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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
Men of War: Assault Squad
The game demands skillful micromanagement, tactical thinking, and mastery of complex controls, providing challenging…
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+4.0
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Combat involves skillful combos, special moves, and boss fights that test player mastery; experience points and…
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+4.0
Natural Selection 2
High skill ceiling with steep learning curve; players must master FPS aiming, RTS commanding, and team coordination.
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+4.0
NHL 26
The game features a steep learning curve, especially with the new goaltending system and realistic gameplay mechanics…
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+4.0
PeeWee Purpdrank's FOENEM Clicker
Game rewards skillful clicking and strategic upgrade choices, with a strong sense of progression and mastery.
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+4.0
Pokémon Conquest
The game requires strategic planning, skillful positioning, and managing elemental strengths and weaknesses, with a…
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+4.0
Pool 2D - Poolians
Game offers skill-based play with realistic physics and challenges against AI and human opponents, rewarding…
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+4.0
Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In
The game is challenging with realistic weapon handling and requires skillful aiming and tactical planning.
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+4.0
Score! Hero
Game challenges players with precise skill-based passing and shooting mechanics requiring timing and accuracy.
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+4.0
Sniper Elite 5
Game offers skill-based sniping, stealth mechanics, tactical planning, and challenge scaling with difficulty settings.
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+4.0
Snow Bros.
The game requires skillful timing, precision, and strategic planning to clear levels and bosses, with escalating…
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+4.0
Songs of Conquest
The game offers a challenging tactical combat system, strategic resource management, and skillful army and hero…
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+4.0
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
The game offers challenging tactical combat requiring skillful positioning, micromanagement, and strategic use of unit…
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+4.0
Turbo Kid
The game offers challenging combat, boss fights, skill-based bike trials, and progression through upgrades that reward…
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+4.0
Void Sols
Combat is challenging and skill-based with stamina management, parrying, and boss fights requiring mastery; players…
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+4.0
Wasteland Bites
Game requires skillful multitasking, quick decision-making, and mastery of enemy mechanics with clear feedback on…
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+4.0
Zombie Panic! Source
Game requires skillful teamwork, resource management, and tactical play; players learn maps and weapon usage to improve…
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+4.0
Abandoned Archive
The game is challenging with skill-based combat, requiring learning enemy patterns and precise dodging, providing…
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+4.0
Anomaly Exit
Game challenges players to spot subtle anomalies and develop strategies, with feedback on success and failure…
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+4.0
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Combat requires strategic use of skills, managing overcharge and mana, and adapting to enemy difficulty spikes; players…
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+4.0
Beat Da Beat
The game is challenging with multiple difficulty levels and requires skillful dodging and timing, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Buck Up And Drive!
High skill ceiling with complex drifting, fighting game style inputs, and challenging police encounters requiring…
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+4.0
Cinderia
Game challenges players with skill-based combat, boss fights, and build optimization; feedback is clear and progression…
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+4.0
Ctrl Alt Ego
The game challenges players with complex puzzles and emergent gameplay requiring skillful problem solving and…
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