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+5.0
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
The game is highly challenging, requiring skillful play, strategic thinking, and mastery of mechanics to succeed.
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+5.0
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
The game demands high skill, strategic planning, and precise execution; success requires overcoming challenging AI and…
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+4.0
Two Point Hospital
Game offers increasing difficulty, strategic challenges, and skill development in hospital management and optimization.
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+4.0
UBERMOSH:WRAITH
High skill ceiling with challenging bullet hell gameplay, reflex-based sword deflections, and achievement goals.
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+4.0
UDONGEIN X
The game offers challenging boss fights and platforming requiring skill and precision, with multiple difficulty modes…
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+4.0
ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Game requires skillful piloting, managing physics-based controls, and mastering complex ship systems with meaningful…
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+4.0
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
The game offers challenging boss fights and skill-based combat with responsive controls and upgrade systems that reward…
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+5.0
Vault of the Void
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, strategic planning, and mastery of unique class mechanics; players feel…
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+5.0
Victoria II
The game demands mastering complex economic, political, and military systems with a steep learning curve and detailed…
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+4.0
Virtua Unlimited Project
The game offers skill-based combat with combo systems, boss pattern learning, and difficulty modes including a…
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+4.0
Wild Animal Sports Day
The game is described as challenging with skill-based mini-games requiring practice and mastery, rewarding player…
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+4.0
a weird game about sausage
The game is skill-based with a steep learning curve, requiring mastery of physics and timing to succeed.
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+4.0
AngerForce: Reloaded
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay with skill-based dodging and boss fights, plus progression through…
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+4.0
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX
The game offers a deep alchemy system requiring skill and planning, alongside strategic combat and task management…
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+4.0
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian
The game offers a satisfying challenge in alchemy experimentation and strategic turn-based combat with skill trees and…
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+5.0
Backpack Battles
High skill ceiling with complex item synergies, strategic inventory management, and detailed combat feedback that…
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+5.0
Barony
High skill and knowledge required to master mechanics, identify items, manage resources, and survive difficult…
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+5.0
Bloodborne
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, timing, and learning from repeated failures to progress.
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+4.0
Book of Demons
Game requires skillful timing, positioning, interrupting enemy spells, and strategic card management with clear…
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+4.0
Call of the Elder Gods
Puzzles are challenging and require logical thinking, environmental observation, and deduction, providing satisfying…
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+4.0
Capcom Fighting Collection
The collection includes challenging fighting games with training modes and rollback netcode, allowing players to…
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+5.0
Chess Evolved Online
The game demands high skill in tactical thinking, army building, and adapting to complex piece abilities; players…
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+4.0
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
The game offers skill-based challenges, including completing objectives with specific weapons and difficulty levels…
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+4.0
Dead
The game requires skillful dodging, pattern recognition, and precise timing to overcome challenging bosses, with…
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