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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
Volleying
The game features challenging AI and skill-based physics mechanics requiring timing and strategy, with achievements…
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+4.0
Wulin Chess
The game offers deep strategic challenges and requires skillful planning and adaptation, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
Death Fungeon
Challenging platforming and stealth puzzles requiring skill, timing, and mastery of controls.
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+4.0
Felix The Reaper
Puzzles require skillful spatial reasoning and precise sequencing, with optional harder challenges demanding mastery
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+4.0
Möbius Front '83
Game challenges players to master unit capabilities, positioning, and combined arms tactics; requires skillful planning…
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+4.0
Terroir
Game challenges players with complex management tasks, learning curves, and skillful balancing of variables like…
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+4.0
Trinity Survivors
Game demands skillful dodging of complex bullet patterns and precise aiming; players report challenging difficulty and…
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+4.0
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
High skill ceiling with emphasis on timing, combos, and counterplay; players feel effective when mastering mechanics.
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+4.0
Bubsy Two-Fur
The game is challenging with high difficulty, requiring skillful platforming and memorization, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Knights in Tight Spaces
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful positioning, combo management, and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Overstep
High skill ceiling with challenging parkour and shooting mechanics; players report learning curve and skill mastery.
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+4.0
Rising Lords
Game challenges players with resource management, strategic planning, and tactical combat requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Ryzom
The game offers complex skill trees, challenging combat and crafting systems, and requires learning and mastery…
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+4.0
Solace Crafting
The game involves skill tests in combat, crafting, building, and exploration with meaningful progression and feedback.
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+4.0
Terrian Saga: KR-17
The game is described as challenging and hard, requiring skillful platforming, timing, and puzzle solving, with…
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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
Wild Assault
Game has a skill curve, requires aiming and ability usage mastery, and progression rewards skillful play.
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+4.0
Geoplanetical
The game demands understanding complex systems, managing budgets, research, and military strategies, providing skill…
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+4.0
Beware Planet Earth
The game offers a challenging experience, especially in Veteran mode, requiring skillful management of towers, zapper…
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+4.0
COH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces
Requires skillful micro-management and tactical decision-making to effectively use infantry blobs and combined arms.
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+4.0
Dead In Bermuda
Game challenges players to manage complex interrelated stats and make strategic decisions to survive.
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+4.0
EARTH'S DAWN
The game features skill-based combat with combos and dodging, plus progression through crafting and skill upgrades that…
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+4.0
Epic Auto Towers
The game challenges players with difficult bosses and scaling enemies requiring skill and strategic thinking to…
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+4.0
Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast
Combat requires learning enemy movesets, timing, and strategic use of weapons and abilities; boss fights are…
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