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+4.0
THYSIASTERY
The game requires skillful tactical combat, resource management, and strategic skill development to overcome…
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+4.0
Warcube
Combat requires skillful timing, aiming, and chaining combos; players receive feedback and can improve their…
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+4.0
Wizards and Warlords
The game involves mastering complex mechanics, managing multiple systems, and overcoming strategic challenges with…
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+4.0
Crimson Oath
Combat requires skillful parrying, timing, and pattern recognition; bosses are challenging and demand mastery.
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+4.0
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
The game demands understanding complex political, economic, and diplomatic systems, with a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
Crookz - The Big Heist
Challenging tactical gameplay requiring skillful timing, planning, and execution with feedback from mission success and…
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+4.0
Fast and Low
Game is challenging with skill-based shooting, tactical decision making, and requires significant brain usage.
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+4.0
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay requiring good reflexes and skillful dodging, with adaptive difficulty…
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+4.0
Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG
Game rewards skillful optimization, theorycrafting, and strategic decision-making with complex crafting and progression…
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+4.0
Joe Danger
The game offers skill-based challenges with increasing difficulty and rewards mastery of timing, combos, and precision.
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+4.0
Kingpin — Life of Crime
The game is challenging with punishing combat requiring skill, strategy, and mastery of mechanics; players receive…
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+4.0
Mana Spark
Combat is skill-based with timing and positioning important; players learn enemy patterns and improve through repeated…
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+4.0
Runeborn
The game challenges players to master rune combinations, trinket synergies, and strategic resource management…
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+4.0
Speedway Challenge 2026
The game emphasizes skillful throttle control, momentum management, and mastering nuanced physics, rewarding player…
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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
The Marvellous Miss Take
Challenging stealth gameplay with skillful timing, use of gadgets, and overcoming randomized guard patterns.
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+4.0
Tiny Barbarian DX
Challenging gameplay requiring skillful timing and precision; players improve through practice and mastering combos.
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+4.0
Between Time: Escape Room
The game offers a range of puzzle difficulties requiring logical thinking and problem solving, with feedback through…
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+4.0
Chariot
The game offers challenging physics-based puzzles and platforming that require skill and coordination, especially in…
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+4.0
DungeonTop
Requires strategic thinking in deck building, positioning, and resource management; skillful play rewarded; steep…
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+4.0
DungeonUp
Game requires strategic planning, skillful resource management, and puzzle solving with clear feedback on damage and…
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+4.0
iZBOT
The game challenges players with precise controls and difficult levels, especially in later stages, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Net.Attack() - Code or Die!
The game challenges players to optimize complex node-based attack algorithms and master dodging hordes, rewarding…
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+4.0
Pang Adventures
The game offers challenging levels, boss fights, and modes requiring skill and coordination, with feedback through…
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