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Advent NEON®
High skill ceiling with challenging combat and platforming; players receive feedback through ranks and mastery of…
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+4.0
ReCharge RC: High Voltage
The game offers challenging physics-based driving that requires skill mastery and precise control, with leaderboards…
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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
Little Fighter 2 Remastered
Game offers skill-based combat, challenging stages, and requires mastery of combos and character abilities; some…
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+4.0
Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson
Combat involves skillful deckbuilding, timing QTEs, and strategic planning to overcome enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
The Karters 2: Turbo Charged
High skill ceiling with challenging mechanics like boosting, drifting, and reserve management; players report learning…
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+4.0
Drill Core
The game offers skill-based challenges in managing resources, micro-managing miners, and defending against waves, with…
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+5.0
Demonic Mahjong
High skill ceiling with complex Mahjong mechanics, strategic deckbuilding, and challenging roguelike progression.
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+4.0
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
Game offers significant challenge, especially in later missions and skirmishes, requiring skillful resource and battle…
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+4.0
Skull Hotel
Game requires skillful observation, quick reactions, and learning from repeated attempts to succeed.
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+4.0
Astro Prospector
The game provides skill-based bullet hell challenges with rewarding feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Engages players in challenging puzzles requiring skillful optimization and problem solving.
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+4.0
Word Play
Game rewards skillful word formation, strategic synergy building, and overcoming challenging rounds with feedback on…
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+4.0
C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)
Gameplay involves skillful shooting, situational awareness, weapon management, and progression through increasingly…
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+4.0
MoteMancer
The game challenges players with complex logistics puzzles, unique hex grid mechanics, and managing entropy, requiring…
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+4.0
The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An
The game offers challenging difficulty levels with strategic depth, requiring skillful planning and tactical execution.
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+4.0
Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
The game challenges players with complex train automation, signal programming, and optimization tasks requiring skill…
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+4.0
Mobmania
The game is challenging, requiring skill to learn boss patterns and optimize builds; players report a satisfying…
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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
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
The game demands understanding complex political, economic, and diplomatic systems, with a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
A Solitaire Mystery
The game challenges players with complex, unique solitaire puzzles requiring skill, planning, and problem solving…
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+4.0
ISLANDERS: New Shores
The game offers strategic depth, skillful placement challenges, and feedback through scoring and achievements…
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+4.0
Mycopunk
The game features skill-based shooting, tactical enemy targeting (limb/core system), and complex upgrade fitting…
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+4.0
PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY
High skill required to master timing and rhythm, especially in Patapon 1 with tight input windows.
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