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Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Strategy affinity
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+4.0
CICADAMATA"
Requires planning routes, balancing speed and scoring, and tactical use of movement and combat abilities.
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+4.0
Copy Kitty
Players must plan weapon combinations and tactics to overcome enemies and bosses effectively.
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+4.0
Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
Requires planning, pattern recognition, and tactical use of Break modes and upgrades; high mental challenge.
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+4.0
Dead as Disco
Players strategize their moves based on the rhythm and enemy patterns.
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+4.0
Dead Cells
Requires planning builds, weapon synergies, and tactical combat decisions.
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+4.0
Deep Rock Galactic
Players use tactical planning, class synergy, and resource management to succeed in missions.
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+4.0
Derail Valley
Players must plan routes, manage resources, and solve logistical challenges requiring strategic thinking.
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+4.0
Don't Starve
Requires planning, resource management, and tactical decision-making to survive and progress.
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+4.0
Duck Game
Requires mental challenge, planning, and tactical use of weapons and map features.
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+4.0
Dungeon Munchies
Players must plan builds and tactics to overcome bosses and challenges; some strategic experimentation involved.
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+4.0
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Requires tactical combat decisions, puzzle solving, and planning to overcome challenges.
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+4.0
Hotline Miami
Requires tactical planning, memorization of enemy patterns, and strategic use of resources.
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+4.0
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Requires logical thinking, planning communication, and problem solving under pressure.
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+4.0
KILLBUG
Players must plan movement, prioritize targets, and manage resources under pressure.
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+4.0
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
Requires planning stealth routes, gadget use, and combat tactics; mental challenge present.
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+4.0
NoLimits 2 Roller Coaster Simulation
Designing coasters requires planning, problem solving, and understanding physics.
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+4.0
Opus Magnum
Requires logical planning, problem solving, and optimization strategies to improve solutions.
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+4.0
Peaks of Yore
Players must plan routes, manage resources like ropes and chalk, and solve climbing challenges.
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+4.0
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Requires planning, problem solving, and procedural execution to succeed.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 2
Requires planning routes, managing resources, and solving puzzles strategically.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 4
Requires tactical combat decisions, resource management, and problem solving.
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+4.0
Sandustry
Players engage in problem solving, planning factory layouts, and managing resource flows.
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+4.0
Satisfactory
Requires mental challenge, problem solving, and strategic planning of factory layouts.
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+4.0
SCP – Containment Breach
Players must plan routes, manage stamina and resources, and devise tactics to evade SCPs.
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