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+4.0
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Combat requires skillful melee timing, blocking, and weapon choice; investigation tools add variety; enemies have…
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+4.0
DG2: Defense Grid 2
Game challenges players with strategic tower placement, resource management, and adapting to different enemy types…
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+4.0
Egypt: Old Kingdom
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful resource management and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Electronic Super Joy 2
The game is described as brutally hard with challenging platforming requiring skill and precision, rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
Endoparasitic 2
The game features challenging combat, resource management, puzzles, and a high difficulty curve that tests player skill…
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+4.0
Expeditions: Rome
Combat is challenging and skill-based with meaningful feedback; players level up, customize skills, and manage…
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+4.0
Furious Angels
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, rewarding mastery of controls, aiming, and tactics to survive…
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+4.0
Fury Unleashed
Game is challenging with skill-based combat, combo systems, and requires mastery of mechanics to progress.
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+4.0
Garfield Kart - Furious Racing
The game offers skill-based racing with drifting mechanics, challenging AI, and achievement hunting that requires…
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+4.0
Gran Turismo 7
The game demands skillful driving and tuning; license tests and physics-based handling provide challenging feedback.
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+4.0
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure
Puzzles provide a satisfying challenge with a smooth difficulty curve and rewarding problem solving.
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+4.0
Inkbound
Game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based positioning and build optimization.
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+4.0
Leap of Fate
The game is skill-based with challenging combat and randomized skill trees requiring player mastery and adaptation.
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+4.0
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
Combat is described as fast, fluid, and challenging with skill-based dodging and timing; players receive feedback and…
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+4.0
Lumino City
The game features a variety of puzzles that require logic, memory, and problem-solving skills, providing a satisfying…
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+4.0
Mind Over Magic
The game challenges players with complex management, optimization, and combat mechanics requiring skill and strategic…
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+4.0
No Plan B
The game requires skillful planning and execution, with a high learning curve and rewarding mastery of complex tactical…
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+4.0
Nordhold
The game demands skillful play, strategic planning, and adaptation to RNG elements, with a high difficulty curve and…
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+4.0
NOT A HERO
The game is challenging with precise timing, cover mechanics, and skillful execution required, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
OPERATOR
The game demands skillful gun handling, tactical movement, and overcoming challenging AI, providing a strong sense of…
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+4.0
Power Fantasy
The game offers challenging runs, skill-based dodging, and requires strategic upgrade choices, with feedback on…
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+4.0
Rage in Peace
High skill and memorization required to overcome unpredictable traps and boss fights, with feedback through repeated…
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+4.0
RoboCop: Rogue City
Combat requires skillful shooting, use of abilities, and strategic upgrades; players receive feedback and progression…
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+4.0
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
The game challenges players with resource management, stealth scavenging, and strategic planning, requiring skillful…
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