Esports Lab Core Games
These titles were selected because they consistently develop cognitive, strategic, and leadership skills that transfer directly into real operational, technical, and managerial roles. Each game reinforces a distinct dimension of systems thinking, execution, and decision-making—together covering a full spectrum of skills required in real-world environments.
Minecraft
Minecraft centers on crafting, building, survival, and creativity inside persistent systems. Players design structures, production chains, and environments that must function over time under resource constraints. Progress depends on planning, experimentation, and iteration—building systems, stress-testing them, observing failures, and improving designs. The game rewards creativity that is grounded in logic, structure, and sustainability.
Rocket League
Rocket League is built around teamwork, composure under pressure, and leadership in real time. Success depends on coordination, communication, role discipline, and rapid decision-making in a shared, highly visible environment. Players must execute precisely, recover quickly from mistakes, and stay mentally stable under constant pressure. Outcomes are immediate and objective.
Path of Exile 2
Path of Exile 2 emphasizes long-term planning, deep technical trees, and meaningful tradeoffs over time. Players navigate extensive skill systems where short-term gains can limit long-term potential. Progress requires sustained effort, optimization, and adaptation across long timelines. Advancement is earned through grinding, planning, and system mastery.
Kingdom Rush
The Kingdom Rush series focuses on resource management and fast decision-making under pressure. Players must allocate limited resources in real time, commit to irreversible choices, and adapt as conditions change. Sessions are short but intense, reinforcing prioritization, consequence awareness, and progression through repeated refinement.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
The Kingdom Rush series (Frontiers) focuses on resource management and fast decision-making under pressure. Players must allocate limited resources in real time, commit to irreversible choices, and adapt as conditions change. Sessions are short but intense, reinforcing prioritization, consequence awareness, and progression through repeated refinement.
Kingdom Rush Origins
The Kingdom Rush series (Origins) focuses on resource management and fast decision-making under pressure. Players must allocate limited resources in real time, commit to irreversible choices, and adapt as conditions change. Sessions are short but intense, reinforcing prioritization, consequence awareness, and progression through repeated refinement.
Esports Lab 2nd Tier Games
These games are supported by Radiance.
Subnautica
Subnautica builds survival-driven systems thinking under sustained uncertainty. Players must manage scarce resources, balance risk versus reward, and plan long-term survival paths while operating in an environment where mistakes compound over time. Progress depends on understanding resource dependencies, prioritizing upgrades, and deciding when to explore, retreat, or invest. The game rewards disciplined preparation, foresight, and learning from failure rather than speed or reflexes.
Raft
Raft develops creative problem-solving and iterative system building in a survival context. Players continuously design, expand, and rework their raft to solve evolving constraints around food, water, storage, navigation, and safety. Progress comes from experimentation—building, stress-testing, observing failures, and refining designs over time. Survival is directly tied to how well players think through structure, layout, and long-term sustainability.
Palia
Palia emphasizes resource accumulation, long-term progression, and character development within a persistent world. Players invest time into gathering, crafting, upgrading skills, and building identity over extended timelines. Progress is gradual and intentional, reinforcing patience, prioritization, and sustained effort. Advancement comes from consistent planning and commitment rather than short-term wins or intensity.
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley develops long-term planning across interconnected systems, including farming cycles, resource management, relationships, and community structures. Players must balance time, energy, money, and social obligations while planning seasons ahead. Decisions made early have delayed consequences, reinforcing patience, foresight, and system awareness. The game also introduces social webs—relationships, trust, and cooperation—that affect outcomes over time.