro, and Single-player video game developed by Sierra and published by Activision. The game consists of seven other entries and takes place in the fantasy world called Daventry. The plot revolves around the protagonist named as Sir Graham who is selected by the King to embark on an epic quest for the Crown. The player can take on the role of the protagonist, and his goal is to recover three Daventry’s treasures to rescue the world and become the king. According to the story, the king sees a dream of a young woman who is trapped in a massive tower surrounded by vicious creatures. The game offers brilliant gameplay and introduces a variety of levels that the player needs to complete at any cost to progress through the match. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging, and the player may face tough quests. With the well-written story, addictive gameplay, impressive graphics and excellent mechanics, King’s Quest Collection is the fantastic game to play and enjoy.

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#6 Terraria 2

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Terraria 2 is an Action-Adventure, Survival, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. The game combines the elements of Side-scroll, Sandbox, crafting, exploration, and combat. You assume the role of the protagonist, and your primary goal is to manipulate the 2D randomly generated the world. You can start the game with three primary tools such as a sword for combat, a pickaxe for mining and an axe for woodcutting. Explore the world, collect resources, craft useful items and fulfill challenging tasks to progress through the game. It becomes difficult, as you advanced. There are a variety of items available, and you can find them only in certain areas of the map, stored in rare and common containers. Craft new items, and use different items to take down enemies. Slimes, Demon eyes, Zombies, Region-specific Enemies, etc. are prominent foes in the game. Score the highest points and use them to unlock further content in the game. With brilliant mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb visuals, Terraria 2 is an excellent game to play and enjoy.

#7 Tomb Raider

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Tomb Raider Originally developed in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics proved its worldwide prominence and likeness among action game enthusiasts. This mighty Action and Adventure video game ended up with a lot of world famous sequels and spin-offs. Recently in 2013 the game series Rebooted and the new Tomb Raider made its way to the markets with countless new features, slightly different storyline and a new face of the protagonist “Lara Croft”. Once again the game progressed in Crystal Dynamic Studios and Eidos Montreal, Nixxes Software, United Front and Feral Interactive did all the additional work. Game was published by Square Enix and “Feral Interactive” in early 2013. The storyline of the game tells us about Lara Croft who happens to be on the island of Yamatai to rescue her friends, while on the island she fights off against a vindictive cult of forgotten and most notorious beings. She must survive in order to free her friends and escape this God forsaken island for good. The game features a remarkable blend of Action, Adventure, RPG and Shooting Elements, addictive and quite fascinatingly action packed game-play, an open world gaming environment with a 3rd person gaming perspective and state of the art, eye catching graphics. Player controls the protagonist Lara Croft and gets caught in the act as the game advances on its course. This super cool and highly anticipated piece of art allows the players to play game in single or multiplayer mode and is available on different platforms like PC (Microsoft Windows), OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

#8 Final Fantasy VII

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Final Fantasy VII is a 1997 Role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game supports Single-player mode only and takes place in the fantasy-based world. It is the 7th marvelous entry in the series of Final Fantasy. The plot centers on the protagonist named as Cloud Strife, a mercenary who recently joins an organization to fend off the megacorporation, using the natural resources as an energy source. The organization sends the protagonist and his allies on an epic adventure in sephiroth’s pursuit, a powerful antagonist who decided to destroy his planet. During the exploration, the protagonist needs to build a close relationship with his companions, including a member named as Aerith Gainsborough, who has a secret to save the world. The game takes place in an open environment and armed the character with the sword that he can use to take down the enemies. Final Fantasy VII offers prominent features such as various Achievements, Cloud Saves, Character Boosters, Customization and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#9 NieR: Automata

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NieR: Automata is an Action Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. It is a spin-off of the series of the Drakengard and the sequel to Nier video game released in 2010. The game takes place in the midst of the proxy war between machine and humanity. It combines the elements of Action-packed combat with role-playing, and the story centers on the battle of the combat android, her alliance and a prototype. It offers an open environment invaded by machines. You can take on the role of the protagonist, and your ultimate job is to navigate the world from a third-person perspective and struggle to clear out machine threats for resistance. Interact with NPCs, accomplish a variety of missions and earn experience points that can be used to upgrade equipment, enhanced your character’s performance and more. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and wonderful visuals, NieR: Automata is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 Kingdom Come: Deliverance

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an Action Role-playing, and Single-player video game developed and published by Warhorse Studios. The game takes place in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia in Roman Empire and revolves around realistic content and historical accurate. It will be a Single-player experience with a variety of quests and a detailed world and emergent gameplay. Period armor and clothing, real world castles, combat techniques with the help of historian and architects, etc. features in the game. It offers an exciting story, in which the King has died, and his heirs to save his throne. The brother of the king get an opportunity to kidnap the new king and conquer the Island. The game revolves around the blacksmith’s son, whose family has been slaughtered by a brutal army. The protagonist attempts to take the revenge from the cruel army and struggle to restore the throne to rescue the land. It offers open world environment and includes different character classes. The player can select one of them and customize it skills to assume the role of the bard, warrior, thief and other. With prominent features, exciting gameplay, and brilliant mechanics, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the best game to play and enjoy.