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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
ARMA: Gold Edition
The game demands skillful tactical play, realistic combat mechanics, and mastery of complex controls; missions can be…
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+4.0
Ashen Empires
Game involves skill mastery, strategic combat, and complex tradeskills requiring player effort and learning.
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+4.0
Barista Simulator
Game involves skillful coffee making, multitasking, and managing complex orders with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Beneath Oresa
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful deck building and tactical play; players report…
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+4.0
Breachway
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful card and resource management.
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+4.0
Chantelise - A Tale of Two Sisters
Game is challenging with difficult bosses requiring skill, pattern recognition, and strategic use of magic and…
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+4.0
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
Combat requires strategic planning and understanding of enemy defenses; mistakes are punished but learning is rewarded.
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+4.0
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
The game offers complex strategic and tactical challenges with skill trees, unit design, and turn-based combat…
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+4.0
Fire & Maneuver
The game rewards skillful maneuvering, strategic planning, and mastery of complex mechanics with a high skill ceiling…
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+4.0
Gangs of Space
Game involves skillful dodging in bullet hell, strategic leveling, and overcoming challenging bosses.
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+4.0
Garten of Banban 6
Puzzles are challenging and require problem solving; players report brain usage and difficulty, indicating skill…
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+4.0
Gears 5
The game offers challenging combat, skill-based multiplayer, and progression systems that reward player effectiveness…
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+4.0
Legal Dungeon
The game requires careful reading, legal reasoning, and puzzle solving with detailed feedback on performance.
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+4.0
MOTHERGUNSHIP
Game challenges player skill with difficult combat, aiming, dodging, and strategic resource management.
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+4.0
Phoenix Point
The game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based aiming, resource management, and strategic planning…
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+4.0
Super Life of Pixel
The game is challenging with precise platforming and requires skillful timing and mastery, especially in later levels.
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+4.0
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
Combat is tactical and challenging, requiring strategic thinking and mastery; puzzles vary in difficulty and require…
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+4.0
Total Conflict: Resistance
The game requires skillful management of resources, tactical combat, and strategic planning with a steep learning curve.
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+4.0
Tribe XR | DJ Academy
The game offers skill challenges such as beatmatching, mixing, and mastering DJ equipment controls with feedback and…
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+4.0
Whisker Squadron: Survivor
Gameplay is skill-based with challenging combat and meaningful upgrades; players improve through practice and strategic…
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+4.0
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship
Game offers challenging physics, skill-based driving, and progression through career mode, rewarding player skill and…
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+4.0
Mind Scanners
Mini-games require skill and improve with practice; players receive feedback and face increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Solasta II
Combat is tactical and challenging, requiring skillful use of D&D 5.5e rules and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
I Am Fish
The game is challenging with physics-based puzzles requiring skill mastery and precision, rewarding persistence and…
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