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+4.0
Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War
Game challenges players to memorize and recognize Katakana characters, with feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Let's! Revolution!
The game offers a high skill ceiling with strategic puzzle solving, varied character mechanics, and tactical…
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+4.0
Morphblade
The game challenges players to think strategically and tactically, mastering tile synergies and enemy behaviors to…
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+4.0
New Star™ GP
The game offers a challenging AI with adaptive difficulty, requiring skillful driving, strategic pit stops, and…
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+4.0
NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
The game challenges players with complex puzzles and realistic hacking tasks requiring skill and critical thinking.
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+4.0
PAC-MAN 256
Requires learning ghost patterns, managing combos, and upgrading power-ups to improve performance.
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+4.0
R2BEAT(アールツービート)
The game offers a high skill ceiling with challenging rhythm and racing mechanics requiring precision and reflexes.
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+4.0
Roll
Game offers deep strategic optimization and skillful planning to maximize scores, with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Savant - Ascent
Gameplay is challenging and skill-based with a learning curve; players improve through mastering dodging, aiming, and…
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+4.0
Screencheat
The game requires skillful multitasking to watch multiple screens and react quickly, with a learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure
Game offers increasing difficulty, skill-based QTE cooking minigames, combat challenges, and requires coordination and…
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+4.0
Shape Shifter: Formations
Challenging gameplay requiring skillful dodging and build balancing; players feel rewarded mastering mechanics and…
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+4.0
Shipped
The game features a challenging control scheme with a high skill ceiling, rewarding mastery of momentum and positioning.
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+4.0
Shooting Hurts
The game offers challenging levels and boss fights that require skillful health and ammo management, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Sky Force Anniversary
The game requires skillful dodging, precision shooting, and mastering level objectives with a well-balanced difficulty…
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+4.0
Strategic Command: World War I
Game offers strategic depth and challenge requiring skillful planning, resource management, and tactical decisions.
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+4.0
Succubus Affection
Combat requires skill and agility, with a variety of active and passive abilities to master; difficulty scales and…
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+4.0
Super Alloy Crush
The game features skill-based combat with combos, dodging, boss fights requiring pattern recognition, and build…
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+4.0
The Dandelion Endures.
The game challenges players with timing-based parry mechanics and resource management, requiring skill and attention.
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+4.0
The Operator
Engages players in challenging puzzles and detective work that require skillful analysis and problem solving.
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+4.0
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
The game offers challenging battles requiring skillful tactics and strategic planning, with feedback through battle…
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+4.0
Total War: SHOGUN 2
The game challenges players with strategic planning, tactical battles, and managing resources, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Watermelon Game
Game requires skillful planning and timing to merge fruits and achieve high scores; players report challenge and…
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+4.0
Ys SEVEN
Challenging boss fights requiring skillful dodging and guarding; skill leveling and equipment crafting add complexity.
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