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+4.0
Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic)
High skill ceiling with complex rules, strategic planning, and risk management required to succeed.
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+4.0
BRAVELY DEFAULT II
The game requires skillful use of the Brave/Default battle system and job synergies to overcome challenging bosses…
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+4.0
Brickadia
The game offers a high skill ceiling with complex building, wiring, and physics challenges that provide satisfying…
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+4.0
Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring tactical thinking, deck synergy mastery, and adaptation to…
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+4.0
Dead Effect 2 VR
The game features RPG progression, weapon upgrades, skill trees, and challenging combat that reward skill and mastery.
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+4.0
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Challenging combat with stamina management, boss fights requiring skill and pattern learning, and progression through…
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+4.0
Drakensang: The River of Time
The game features complex tactical combat, skill progression, and challenging boss fights requiring strategic thinking…
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+4.0
Eco
Requires skill development, specialization, and mastery of complex systems with feedback on performance
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+4.0
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
The game offers complex strategic challenges including managing resources, technology trees, diplomacy, and tactical…
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+4.0
Fading Afternoon
Combat is skill-based with nuanced mechanics, counters, and enemy variety; players improve through experimentation and…
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+4.0
Fantasy General II
Challenging tactical combat requiring strategic thinking, unit positioning, and resource management with meaningful…
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+4.0
Forsaken Frontiers
Game has a learning curve with skillful stealth, timing door slams, and map navigation rewarded.
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+4.0
Giraffe Town
The game is difficult and requires skillful control and patience, with challenging sections and a demanding final boss.
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+4.0
Grounded 2
The game offers a high skill ceiling with challenging combat, base building, and exploration, providing meaningful…
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+4.0
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay requiring good reflexes and skillful dodging, with adaptive difficulty…
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+4.0
Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG
Game rewards skillful optimization, theorycrafting, and strategic decision-making with complex crafting and progression…
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+4.0
King of Retail 2
The game involves complex management systems, strategic decisions, and skillful store optimization, providing…
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+4.0
Lords of Xulima
Combat is challenging and requires skillful planning, resource management, and tactical thinking, especially at early…
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+4.0
Mech Armada
Game rewards skillful tactical play and strategic decision-making; players improve through learning and experimentation
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+4.0
Phantom Squad
Game demands skillful tactical planning, precise execution, and mastery of equipment; mistakes are punished, requiring…
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+4.0
Reality Break
The game offers skill-based twin-stick combat, complex loot and crafting systems, and strategic meta progression that…
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+4.0
Resonite
The game demands and fosters skill development in programming, 3D modeling, and creative problem solving, with feedback…
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+4.0
Runeborn
The game challenges players to master rune combinations, trinket synergies, and strategic resource management…
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+4.0
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Combat requires skillful parrying, dodging, and stamina management; building and crafting have meaningful progression.
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