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+4.0
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED BATTLE DESTINY REMASTERED
Gameplay involves skillful combat, managing ammo and boost, and overcoming challenging ace pilots with feedback on…
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+4.0
Monster Slayers
The game offers meaningful skill-based deckbuilding, strategic card play, and progression requiring learning and…
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+4.0
Nebuchadnezzar
The game requires skillful management of complex supply chains, resource logistics, and city optimization, providing…
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+4.0
*NEW* SCUFFED BHOP SIMULATION 2026 GOTY EDITION
The game features challenging levels requiring skillful bhopping and platforming, with player progression tied to…
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+4.0
Not The Robots
High skill ceiling with challenging stealth mechanics, requiring strategic thinking and precise execution.
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+4.0
Pinball FX Midnight
Game offers challenging tables with skill-based gameplay, campaigns, and leaderboards that provide feedback and skill…
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+4.0
Snakecremental
Game requires skillful snake control and strategic planning to optimize runs and upgrades, with meaningful feedback on…
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+4.0
Somewhere in the Shadow
The game features challenging puzzles and requires skillful cooperation to progress, providing feedback and a sense of…
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+4.0
Strikers Club
Skill-based gameplay with emphasis on passing, positioning, and mechanical mastery; players report a high skill ceiling…
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+4.0
鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan
Combat is challenging and requires strategic resource management; players feel accomplishment overcoming difficult…
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+4.0
The House of the Dead 4
Requires skillful aiming, precision headshots, and mastering enemy patterns; combo scoring rewards effective play.
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+4.0
Warriors: Rise to Glory
Game offers strategic depth, skill trees, and challenging combat requiring tactical thinking.
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+4.0
2Dark
The game requires skillful stealth, puzzle solving, and strategic planning with challenging AI and punishing mechanics.
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+4.0
Anomaly Defenders
Game offers challenging gameplay especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful micromanagement and strategic…
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+4.0
Bloodsports.TV
The game offers a challenging PvE experience with scaling difficulty, requiring skillful play and team coordination to…
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+4.0
Bronze Age - HD Edition
Game challenges players to optimize resource management and survive random events, requiring skillful balancing.
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+4.0
CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West
The game requires skillful economic management, unit control, and strategic use of specialized units and commanders.
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+4.0
Deep Dungeons of Doom
Combat requires timing and pattern recognition, with challenging bosses and skill mastery rewarded.
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+4.0
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
Combat requires strategic planning and understanding of enemy defenses; mistakes are punished but learning is rewarded.
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+4.0
EA Sports UFC 6
The game rewards skillful play with strategic striking, stamina management, and timing; grappling is less refined but…
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+4.0
Fate of the World
The game is challenging and requires skillful management of complex systems and strategic planning to succeed.
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+4.0
Franchise Hockey Manager 6
The game offers a deep and complex management simulation with many stats and micromanagement options, requiring skill…
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+4.0
Gallipoli
Gunplay is challenging with realistic recoil, suppression effects, and ballistics requiring skill and tactical thinking.
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+4.0
HeXen II
The game is challenging with punishing combat, complex puzzles, and requires skillful resource management and spatial…
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