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+4.0
Bento Blocks
Puzzles require spatial reasoning and strategic planning with increasing difficulty, rewarding skillful and efficient…
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+4.0
Calyx
Game requires strategic thinking, skillful micro, and overcoming challenging AI; difficulty ramps up and punishes…
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+4.0
Terraformental
The game rewards skillful planning, optimization, and learning, with feedback through faster actions and progression.
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+4.0
Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs-
The game features challenging boss fights requiring strategic thinking and mastery of complex mechanics, rewarding…
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+4.0
Delivery & Beyond
The game offers challenging mechanics, requiring skillful teamwork, timing, and learning enemy behaviors.
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+4.0
Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles
Requires significant strategic thinking, planning, and timing; players engage in complex naval operations and receive…
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+4.0
R.I.P. - Reincarnation Insurance Program
Game offers skill-based combat with dodge rolls, aiming mechanics, and build optimization; players feel rewarded by…
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+4.0
Winnie's Hole
The game rewards skillful puzzle placement and tactical combat decisions with clear feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer
Game offers skill growth, weapon proficiency, and strategic skill point allocation, providing meaningful challenges and…
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+5.0
Tennis Elbow 4
High skill ceiling with realistic physics and shot mechanics; players report a steep learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
Escape from Ever After
Combat is challenging and strategic with timing-based action commands, puzzles require clever thinking, and players…
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+5.0
Out of Action
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics and rewarding mastery; players improve through learning and overcoming…
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+4.0
Bladesong
The game offers a skillful crafting system with detailed mechanics and player feedback, requiring attention and…
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+5.0
LORT
High skill ceiling with challenging bosses and scaling difficulty; players report satisfaction mastering mechanics.
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+4.0
TR-49
The game challenges players to solve complex puzzles and make logical deductions, rewarding skillful pattern…
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+4.0
Duel Corp.
Combat is challenging and skill-based with directional attacks, parrying, and timing requiring mastery; progression…
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+4.0
MIO: Memories in Orbit
Challenging combat and platforming require skill and mastery, with meaningful boss fights and progression through…
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+4.0
Strategos
High skill needed to manage timing, positioning, and coordination; punishes tactical errors and rewards mastery of…
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+4.0
Blightstone
Combat is challenging and tactical, requiring skillful positioning and strategic use of abilities; players improve…
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+4.0
Hungry Horrors
The game challenges players to master complex combo chains, resource management, and strategic planning with meaningful…
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+4.0
Solargene
Steep learning curve with complex resource management, research, and colony building that rewards skill and…
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+4.0
War of Dots
Game offers skill-based tactical challenges and rewards thoughtful play and micro-management.
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+4.0
Legend Battles
The game demands skillful play with complex AI, tactical decision-making, mastery of specialists, and challenging…
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+4.0
One Turn Kill
The game challenges players with complex deckbuilding and precise execution to solve combat puzzles, rewarding skill…
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