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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
Football Coach: College Dynasty
The game offers deep strategic challenges in recruiting, coaching, and playcalling with meaningful feedback and…
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+4.0
GigaBash
Game features a skill ceiling with combos, timing, and strategic use of environment; players report learning curve and…
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+4.0
Heretic + Hexen
The game offers challenging combat, skillful parrying mechanics, and rebalanced weapons that reward player skill and…
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+4.0
High Entropy: Challenges
The game offers challenging puzzles and skill-based stealth/combat mechanics that reward mastery and problem solving.
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+4.0
I Expect You To Die
The game provides challenging puzzles requiring significant brain usage and skillful manipulation of VR controls…
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+4.0
Jet Island
The game features a high skill ceiling with challenging movement mechanics and boss fights that reward mastery.
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+4.0
Kaelaverse: Pemascape
Challenging puzzles, boss fights, and skill-based platforming provide a strong sense of mastery and feedback.
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+4.0
KUNKUN Defender
Game rewards skillful shooting, positioning, and strategic upgrades; players improve through practice and feedback.
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+4.0
Lunistice
The game offers precise platforming challenges, skillful control, and ranking systems rewarding mastery and minimal…
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+4.0
Master Healer Kale with useless party
Gameplay involves skillful timing of heals and buffs, managing mana and cooldowns, and adapting strategies to dungeon…
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+4.0
Master of Orion 2
The game challenges players with complex strategic and tactical decisions, requiring skillful management and planning.
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+4.0
Minimalist Tower Defense
Game requires strategic thinking, planning, and mastering tower upgrades and placement; difficulty ramps up and…
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+4.0
Piece by Piece
Challenging puzzles that require skillful spatial reasoning and problem solving, with satisfying feedback on success.
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+4.0
Platypus Reclayed
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay with skill-based dodging and shooting, especially on higher…
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+4.0
Poke ALL Toads
The puzzles provide a satisfying challenge with a smooth difficulty curve and require skillful problem solving…
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+4.0
Seraph's Last Stand
The game offers challenging waves and requires skillful build crafting and strategic decisions to progress.
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+4.0
Slash/Jump
The game offers a satisfying learning curve with skill-based platforming and precise mechanics.
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+4.0
Spark the Electric Jester 3
The game challenges players with high-speed platforming, skillful combat, and score/time challenges that reward mastery.
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+4.0
SteamWorld Heist
Challenging tactical combat requiring skillful aiming, positioning, and strategic planning with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
The Deadseat
The game challenges players with increasing difficulty, requiring skillful multitasking, quick reflexes, and strategic…
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+4.0
Twin Shot Deluxe
Game offers a fair challenge with increasing difficulty, requiring skillful timing, aiming, and strategic use of…
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+4.0
Attack on Titan 2 - A.O.T.2
Combat requires skillful use of ODM gear and targeting titan weak points; gameplay is easy to learn but hard to master…
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+4.0
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
Game rewards skillful play, tactical positioning, and mastery of vehicle controls; difficulty scales with player…
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+4.0
Rampage Knights
The game is skill-based with challenging combat, requiring awareness, timing, and mastery of mechanics.
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