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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
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
The game offers challenging combat requiring strategic planning, resource management, and mastery of mechanics like…
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+4.0
Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature.
Game challenges players with bullet hell patterns requiring skill and learning, with a high skill ceiling and feedback…
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+4.0
東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival
The game offers challenging bullet hell patterns and spellcards requiring skillful dodging and mastery, with feedback…
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+4.0
Transformice
Game has a steep learning curve with advanced techniques like wall jumping and shaman building skills, rewarding…
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+4.0
Tribal Hunter
The game offers challenging platforming and combat with a unique fullness mechanic requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
Voxelgram
Puzzles require logical deduction and skillful manipulation of 3D grids with increasing difficulty and feedback.
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+4.0
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising
Challenging tactical combat with skill-based squad management and strategic use of abilities
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+4.0
Zortch
The game offers challenging enemy AI, varied combat scenarios, and skillful movement mechanics requiring player mastery.
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+4.0
God of War III: Remastered
The game features challenging combat requiring skill, timing, and pattern recognition, with rewarding feedback and…
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+4.0
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Combat system is skill-based with a steep learning curve, requiring player mastery of melee, magic, and environment use.
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+4.0
FINAL FANTASY VI
The game challenges players with strategic turn-based combat, character progression, and mastery of unique abilities.
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+4.0
Guns of Icarus Online
The game has a steep learning curve, requires skillful piloting, shooting, and repairing, with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
In Sink: A Co-Op Escape Prologue
Puzzles require significant brain usage and problem solving, with feedback through progression and hints.
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+4.0
Pathogenic
The game offers challenging bullet hell combat requiring skillful dodging and build optimization, with meaningful…
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+4.0
Swords & Souls: Neverseen
Game features skill-based minigames that increase in difficulty and require timing and coordination, providing a strong…
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+4.0
Tricky Towers
Game requires skillful block placement, managing physics, and strategic use of powers, with a learning curve and skill…
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+4.0
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Puzzles require skillful communication, problem-solving, and mastery to achieve gold tickets; players receive clear…
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+4.0
We Were Here Forever
Puzzles require significant brain usage and problem solving, providing satisfying feedback when solved.
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+4.0
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Challenging combat especially on higher difficulties, requires skillful shooting and tactical thinking
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+4.0
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
Challenging and varied puzzles requiring logical thinking and problem solving provide a strong sense of skill mastery.
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+4.0
Desktop Explorer
Puzzles are challenging and require skillful problem solving, rewarding players with a sense of accomplishment.
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+4.0
dotAGE
The game offers complex strategic challenges, resource management, and requires skillful planning to overcome…
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+4.0
FALLSTRUKTUR
The game requires skillful control of slippery, momentum-based movement and rewards mastery with faster times and…
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+4.0
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2
Game offers significant brain usage, skill challenges, and some difficult minigames requiring mastery.
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