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+4.0
Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube
The game offers progressively challenging puzzles requiring skillful thinking and platforming, with feedback through…
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+4.0
Quake 4
The game offers challenging combat, weapon upgrades, and requires skillful play especially on higher difficulties.
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+4.0
QUICKERFLAK
The game is challenging, requiring quick reflexes and skillful aiming; players report a steep difficulty curve and…
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+4.0
Ratopia
The game involves overcoming complex economic, survival, and combat challenges with skillful resource and colony…
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+4.0
Ratropolis
The game has a steep learning curve, requires skillful deckbuilding, real-time decision making, and strategic troop…
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+4.0
RATUZ
The game challenges players with precise platforming, timing, and puzzle solving, requiring skill and learning from…
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+4.0
Regiments
The game challenges players with tactical decision-making, AI that punishes mistakes, and a learning curve that rewards…
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+4.0
Rise of the Third Power
Combat requires tactical thinking and pattern recognition, especially on higher difficulties, providing satisfying…
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+4.0
Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves
Game challenges players with strategic planning, skillful trap management, and real-time combat requiring timing and…
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+4.0
Serious Sam 3: BFE
High skill ceiling with challenging hordes, weapon management, and strategic use of melee and ranged attacks.
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+4.0
Spectromancer
Game demands strategic thinking, prediction, and resource management; players feel skillful when mastering card…
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+4.0
Sudden Strike Gold
High skill and tactical planning required; players face challenging AI and must micromanage units carefully to succeed.
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+4.0
Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return
Combat system is challenging and requires tactical thinking, with momentum and positioning mechanics; upgrades and…
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+4.0
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection
The game challenges players with complex ship customization, tactical real-time combat, and strategic empire management…
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+4.0
The Last Plague: Blight
Game requires skillful management of resources, crafting, survival mechanics, and problem solving with detailed feedback
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+4.0
The Light Brigade
Challenging combat with skill-based gunplay, boss fights, and progression systems that reward mastery.
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+4.0
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill
Requires skillful typing to progress, with increasing difficulty and feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Thief Simulator 2
The game offers skill-based challenges such as lockpicking, stealth, timing NPC schedules, and using gadgets…
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+4.0
Time Rifters
Players engage in skillful shooting, strategic planning, and optimizing runs to achieve 100% completion and high scores.
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+4.0
Tony Stewart's Sprint Car Racing
The game offers a challenging AI and requires skillful car control and setup tuning, rewarding player improvement and…
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+4.0
Tropico 6
Game involves overcoming complex economic and political challenges with a significant learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
Typer Shark! Deluxe
The game challenges typing skills with increasing difficulty, varied enemies, and timed word challenges, providing…
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+4.0
Ultratron
Challenging gameplay with increasing difficulty and skill-based dodging and shooting.
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+4.0
Volkolak: The Will of Gods
Combat requires skillful reading of enemy patterns, timing, and precise execution; bosses act as challenging skill…
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