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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
Flick Shot Rogues
The game demands skillful aiming, precise flicking mechanics, strategic positioning, and mastering character abilities…
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+4.0
Frogger
The game challenges players with timing, spatial awareness, and pattern recognition, rewarding skillful navigation and…
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+4.0
Girls of The Tower
The game offers strategic depth, skillful team building, and mastery of complex mechanics like magic card usage and…
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+4.0
I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike
The game is challenging with difficult AI, requiring skillful stealth, tactical thinking, and precise shooting to…
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+4.0
Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail
The game features challenging puzzles requiring skillful problem solving and some outside-the-box thinking, with…
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+4.0
Marble Age: Remastered
Game is challenging, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful resource management and strategic planning.
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+4.0
Meltdown
Game offers skill-based twin-stick shooting, weapon upgrades, and challenging enemies including bosses, with feedback…
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+4.0
Mortal Glory 2
The game offers tactical challenges requiring skillful positioning, resource management, and adapting to enemy AI…
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+4.0
Mud and Blood
The game is challenging and requires skillful tactics and decision-making to overcome brutal and unpredictable combat…
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+4.0
Object N
The game is described as challenging, skill-based, with competent AI and requiring strategy to survive.
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+4.0
Parallel Experiment
The game features challenging and varied puzzles that require skill, communication, and problem-solving, providing…
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+4.0
Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
The game features challenging skill-based combat with a steep learning curve rewarding mastery and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
RATUZ
The game challenges players with precise platforming, timing, and puzzle solving, requiring skill and learning from…
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+4.0
Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time
Combat is challenging and skill-based with a significant learning curve, especially on higher difficulties.
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+4.0
Shadow Blade: Reload
The game offers challenging platforming and combat mechanics that require skill mastery and precise execution…
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+4.0
SHOOPER NOVA
The game offers escalating difficulty, requiring skillful aiming, timing, and build optimization to overcome…
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+4.0
Sky Noon
The game has a high skill ceiling with complex grappling mechanics, aiming, and strategic use of weapons and abilities.
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+4.0
Spider-Man 2
Combat involves skillful dodging, parrying, and combo chaining with feedback; traversal mechanics require timing and…
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+4.0
Stalingrad
The game is challenging and requires skillful tactics, resource management, and careful planning to succeed, with a…
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+4.0
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival
High skill ceiling with challenging rhythm gameplay; training mode helps players improve; feedback on performance is…
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+4.0
Tested on Humans: Escape Room
The game offers a range of logic, math, and pattern puzzles that challenge player skill and problem-solving ability.
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+4.0
Zuma
The game requires skillful aiming, reflexes, and strategic combo setup with increasing difficulty.
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+4.0
Across the Obelisk
Game is easy to learn but hard to master with complex deckbuilding, strategic combat, and meta progression.
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+4.0
Apotheon Arena
Combat involves skillful timing, shield blocking, weapon variety, and strategic positioning; players report a learning…
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