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+4.0
Dead Seater
The game challenges players with tense chase sequences, managing limited visibility, and mastering awkward controls…
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+4.0
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
Game challenges players with complex resource and army management, requiring skillful strategic planning and execution.
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+4.0
Forts
Game requires skill in aiming, building stable structures, resource management, and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Frostrain
Game involves skillful deck-building, managing synergies, and overcoming strategic challenges with feedback on…
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+4.0
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
The game challenges players with strategic troop management, real-time tactics, and hack-and-slash combat requiring…
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+4.0
Kingsvein
Combat is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring strategic positioning, ability synergy, and environmental…
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+4.0
Lifeslide
The game offers challenging flight mechanics and skill mastery, rewarding players for improving control and overcoming…
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+4.0
Mario Kart World
The game offers a high skill ceiling with new mechanics like rail grinding, wall riding, and charge jumps, rewarding…
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+4.0
Motorsport Manager
The game requires skillful management of resources, strategic planning, and real-time decision making during races…
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+4.0
NEO: The World Ends with You
Combat involves mastering multiple characters and pin combinations, with difficulty adjustments and skill-based…
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+4.0
PEG
Progressively challenging puzzles require skillful planning and foresight; feedback through success or failure.
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+4.0
Pro Office Calculator
Game offers challenging puzzles requiring skill, problem solving, and occasional trial and error, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Renowned Explorers: International Society
The game involves mastering complex tactical combat, skill checks, and strategic resource management, rewarding…
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+4.0
Rogue Glitch Ultra
Game requires skillful platforming, dodging, and strategic item use; players report a satisfying learning curve and…
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+4.0
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit
The game offers complex strategic and tactical challenges requiring skillful planning and execution, with feedback…
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+4.0
Sacrifice
Gameplay requires skillful micro-management, strategic use of spells and units, and mastery of unique mechanics like…
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+4.0
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
The game involves mastering complex rice farming mechanics and skillful combat, with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
Synth Riders
The game offers skill challenges with increasing difficulty levels, leaderboards, and requires precise timing and…
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+4.0
The Dig®
Challenging puzzles requiring logic, observation, and trial-and-error provide a strong sense of skill and…
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+4.0
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Game challenges players with complex physics puzzles and building tasks requiring skill and problem solving.
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+4.0
The Karters 2: Turbo Charged
High skill ceiling with challenging mechanics like boosting, drifting, and reserve management; players report learning…
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+4.0
Thief Gold (1999)
The game challenges players with complex stealth mechanics, sound and light management, and requires skillful…
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+4.0
Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders.
The game is challenging with brutal bullet patterns and difficulty spikes, rewarding skillful play and mastery of…
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+4.0
Triple Town
Game challenges players to think ahead, plan moves, and manage limited space, rewarding skillful play.
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