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The game challenges players with complex strategic and tactical decisions, including managing resources, combat, and diplomacy, rewarding skillful play.
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+4.0
Geoplanetical
The game demands understanding complex systems, managing budgets, research, and military strategies, providing skill…
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+4.0
Demise of Nations
Game offers strategic depth, tactical combat, and challenges against AI and players, requiring skill and planning.
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+4.0
Cities: Skylines
The game offers complex challenges like traffic management, budget balancing, and infrastructure planning that require…
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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
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Game offers challenging AI opponents, strategic resource management, and skillful castle defense and siege mechanics.
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+5.0
Distant Worlds: Universe
The game demands mastering complex systems, ship design, logistics, and strategic decision-making, providing strong…
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+4.0
10 Miles To Safety
The game involves overcoming increasingly difficult enemies, managing resources, and building defenses, providing a…
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+5.0
Red Zone
The game is notably difficult with a steep learning curve, requiring mastery of complex controls, resource management…
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+4.0
Nauticrawl
The game challenges players to master a difficult control scheme and manage resources effectively, rewarding skill and…
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+4.0
Tropico Reloaded
Game offers complex challenges in balancing economy, politics, and citizen needs, requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
ZERO Sievert
Game is challenging with difficult AI, requiring skillful combat, resource management, and strategic decision-making…
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+4.0
Farm Keeper
Requires strategic planning, resource balancing, and optimization; skillful play rewarded especially at higher…
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+5.0
RAILGRADE
Game challenges players with complex logistics puzzles requiring skillful optimization and strategic planning to…
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+4.0
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
The game requires skillful management of resources, tactical planning, and adapting to random dungeon layouts…
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+4.0
Pizza Connection 2
The game requires skillful management, strategic planning, and micromanagement to succeed, with challenging campaign…
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+4.0
Wingspan
Game involves strategic planning, engine building, and skillful resource management with feedback on performance and…
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+4.0
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
The game is challenging with tactical depth, requiring skillful unit management and strategic planning.
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+4.0
MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
The game demands high skill and strategic planning with punishing difficulty and complex layered mechanics, rewarding…
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+4.0
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD
The game requires mastering challenging tank controls, resource management, and puzzle solving, providing a strong…
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+4.0
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Game requires skillful resource management, strategic planning, and unit control with a high skill ceiling.
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+4.0
Supreme Ruler 1936
Game is complex and challenging, requiring skill in managing multiple systems and strategic decisions; players report a…
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+4.0
Pax Augusta
Game offers challenging mechanics, resource management, and strategic planning requiring skill and learning, with a…
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+4.0
Heat Signature
The game challenges players with complex tactical puzzles and skillful execution, rewarding mastery of diverse gadgets…
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+4.0
Dawnfolk
Game offers meaningful strategic challenges, puzzle modes, and minigames that reward skillful play and optimization.
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