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+4.0
9 Kings
Game offers skillful strategic deckbuilding and tactical placement with meaningful feedback and challenge scaling.
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+4.0
Antimatter Dimensions
The game requires skillful optimization, problem solving, and understanding complex mechanics to progress efficiently.
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+4.0
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
The game features challenging boss fights and skill-based combat that test player abilities, rewarding mastery and…
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+4.0
Astro Prospector
The game provides skill-based bullet hell challenges with rewarding feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Auto Rogue
The game challenges players to optimize complex skill-condition synergies and solve tactical puzzles, rewarding…
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+4.0
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
The game features complex tactical combat requiring skillful use of spells, positioning, and party management, with a…
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+4.0
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
The game involves complex tactical combat based on AD&D 2nd edition rules, requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
BONEWORKS
The game offers challenging physics-based puzzles, combat, and movement that require skill and mastery, with…
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+4.0
Caves of Lore
Combat and skill systems provide meaningful challenges and progression; players improve skills through use and face…
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+4.0
Classic Marathon 2
The game demands precision, strategy, and mastery of mechanics with challenging combat and level design, rewarding…
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+4.0
CrossCode
The game requires skillful combat, puzzle solving, and platforming with increasing difficulty, providing strong…
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+4.0
CROWDED. FOLLOWED.
Game challenges players with stamina management, timing inhaler use, and evading a relentless stalker, requiring skill…
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+4.0
Crystal Project
Combat is strategic and challenging, requiring skillful use of class abilities and threat management.
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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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+4.0
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
Game involves overcoming challenging bosses, mastering combos, and learning synergies; players report a steep learning…
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+4.0
Dead Space (2008)
Combat requires skillful dismemberment of enemies and resource management, with challenging boss fights and tactical…
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+4.0
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Game challenges players with stealth, hacking, combat, and exploration requiring skill and strategic thinking.
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+4.0
Dice Player One
The game challenges players with complex dice synergies, strategic planning, and adapting to bosses, rewarding skillful…
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+4.0
Dice With Death
Game rewards skillful play, synergy building, and strategic risk-taking; players improve over time to overcome…
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+4.0
Disgaea 2 PC
The game offers complex tactical challenges and skill development, rewarding mastery of mechanics and strategic…
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+4.0
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
Challenging turn-based combat with strategic depth and environmental interactions requires skill and tactical thinking.
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+4.0
FINAL FANTASY VI
The game challenges players with strategic turn-based combat, character progression, and mastery of unique abilities.
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+4.0
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
The game challenges players with tactical real-time combat, puzzle solving, and strategic party management requiring…
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+4.0
Genome Guardian
High skill ceiling with challenging waves, strategic weapon combos, and meta progression rewarding mastery and skill…
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