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+4.0
Piece by Piece
Challenging puzzles that require skillful spatial reasoning and problem solving, with satisfying feedback on success.
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+4.0
Tower Tag
Game offers skill-based shooting, strategic team play, and tactical movement with a high skill ceiling and ranked modes…
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+4.0
Out of the Park Baseball 27
The game offers deep strategic challenges, complex statistics, and skillful management tasks that require learning and…
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+4.0
Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle
Game features challenging combat with skill-based dodges, parries, and combo systems requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Timberborn
The game challenges players with complex water and resource management, requiring skillful planning and adaptation to…
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+4.0
Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times
The game offers challenging puzzles that reward skillful experimentation and creative problem solving, with feedback…
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+4.0
BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster
The game offers challenging combat, deep job systems, and skillful strategy, rewarding mastery and experimentation.
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+4.0
Solateria
Combat and boss fights require skillful parrying and pattern learning; difficulty is challenging but fair with feedback.
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+4.0
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Combat is challenging and requires strategic thinking; players feel rewarded by mastering mechanics and overcoming…
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+4.0
Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
The game challenges players to optimize complex node-based attack algorithms and master dodging hordes, rewarding…
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+4.0
Solasta II
Combat is tactical and challenging, requiring skillful use of D&D 5.5e rules and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
SHRAPNEL
Game demands skillful gunplay, positioning, and tactical decision-making with quick time-to-kill and punishing mistakes.
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+4.0
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
Combat requires skillful timing, dodging, and strategic use of camera upgrades; players report a challenging but…
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+5.0
Haunted Lands
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, pattern memorization, and precise execution; players receive…
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+4.0
Runeborn
The game challenges players to master rune combinations, trinket synergies, and strategic resource management…
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+4.0
Space Reign
Combat is challenging and skill-based with Newtonian flight mechanics and tactical fleet management requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Pluto
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful spell combos and strategic planning, with players reporting…
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+4.0
Tangy TD
The game features challenging difficulty spikes, a large skill tree, and requires strategic thinking and skillful…
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+4.0
Wireworks
High skill ceiling with complex build crafting and optimization; beating higher difficulties requires strategic…
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+4.0
THYSIASTERY
The game requires skillful tactical combat, resource management, and strategic skill development to overcome…
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+4.0
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
Challenging and varied puzzles requiring logical thinking and problem solving provide a strong sense of skill mastery.
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+4.0
Rogue Monster Rush
The game offers challenging waves, strategic tower placement, and skillful use of abilities with clear feedback on…
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+4.0
Angel Engine
The game demands skillful multitasking, timing, and precision under pressure with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Slay the Spire 2
The game challenges players with complex mechanics, strategic deckbuilding, and difficult bosses, rewarding skillful…
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