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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
The game features challenging combat and complex RPG mechanics requiring skill and mastery.
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+4.0
Gremlins, Inc.
Game requires skillful planning, adapting to changing situations, and mastering character abilities.
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+4.0
Hobo: Tough Life
The game is challenging with complex survival mechanics, skill leveling, and requires mastery of multiple systems to…
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+4.0
Pokémon Colosseum
The game features challenging double battles requiring strategic thinking and skill, with difficult boss fights and a…
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+4.0
SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs
The game features a steep learning curve with complex controls and tactical gameplay requiring skill and planning.
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+4.0
Banquet for Fools
The game features challenging combat with a learning curve, requiring skillful party management and tactical…
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+4.0
Broken Universe - Tower Defense
The game offers challenging difficulty with complex mechanics, requiring skillful planning and adaptation to succeed.
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+4.0
Cosmodread
Game challenges players with resource management, combat skill, and strategic planning, rewarding skillful play and…
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+4.0
COVEN
Combat requires skillful aiming, resource management, and learning enemy weaknesses; challenging but rewarding gameplay.
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+4.0
Doomsday Hunters
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful dodging, aiming, and mastery of complex…
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+4.0
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
Challenging puzzles require significant brain usage and problem solving, with feedback from puzzle completion.
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+4.0
Lost Lives
Game demands skillful shooting, tactical thinking, and equipment management; players improve over time and face…
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+4.0
Poetry of Blood: Eclipse
The game emphasizes skillful combat, precision dodging, and mastery of weapon timing, rewarding player effectiveness.
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+4.0
Réussir : Code de la Route - Nouvelle Édition (French Highway Code)
The game challenges players with varied questions and tracks performance, encouraging skill improvement.
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+4.0
Serpent's Gaze
Combat is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful dodging, learning enemy patterns, and build optimization…
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+4.0
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
The game challenges players with resource management, stealth scavenging, and strategic planning, requiring skillful…
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+4.0
Starward Rogue
The game offers challenging bullet hell mechanics requiring skillful dodging and aiming, with meaningful progression…
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+4.0
Syrian Warfare
Game is challenging with realistic mechanics requiring skillful tactics, resource management, and micromanagement.
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+4.0
The Use of Life
Combat requires skillful timing of QTE dodges and strategic planning of moves; character builds and stat allocation…
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+4.0
Alisa
Challenging combat and puzzles requiring skill and learning enemy patterns; trial and error encouraged.
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+4.0
Carrier Deck
Game challenges players with complex multitasking, timing, and strategic planning to manage aircraft and missions…
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+4.0
CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
Game challenges players with stamina management, timing inhaler use, and evading a relentless stalker, requiring skill…
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+4.0
Dead Signal
Game requires skillful multitasking, attention to detail, and learning enemy behaviors to succeed.
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+4.0
NETHER HEROES
Game offers challenging bosses and requires skillful pattern recognition and reaction, with some complaints about…
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