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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Disney's Treasure Planet: Battle of Procyon
The game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based aiming, ship management, and strategic fleet control.
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+4.0
Galactic Glitch
Challenging combat with skill-based dodging, aiming, and strategic use of abilities; players report satisfying mastery.
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+4.0
Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns
Game requires skillful reflexes, strategic planning, and pattern recognition, with a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
Grindstone
Game offers increasing difficulty, strategic puzzle solving, and skillful combo chaining with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Hadean Tactics
The game challenges players to master complex synergies, unit positioning, and timing of card plays, rewarding skill…
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+4.0
Ikenfell
Combat requires skillful timing and strategic positioning; difficulty can be adjusted but default mode offers…
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+4.0
Jumps
Game demands skillful timing, precision, and mastery of movement mechanics with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Lake of Creatures
The game features challenging combat and fishing mechanics requiring skill and mastery, with a steep learning curve.
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+4.0
Lost: Find
The game involves puzzle solving, strategic dice-based combat, and tower defense requiring skill and thoughtful…
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+4.0
METAL SLUG 2
High difficulty and skill-based gameplay with challenging bosses and precise controls requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
The game offers a steady difficulty curve with challenging puzzles and platforming that require skill, timing, and…
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+4.0
Near Death
Requires skillful navigation, resource management, and crafting to overcome environmental challenges.
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+4.0
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
The game offers a variety of puzzles with moderate to challenging difficulty, requiring problem solving and puzzle…
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+4.0
Nordhold
The game demands skillful play, strategic planning, and adaptation to RNG elements, with a high difficulty curve and…
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+4.0
Rogue Blight
Combat requires skillful timing, learning enemy patterns, and mastering boss fights; progression and difficulty scaling…
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+4.0
Scrutinized
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful multitasking, evidence analysis, and threat…
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+4.0
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
The game challenges players with large hordes of enemies, requiring skillful shooting, weapon management, and reflexes…
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+4.0
Shadow Corridor
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling requiring learning enemy patterns, strategic item use, and careful…
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+4.0
Sharks and Minnows
The game challenges players with stamina management, puzzles, and evading various enemies, requiring skill and quick…
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+4.0
SiN Episodes: Emergence
Game features challenging combat with adaptive difficulty, requiring skillful shooting and tactical movement.
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+4.0
Siralim 2
The game offers deep tactical combat, complex breeding and customization systems, and challenging boss fights requiring…
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+4.0
Spirits of the Hellements - TD
Game offers a challenging difficulty curve with strategic depth, requiring skillful planning and adaptation.
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+4.0
STARWHAL
The game requires skill mastery of unique controls and offers challenging single-player modes and competitive…
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+4.0
Tallowmere
The game is challenging and requires skillful blocking, timing, and weapon use; players improve through learning enemy…
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