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My Summer Car
The game demands high skill and knowledge to successfully build and maintain the car, with frequent technical…
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+4.0
DUNGEON RAZE
Game involves skillful shooting, dodging, and strategic upgrade allocation with increasing difficulty and challenge.
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+4.0
Only Up: LIZARDS MUST FALL
Game demands precision, timing, and skillful parkour; players feel rewarded by mastering difficult jumps.
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+5.0
Puck
High skill floor and ceiling with challenging mechanics; players improve through practice and receive satisfying…
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+4.0
Sixtar Gate: STARTRAIL
The game offers a challenging skill curve with dynamic lane changes and complex patterns, rewarding mastery and…
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+5.0
FOUNTAINS
Combat is challenging and skill-based, requiring learning boss patterns and precise timing, with satisfying feedback on…
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+4.0
Talented
The game offers skill-based challenges with mastery levels and requires strategic decision-making and reflexes to…
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+4.0
5 nights at Timokha 4: School
The game features challenging survival mechanics, complex nights, and difficult achievements requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Grimlord
Combat requires skillful parrying, dodging, and learning enemy patterns; bosses provide challenging tests of ability.
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+4.0
Alien: Rogue Incursion VR
Game offers skill-based combat, strategic resource management, and challenging AI that require player effectiveness and…
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+4.0
PIT OF GOBLIN
Game challenges players with difficult enemies, resource management, and requires skillful coordination and learning.
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+5.0
SimRail - The Railway Simulator
High skill ceiling with realistic physics, detailed controls, and challenging dispatcher and driver roles.
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+4.0
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
Combat is challenging and skill-based, requiring attention, strategy, and mastery of class mechanics.
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+4.0
Chroma Zero
Challenging puzzles requiring skillful deduction, planning, and execution with satisfying feedback on progress.
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+4.0
Murky Divers
The game involves skillful submarine navigation, sonar decoding, and cooperative diving challenges with enemy…
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+4.0
IRON REBELLION
Game offers skill-based mech control, aiming, and tactical combat with a high skill ceiling and responsive feedback.
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+4.0
Airport X-Ray Simulator
The game challenges players to improve observation skills, interpret x-ray images, and manage time effectively, with a…
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+5.0
LOK Digital
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful problem solving and provide satisfying feedback on progress.
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+5.0
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
High skill requirement with complex turn-based combat, resource management, and strategic decision-making.
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+4.0
ADEN
Gameplay requires skillful dodging, pattern recognition, and timing, especially in challenging boss fights that reward…
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+4.0
VOIN
Combat is skill-based, fast-paced, and rewarding with meaningful feedback; players overcome challenging enemies and…
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+4.0
Fast Food Simulator
Game challenges players with multitasking, time management, and skillful order preparation, especially at higher…
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+5.0
Bat to the Heavens
The game demands mastering complex momentum physics and precise execution, providing a strong sense of skill…
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+4.0
GRIDROAD
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, requiring skillful optimization and problem solving.
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