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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
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
The game offers challenging platforming, puzzles, and combat requiring skill and timing, with feedback through level…
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+4.0
Soldier of Fortune
The game is a skill-based shooter with challenging firefights, rewarding accuracy and tactical weapon use, providing…
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+4.0
Super Mario 3D Land
The game offers a balanced difficulty curve with challenging platforming especially in later levels and special worlds…
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+4.0
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
The game features skill-based timed button presses in battles, strategic use of shared Flower Points, and puzzle…
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+4.0
Talking Tom Gold Run
The game challenges players with fast reflexes, obstacle avoidance, and progression systems rewarding skill improvement…
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The game challenges players with complex time management, puzzle-solving, and mastering multiple transformation masks…
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+4.0
Wii Sports Resort
Games offer skill-based challenges with increasing difficulty, requiring precision and mastery of motion controls.
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+4.0
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
Gameplay requires skillful timing for reversals and counters, mastering a deep grappling system, and strategic…
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+4.0
Dishonored
Game offers skill-based stealth, combat, and use of powers with feedback and challenge scaling.
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+4.0
Don't Starve
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve requiring skillful resource management, combat, and planning…
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+4.0
Satisfactory
The game challenges players to master complex factory building, optimization, and resource management.
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+4.0
Titanfall® 2
Gameplay is skill-based with a high skill ceiling, requiring mastery of movement mechanics and combat tactics.
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+4.0
Dying Light
The game offers skill-based parkour and combat mechanics with progression and challenges, especially at night.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 2
The game challenges players with puzzles, resource management, and combat requiring skill and strategy, especially on…
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+4.0
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
The game challenges players to master complex strategy, diplomacy, and resource management with skill-based outcomes.
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+4.0
Astral Chain
Combat requires skillful timing, dual-character control, and tactical use of Legion abilities, with difficulty modes…
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+4.0
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Combat requires skillful use of action and strategy, including managing ATB meters, exploiting enemy weaknesses, and…
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+4.0
Overwatch
The game offers a high skill ceiling with unique heroes requiring mastery of different abilities and team roles…
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+4.0
Super Mario 64
The game offers a range of skill challenges from basic platforming to advanced moves requiring mastery and precision.
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+4.0
Super Mario Bros. 3
The game requires precise platforming skills, mastery of momentum and jump physics, and rewards skillful play and…
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+4.0
BattleBlock Theater®
The game offers challenging platforming and puzzles with increasing difficulty, requiring skill and mastery.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 4
The game offers challenging combat, skill-based parrying, resource management, and progression through upgrades…
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+4.0
Sid Meier's Civilization
The game challenges players with complex strategic planning, managing multiple systems, and adapting to evolving game…
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+4.0
Team Fortress 2
The game has a high skill ceiling with varied classes and mechanics requiring practice and mastery, rewarding player…
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