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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
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
The game rewards skill and strategy with challenging combat, meaningful progression, and a steep learning curve that…
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die! 3
The game offers challenging levels, especially on higher difficulties and war scenarios, requiring skillful trap…
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+4.0
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)
The game is challenging with punishing gunplay, requiring skillful aiming, reloading, and tactical positioning…
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+4.0
ReCharge RC: High Voltage
The game offers challenging physics-based driving that requires skill mastery and precise control, with leaderboards…
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+4.0
Rise to Ruins
High skill and strategic planning required to manage resources, defense, and survival against escalating threats.
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+4.0
Rush Rally Origins
Game offers skill-based driving challenges with leaderboards, medals, and upgrade systems rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skill and timing, with satisfying feedback.
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+4.0
Solar Settlers
The game challenges players with resource management, strategic planning, and increasing difficulty that requires…
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+4.0
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Combat is challenging and skill-based with tactical depth, requiring strategic thinking and mastery of D&D 5e…
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+4.0
Swords & Souls Legacy Collection
Games involve skill-based minigames, timing, reflexes, and combat challenges that provide feedback and a sense of…
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+4.0
The Caribbean Sail
Game involves skillful fishing minigames, naval combat, resource management, and strategic planning to survive and…
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+4.0
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The game rewards mastering combos and skillful combat, with experience points and upgrade systems providing feedback on…
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+4.0
Worms W.M.D
Game requires skillful aiming, strategic use of weapons, vehicles, and crafting; has a high skill ceiling especially in…
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+4.0
Bloons Adventure Time TD
The game offers strategic depth and challenge, especially on harder difficulties, rewarding skillful planning and…
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+4.0
Cannon Brawl
Game requires skillful aiming, quick decision-making, and strategic planning with tower upgrades and resource…
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+4.0
Defy Gravity Extended
The game offers increasing difficulty and requires skillful execution and problem solving, with feedback through…
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+4.0
Diamo XL
Game challenges players to improve reflexes and strategic movement to avoid obstacles and maximize score, with…
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+4.0
Dream Car Builder
The game challenges players to master complex physics and engineering concepts, with a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
Drop Alive
Game is challenging with precise platforming and trial-and-error learning, especially in later levels.
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+4.0
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
The game requires skillful management of resources, tactical planning, and adapting to random dungeon layouts…
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+4.0
FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS
Game is easy to learn but hard to master with strategic deckbuilding, combos, and tactical decisions in battles and…
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+4.0
Farlanders: Prologue
Game challenges players with complex resource management, spatial planning, and puzzle-like terraforming mechanics…
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+4.0
FPS Chess
Game requires skill in both chess strategy and FPS aiming mechanics, with a learning curve and skill ceiling.
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+4.0
Frightened Beetles
The game challenges reflexes and timing with precise obstacle avoidance and rewards skillful play with achievements.
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