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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
Painkiller: Black Edition
The game challenges players with fast-paced combat, boss fights requiring strategy, and skillful movement like bunny…
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+4.0
Pixel Cafe
Gameplay is challenging with skill mastery required especially in nightmare levels; players receive clear feedback and…
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+4.0
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
The game features challenging and logical puzzles requiring observation, note-taking, and problem-solving skills.
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+4.0
Regiments
The game challenges players with tactical decision-making, AI that punishes mistakes, and a learning curve that rewards…
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+4.0
SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure
Game offers increasing difficulty, skill-based QTE cooking minigames, combat challenges, and requires coordination and…
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+4.0
Shipped
The game features a challenging control scheme with a high skill ceiling, rewarding mastery of momentum and positioning.
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+4.0
Skelly Selest
The game features skill-based combat with a learning curve, requiring mastery of enemy patterns and controls.
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+4.0
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
The game offers challenging sniper mechanics with realistic ballistics and stealth elements requiring skillful planning…
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+4.0
Squad
High skill ceiling with realistic shooting mechanics and strategic gameplay requiring learning and mastery
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+4.0
Terraformers
Game challenges players with resource balancing, strategic planning, and adapting to random events; skillful play…
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+4.0
The Caligula Effect 2
Combat requires skillful timing, planning, and mastery of mechanics like juggling enemies and managing voltage…
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+4.0
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Combat is challenging and tactical, requiring skillful positioning and strategy, especially on higher difficulties.
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+4.0
Unrailed 2: Back on Track
The game offers skill-based challenges, including coordination, quick reactions, and strategic planning, with feedback…
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+4.0
Word Play
Game rewards skillful word formation, strategic synergy building, and overcoming challenging rounds with feedback on…
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+4.0
LAPIN
The game offers challenging precision platforming requiring skill and timing, especially in optional areas and later…
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+4.0
Logic World
The game challenges players to understand and apply digital logic concepts, with skillful circuit design and debugging.
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+4.0
Old School RuneScape
The game offers skill mastery, challenging quests, boss fights, and complex mechanics rewarding player skill and effort.
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+4.0
Primitier
The game involves overcoming technical challenges in physics-based building and crafting, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Spikair Volleyball
Game features a high skill ceiling with timing-based mechanics and difficulty levels that challenge players to improve…
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+4.0
Street Fighter™ 6
The game offers deep mechanics with a high skill ceiling, extensive tutorials, combo trials, and ranked matchmaking…
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+4.0
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Game requires tactical planning, route optimization, unit management, and timely use of abilities, providing…
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+4.0
Archaica: The Path of Light
Puzzles progressively increase in difficulty requiring logical thinking and skillful arrangement of elements; hints…
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+4.0
Archons
The game is challenging, requiring skillful multitasking and mastery of dual-character control, with meaningful…
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+4.0
Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator
Players engage in skillful management of ship systems, coordination, and tactical combat requiring learning and mastery.
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