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+4.0
The Caligula Effect 2
Combat requires skillful timing, planning, and mastery of mechanics like juggling enemies and managing voltage…
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+4.0
LAPIN
The game offers challenging precision platforming requiring skill and timing, especially in optional areas and later…
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+4.0
Logic World
The game challenges players to understand and apply digital logic concepts, with skillful circuit design and debugging.
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+4.0
Primitier
The game involves overcoming technical challenges in physics-based building and crafting, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Spikair Volleyball
Game features a high skill ceiling with timing-based mechanics and difficulty levels that challenge players to improve…
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+4.0
Archaica: The Path of Light
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty requiring logical thinking and skillful arrangement of elements; hints…
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+4.0
Archons
The game is challenging, requiring skillful multitasking and mastery of dual-character control, with meaningful…
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+4.0
Banana Drama
Game involves skillful micromanagement, strategic planning, and overcoming tactical challenges.
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+4.0
Cat Warfare
The game features skill-based FPS mechanics, balanced weapons, and tactical maps that reward intellectual play and…
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+4.0
Disney's Treasure Planet: Battle of Procyon
The game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based aiming, ship management, and strategic fleet control.
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+4.0
Grindstone
Game offers increasing difficulty, strategic puzzle solving, and skillful combo chaining with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Ikenfell
Combat requires skillful timing and strategic positioning; difficulty can be adjusted but default mode offers…
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+4.0
Jumps
Game demands skillful timing, precision, and mastery of movement mechanics with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Lake of Creatures
The game features challenging combat and fishing mechanics requiring skill and mastery, with a steep learning curve.
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+4.0
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
The game offers a steady difficulty curve with challenging puzzles and platforming that require skill, timing, and…
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+4.0
Near Death
Requires skillful navigation, resource management, and crafting to overcome environmental challenges.
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+4.0
New York Mysteries: Secrets of the Mafia Collector's Edition
The game offers a variety of puzzles with moderate to challenging difficulty, requiring problem solving and puzzle…
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+4.0
Rogue Blight
Combat requires skillful timing, learning enemy patterns, and mastering boss fights; progression and difficulty scaling…
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+4.0
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
The game challenges players with large hordes of enemies, requiring skillful shooting, weapon management, and reflexes…
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+4.0
Sharks and Minnows
The game challenges players with stamina management, puzzles, and evading various enemies, requiring skill and quick…
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+4.0
Siralim 2
The game offers deep tactical combat, complex breeding and customization systems, and challenging boss fights requiring…
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+4.0
Spirits of the Hellements - TD
Game offers a challenging difficulty curve with strategic depth, requiring skillful planning and adaptation.
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+4.0
Ubinota
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful thinking, spatial reasoning, and understanding of physics to…
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+4.0
YIIK Nameless Psychosis
The revamped combat system is described as strategic, fast-paced, and challenging, requiring skill and offering…
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