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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
Neptunia Shooter
The game is challenging and requires skillful dodging and character switching to progress.
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+4.0
Osmos
The game offers challenging physics-based puzzles and requires skillful maneuvering and strategic planning, especially…
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+4.0
Pirate's Gambit
The game offers a steep learning curve with complex card and dice synergies, rewarding skillful play and strategic…
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+4.0
Pocket Kingdom
Puzzles require thoughtful problem solving and experimentation with mechanics, providing satisfying skill challenges.
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+4.0
Power Fantasy
The game offers challenging runs, skill-based dodging, and requires strategic upgrade choices, with feedback on…
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+4.0
Simple Fish Adventure
Game requires skill to master awkward fish physics and overcome challenging obstacles, especially the seagull section.
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+4.0
Spark in the Dark
The game is punishing and requires mastery of combat timing, enemy patterns, and resource management, rewarding skill…
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+4.0
The Brookhaven Experiment
The game requires skillful aiming, resource management, and strategic prioritization of enemies, with increasing…
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+4.0
Verlet Swing
Game requires mastering challenging swinging mechanics and precise timing, with skill improvement rewarded by better…
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+4.0
Age of Wonders 4
The game offers deep strategic and tactical challenges with meaningful combat mechanics and progression systems…
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+4.0
Block N Load
High skill ceiling with tactical depth, mastery of unique classes, aiming, building, and strategic planning required.
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+4.0
Chivalry 2
Combat is easy to learn but hard to master, with a high skill ceiling rewarding practice and tactical stamina…
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+4.0
Contractors
High skill ceiling with satisfying gunplay, movement mechanics like sliding and jumping, and tactical gameplay…
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+4.0
Deathtrap
Requires strategic trap upgrades, character skill builds, and active combat to overcome increasingly difficult waves.
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+4.0
Divekick
Despite simple controls, the game requires skillful timing, spacing, and strategy to master, offering a high skill…
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+4.0
Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
The game is challenging and requires skillful timing and precision, with players overcoming difficult platforming…
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
The game offers a low skill floor with accessible inputs but also a high skill ceiling with deep mechanics, rewarding…
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+4.0
HELLDIVERS™ 2
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, requiring teamwork, strategic use of stratagems, and mastery of mechanics…
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+4.0
One Hand Clapping
The game challenges players to master pitch control, breath, rhythm, and vocal skills with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Panzer Corps 2
The game requires strategic thinking, skillful unit management, and adaptation to challenging AI and scenarios.
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+4.0
Railway Empire
The game offers challenging logistics, track planning, and economic management requiring skill and learning, especially…
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+4.0
Ricochet
Game requires skillful aiming, timing, and movement; described as easy to learn but hard to master with a high skill…
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+4.0
Terrorhedron Tower Defense
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve and requires skillful planning and adaptation to succeed.
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+4.0
Tyr
Game rewards skillful positioning, aiming, and strategic use of abilities with clear feedback on armor and penetration…
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