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+4.0
My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
The game offers deep strategic challenges, requiring skillful deckbuilding, optimization, and tactical play against AI…
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+4.0
House of Necrosis
The game challenges players with difficult bosses, strategic combat, and resource management, rewarding skillful play…
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+4.0
DAIMON BLADES
Combat is skill-based with timing, positioning, parrying, and mastering weapon mechanics; runs require learning and…
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+4.0
Upload Labs
Game involves significant problem solving, optimization, and skillful management of complex systems with feedback on…
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+5.0
Genokids
High skill ceiling with combo mastery, timing, and character switching; players receive detailed feedback through style…
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+4.0
WASD : The Adventure of Tori
High difficulty and demand for precise timing and coordination; players feel challenged and tested in skill, with…
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+5.0
Ascend From Nine Mountains
The game offers deep skill-based systems in combat and crafting, requiring optimization, theorycrafting, and mastery to…
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+4.0
Chronoquartz
The game challenges players with puzzles requiring logical thinking and mastery of mechanics, rewarding skillful…
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+4.0
KALPA: Cosmic Symphony
The game offers a wide difficulty range from beginner to very challenging charts, including an advanced Astra mode…
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+5.0
绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~
High skill and strategic planning required to optimize routes, manage resources, and overcome challenging bosses and…
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+5.0
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
High skill ceiling with complex tactical gameplay, strategic positioning, and character progression requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Train Sim World® 6
Game offers skill challenges in operating realistic train controls, managing faults, signals, and schedules with…
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+4.0
Momoka (wo) Wasshoi
Game is challenging with difficult platforming and requires skill to overcome obstacles and improve performance.
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+5.0
Beatblock
High skill ceiling with challenging charts, progression based on skill improvement, and rewarding mastery experiences.
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+5.0
Hades II
The game offers challenging combat requiring skill, timing, and strategy, with rewarding feedback and a high skill…
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+4.0
Mars First Logistics
The game challenges players to solve physics-based puzzles and optimize vehicle designs, providing skill feedback and…
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+4.0
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
The game offers a skill ceiling with drifting, gadget builds, and challenging rivals, rewarding mastery and providing…
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+4.0
STARIO: Haven Tower
The game challenges players with complex logistics puzzles, resource management, and optimization tasks that require…
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+4.0
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian
The game offers a satisfying challenge in alchemy experimentation and strategic turn-based combat with skill trees and…
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+4.0
SILENT HILL f
Combat and puzzles provide a challenging experience, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful dodging…
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+4.0
Aethermancer
Game challenges players with strategic turn-based combat requiring skillful planning and adaptation to RNG and enemy…
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+4.0
Granvir
The game features challenging combat requiring skillful dodging, resource management, and tactical decision-making…
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+4.0
SWORN
The game offers challenging combat requiring skillful play, learning enemy patterns, and build optimization, with…
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+5.0
Bloodthief
High skill ceiling with challenging movement and combat; players improve times and master mechanics.
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