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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
GRANDMA
Game is described as challenging with skill-based gunplay and mechanics that reward mastery.
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+4.0
HITMAN World of Assassination
The game challenges players with complex stealth mechanics and strategic planning, rewarding skillful execution and…
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+4.0
Identity V
Gameplay demands skill in movement, timing, strategy, and dexterity, with a steep learning curve and mastery of…
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+4.0
Istrolid
Game offers a steep learning curve with complex ship building and tactical combat requiring skill and mastery.
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+4.0
Jets'n'Guns Gold
The game offers challenging gameplay with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful maneuvering and strategic weapon…
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+4.0
Journey to Incrementalia
Game challenges players with skill trees, build optimization, and overcoming increasingly complex walls.
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+4.0
King's Quest™ Collection
The games require skillful problem solving and puzzle completion with feedback through progress and story advancement.
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+4.0
Legend Battles
The game demands skillful play with complex AI, tactical decision-making, mastery of specialists, and challenging…
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+4.0
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
The combat system is skill-based with strategic depth, including real-time action and tactical elements, rewarding…
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+4.0
Mini Healer
The game offers challenging boss mechanics, skill trees, and progression that require skillful play and mastery.
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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
NieR:Automata™
Combat is described as smooth, fun, and challenging with a high skill ceiling; players engage in varied gameplay…
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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
POPUCOM
The game offers challenging puzzles and boss fights that require skill and coordination, with feedback and progression…
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+4.0
PUBG Mobile
Game rewards skillful play with a competitive ranking system and tactical combat, though early bot matches reduce…
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+4.0
Realm Grinder
The game offers complex mechanics and strategic depth requiring skillful decision-making and optimization.
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+4.0
Samurai Bringer
The game offers a challenging combat system with skill-based progression, experimentation, and boss fights requiring…
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+4.0
Scapewatch: Idle MMO
The game offers skill development through managing tasks, optimizing routes, and progressing through complex systems…
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+4.0
Sinister Night 2
Game involves complex social deduction, strategic item use, and skillful deception requiring attentive observation and…
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+4.0
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Game requires tactical skill, strategic planning, and mastery of rank and flank mechanics with dice-based combat…
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+4.0
SpellForce 3 Fallen God
Engages players with skill-based RTS battles, RPG character development, and meaningful feedback.
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+4.0
SpellRogue
The game offers a high skill ceiling with strategic dice management and synergy building, rewarding player mastery and…
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+4.0
Stoneshard: Prologue
The game is challenging with complex mechanics, requiring skillful play and strategic decision-making to overcome…
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+4.0
Super Fantasy Kingdom
The game challenges players with resource management, strategic planning, and micromanagement, rewarding skillful play…
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