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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
Attack of the Earthlings
Engages players in tactical turn-based combat requiring skillful stealth and positioning.
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+4.0
Axis & Allies 1942 Online
The game challenges players with complex strategic planning, resource management, and tactical combat requiring skill…
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+4.0
Bullet Sorrow VR
Game challenges players with aiming, dodging, and timing bullet time; players report skill improvement and satisfaction…
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+4.0
BUMP! Superbrawl
Game requires skillful prediction, strategic planning, and quick decision-making in short matches with meaningful…
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+4.0
Etherlords II
The game challenges players with complex deckbuilding, strategic battles, and requires skillful adaptation to enemy…
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+4.0
Last Word
The discourse battle system is strategic and challenging, requiring skillful resource and tone management.
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+4.0
Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat
The game challenges players to learn and recall kanji meanings and pronunciations, with combat success tied to correct…
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+4.0
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
The game requires skillful resource management, planning, and learning enemy patterns; players feel effective as they…
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+4.0
Racket Fury: Table Tennis VR
Game offers challenging AI opponents with increasing difficulty and feedback through stars and progression, supporting…
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+4.0
Re:BF
The game features strategic turn-based combat requiring skillful use of builds, skills, and monster allies, with…
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+4.0
Red Solstice 2: Survivors
The game demands skillful tactical play, resource management, and coordination, especially at higher difficulties.
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+4.0
rymdkapsel
Challenging gameplay requiring strategic planning and resource management; players improve through repeated play and…
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+4.0
SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
Game requires managing complex systems and overcoming strategic challenges, though some AI limitations exist.
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+4.0
Valentino Rossi The Game
Game offers skill-based challenges with realistic physics and AI difficulty settings, rewarding player improvement and…
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+4.0
VirtuaVerse
The game features challenging and sometimes obtuse puzzles requiring skillful problem solving and logical thinking…
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+4.0
Alice's Patchwork
The game offers a range of puzzle difficulties and requires skillful placement and memorization to achieve perfect…
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+4.0
Apex Rush
Game challenges players with difficult tracks, medals requiring skillful performance, and a learning curve especially…
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+4.0
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
The game demands skillful resource gathering, crafting, dinosaur taming, and PvP combat, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
BORE BLASTERS
Players feel effective overcoming enemies and terrain with skill-based shooting and upgrades.
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+4.0
Chaos Galaxy
The game requires skillful management of resources, strategic planning, and tactical combat with unit positioning and…
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+4.0
Crush Your Enemies
Game requires skillful micro-management, tactical planning, and mastering challenges to achieve 3-star completions.
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+4.0
David.
The game is challenging, especially on hard mode, requiring skillful movement, aiming, and mastery of physics-based…
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+4.0
Earth 2150 Trilogy
The game offers complex challenges including resource management, strategic planning, and overcoming AI opponents with…
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+4.0
eBaseball™: PRO SPIRIT
The game features a steep skill curve with challenging pitching and batting mechanics and rewards mastery.
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