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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
Death's Door
Combat requires skillful timing and pattern recognition; bosses provide satisfying challenges and feedback.
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+4.0
Out There Somewhere
The game challenges players with puzzles requiring skillful execution and problem solving, rewarding mastery of…
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+4.0
Super Auto Pets
Game offers strategic depth and skill mastery with meaningful decisions and feedback on team performance.
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+4.0
Timberman
Game requires skillful timing and speed to avoid branches and beat high scores; players report improving and mastering…
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+4.0
Trailmakers
The game challenges players to master physics, vehicle design, and control mechanics, with a learning curve from simple…
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+4.0
Bing in Wonderland
Gameplay requires skillful combat, timing, and build optimization; difficulty ramps up and players feel tested.
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+4.0
Cassette Beasts
Combat system is deep and strategic with unique elemental interactions and fusion mechanics, rewarding skill and…
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+4.0
Creeper World 4
Game offers challenging RTS and tower defense mechanics with skillful resource management and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Dead Estate
The game offers a fair but challenging difficulty curve, requiring skillful play and mastery of mechanics to progress…
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+4.0
Dungeons of Dredmor
The game offers challenging combat, skill mastery, crafting complexity, and requires strategic thinking to progress.
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+4.0
Ember Knights
The game offers challenging combat with skill-based dodging and timing, rewarding mastery and progression through…
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+4.0
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
The game adapts difficulty to player skill, challenging typing speed and accuracy, with skill upgrades and…
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+4.0
F.E.A.R.
Challenging combat with advanced AI requiring skillful shooting, tactical positioning, and use of slow-motion mechanics.
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+4.0
Idols of Ash
The game has a skill-based grappling mechanic with a learning curve and challenging movement requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
The game challenges players with dynamic gunplay, bullet time mechanics, and adaptive difficulty, rewarding skillful…
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+4.0
Melatonin
Game offers skill challenges with tight timing windows, hard modes, and perfect score goals.
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+4.0
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
Gameplay involves skillful stealth, combat, boss fights, and strategic use of gadgets with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
Rayman® Origins
The game offers challenging platforming with precise controls and skill-based progression, especially in later levels…
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+4.0
Rusted Warfare - RTS
Game offers skill-based challenges with AI difficulty levels, multiplayer competition, and strategic depth requiring…
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+4.0
SCP – Containment Breach
The game challenges players to learn SCP behaviors, manage resources, and master mechanics like blinking and stamina to…
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+4.0
The Battle of Polytopia
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, with strategic depth and skillful play rewarded.
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+4.0
The Swapper
The game features challenging puzzles that require logical thinking and skillful execution, especially in later stages.
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+4.0
Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
The game is challenging with complex bullet patterns and requires skill to master; players receive feedback through…
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+4.0
UNDERDOGS
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful movement and timing, with feedback on hits and damage, and boss…
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