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+4.0
Surviving the Aftermath
The game challenges players with resource management, strategic planning, and adapting to disasters, requiring skillful…
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+4.0
The Hand of Merlin
The game offers challenging turn-based tactical combat requiring skillful planning and execution, with meaningful…
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+4.0
The Manga Works
Players improve skills, manage resources, and face strategic challenges in manga creation and career progression.
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+4.0
Thunder Ray
Game demands mastering timing, pattern recognition, and reflexes; players receive feedback on performance via ranks and…
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+4.0
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
The game is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful management of resources, tactical combat, and overcoming…
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+4.0
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
High skill ceiling with complex combos, strategic decision-making, and a steep learning curve; players receive feedback…
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+4.0
Zeal
High skill ceiling with emphasis on timing, positioning, and counterplay; players report learning curve and rewarding…
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+4.0
Asphalt: Nitro
The game requires mastering technical skills like perfect nitro timing, drifting, and avoiding wrecks, with increasing…
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+4.0
Capes
Combat is challenging and requires skillful use of abilities and positioning; players receive feedback and must…
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+4.0
Def Jam Fight For NY: The Takeover
The game features a deep fighting system with multiple fighting styles, combos, counters, and progression through skill…
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+4.0
Dynasty Warriors 3
The game offers skill-based combat with combos, dodging, parrying, and strategic positioning, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Jak 3
The game offers challenging combat, vehicle control, and platforming with skill-based mechanics and upgrades.
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+4.0
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Combat rewards timing and skillful execution (e.g., Issen critical strikes), with RPG progression and skill upgrades…
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+4.0
Pokémon LeafGreen Version
The game offers challenging battles requiring strategic team management and understanding of elemental type advantages.
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+4.0
Resident Evil Zero
The game requires careful planning, strategic inventory management, and skillful combat, providing a challenging…
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+4.0
Traffic Rider
The game challenges players with timing, reflexes, and skillful maneuvering through traffic, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Games!
The game challenges players' reflexes and quick thinking with rapidly increasing speed and difficulty, providing…
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+4.0
FIFA 23
The game rewards skillful play with improved physics, realistic ball control, and tactical depth, offering a high skill…
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+4.0
Mecharashi
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful planning and execution, with undo and rewind mechanics…
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+4.0
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
The game is punishingly difficult, requiring skillful tactics, positioning, and coordination to succeed.
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+4.0
The House of the Dead
The game demands precise aiming, timing, and strategic target prioritization, with challenging bosses and skill-based…
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+4.0
The House of the Dead 2
High skill requirement for precise aiming, timing, pattern memorization, and boss weak spot targeting; difficulty is…
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+4.0
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
The game demands mastery of complex combat mechanics and precise platforming, rewarding skillful play and pattern…
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+4.0
Bookworm
Game rewards skillful word formation and strategic use of items and treasures, with increasing difficulty and tactical…
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