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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
Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
The game challenges players with strategic depth, skillful unit management, and tactical decision-making.
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+4.0
CULTIC
The game offers challenging combat, skillful aiming (headshots), weapon upgrades, and tactical enemy encounters…
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+4.0
Derail Valley
The game involves mastering complex train operations, managing physics, and overcoming technical challenges like…
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+4.0
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Combat is challenging but fair, with skill-based boss fights and progression through mastering abilities and dodging…
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+4.0
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
The game is challenging with tactical turn-based combat requiring skill, strategy, and learning; deaths are frequent…
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+4.0
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
The game demands skillful multitasking, fast reactions, and strategic timing to survive, with increasing difficulty and…
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+4.0
Fortnite
The game features a steep skill ceiling especially with building mechanics and aiming, rewarding mastery and skillful…
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+4.0
Fruit Ninja
The game offers skill-based challenges with increasing speed and complexity, rewarding precision, combos, and mastery…
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+4.0
I Am Your Beast
The game challenges players to master levels for S ranks and speedruns, rewarding skillful play and tactical decisions.
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+4.0
Legends of Runeterra
The game rewards skillful play and strategic synergy, with a high skill ceiling and meaningful tactical decision-making.
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+4.0
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Combat is strategic and challenging, requiring skillful planning and execution; difficulty spikes and tactical depth…
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+4.0
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
The game offers a range of skill challenges, from easy modes with Toadette and Nabbit to difficult levels and speedruns.
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+4.0
Opus Magnum
The game challenges players to solve complex puzzles and optimize solutions, providing feedback and leaderboards.
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die!
The game offers increasing difficulty, requires skillful trap placement, aiming, and tactical thinking, with feedback…
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+4.0
Tiny Rogues
The game offers challenging boss fights and requires skillful dodging and aiming, rewarding player mastery.
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+4.0
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Game offers high skill challenge with bullet hell patterns; practice mode and challenge mode support skill improvement.
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+4.0
Call of Duty: World at War
Veteran difficulty is challenging with grenade spam and tactical gameplay; multiplayer and zombies modes require skill…
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+4.0
Double Action: Boogaloo
Game rewards skillful stunts, stylish kills, and mastery of movement mechanics; players report a learning curve and…
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+4.0
Dungeon Defenders
The game features skill-based tower defense and combat mechanics, with a high skill ceiling especially at higher…
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+4.0
Escape the Backrooms
Game involves challenging puzzles, significant brain usage, and skillful navigation; players report satisfaction from…
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+4.0
Arisen Force: Life Devotee - Initial Ver.
Combat requires skillful dodging, parrying, and timing; boss fights provide challenging tests of player ability.
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+4.0
BLACK SOULS II
Combat requires strategic thinking, build customization, and mastery of mechanics; bosses and DLC content present…
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+4.0
Bronzebeard's Tavern
Players face increasing difficulty, requiring skillful coordination and time management to succeed.
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+4.0
Cheese Rolling
Players experience a learning curve mastering timing, physics, and grabbing techniques, with skill progression and…
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