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+4.0
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens
The game demands skillful timing, strategic weapon use, and mastery of shield mechanics; deaths are fair and…
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+4.0
World of Shooting
Game offers skill-based shooting challenges with timing reload mini-games and leaderboard competition, requiring…
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+4.0
20 Small Mazes
Puzzles vary in difficulty, requiring problem solving and critical thinking, with satisfying feedback on completion.
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+5.0
VAIL
High skill ceiling with realistic gunplay, tactical gameplay, and competitive modes requiring significant brain usage…
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+4.0
Chromosome Evil 2
The game requires skillful resource management, tactical combat, and strategic planning with meaningful feedback and…
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+5.0
Ball-it Hell
High skill ceiling with emphasis on precise timing, aiming, dodging, and mastering different characters; players…
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+4.0
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
The games are challenging with puzzles and platforming requiring skill and mastery, supported by many achievements…
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+4.0
Blacksmith. Song of two Kings.
The game demands skillful manipulation of tools and materials with a steep learning curve and rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
Islands of Insight
Puzzles vary widely in difficulty and complexity, providing skill challenges and rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
Sputnika Game
The game challenges players to master aiming, timing, and gravitational physics, with skill-based difficulty and…
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+5.0
Legendary Tales
Combat requires skillful parrying, timing, and learning enemy patterns; progression and skill trees enhance feeling of…
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+4.0
HELLDIVERS™ 2
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, requiring teamwork, strategic use of stratagems, and mastery of mechanics…
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+4.0
Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost
The game offers challenging rhythm gameplay with a steep difficulty curve, especially moving from 4-key to 6-key modes…
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+4.0
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
The game involves mastering complex mechanics, optimizing tank designs, managing resources, and overcoming strategic…
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+4.0
Tales of Spark
The game features challenging boss fights requiring strategy and skill, a rich stat and skill system, and feedback…
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+4.0
The Great Rebellion
The game offers challenging gameplay with skill expression in dodging, shooting, and boss fights, requiring learning…
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+4.0
HELLCARD
Game involves strategic planning, skillful card play, and overcoming challenging enemies with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Dominion
Challenging AI and strategic depth provide skill-based gameplay and learning opportunities.
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+4.0
Don't Pee
The game challenges players with quick time events and skillful management of bladder control, requiring precision and…
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+4.0
Moonbreaker
Gameplay involves strategic turn-based combat with tactical depth and skillful positioning; players report learning…
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+4.0
Wulin Chess
The game offers deep strategic challenges and requires skillful planning and adaptation, with a steep learning curve…
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Combat is skill-based with timing, combos, dodging, and boss mechanics requiring mastery; players receive feedback and…
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+4.0
Murders on the Yangtze River
Challenging mysteries requiring logical reasoning and puzzle solving with feedback on correctness
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+4.0
Outcast Tales: The First Journey
Combat is challenging and requires tactical planning; players receive feedback through success or failure, and must…
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