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+4.0
Heretical
Game challenges players with difficult combat, boss fights, and strategic build choices requiring skill and adaptation.
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+4.0
Idling to Rule the Gods
The game requires skillful management of complex systems and overcoming challenging goals, providing strong feedback on…
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+4.0
Increlution
Progression through skill leveling and overcoming incremental challenges provides a strong sense of effectiveness.
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+4.0
Infinite Veil
Game offers skill challenges in combat, survival, crafting, and progression; some difficulty spikes and boss fights…
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+4.0
Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Game offers tactical combat with skill-based decisions and progression systems rewarding mastery.
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+4.0
Magicka
The game requires skillful spellcasting, quick thinking, and mastery of complex combinations, especially in co-op and…
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+4.0
Natural Selection 2
High skill ceiling with steep learning curve; players must master FPS aiming, RTS commanding, and team coordination.
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+4.0
Of Guards And Thieves
Skill-based stealth and shooting mechanics with tactical gameplay and class differences require mastery and provide…
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+4.0
Phantom Brave PC
The game involves complex mechanics, strategic positioning, and skillful management of limited-turn phantoms, providing…
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+4.0
Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered
Combat requires skillful use of positioning, combos, and resource management; players feel challenged and rewarded by…
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+4.0
Screw Drivers
Game challenges players to master vehicle building, gear ratios, and driving skills with feedback from races and…
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+4.0
Smack Studio
The game offers a challenging and skillful fighting experience plus a complex character creation tool that rewards…
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+4.0
Soulash 2
Game involves skill progression, learning mechanics, overcoming challenges, and mastering complex systems like crafting…
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+4.0
SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest
The game offers challenging RTS battles, complex skill trees, and tactical combat requiring skillful management and…
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+4.0
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
The game offers challenging tactical gameplay with complex mechanics, unit customization, and skill progression…
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+4.0
Tap Dungeon
The game challenges players with tactical turn-based combat and strategic skill combinations, rewarding skillful play…
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+4.0
The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
Challenging platforming and combat requiring skill and learning; some complaints about floaty controls but overall…
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+4.0
The Haunted: Hells Reach
The game challenges players with increasing waves of enemies, requiring skillful shooting, melee combos, and strategic…
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+4.0
The Last Flame
The game offers a challenging learning curve with complex mechanics, requiring skillful decision-making and mastery of…
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+4.0
The RPG Engine
Engages users in complex map building, terrain sculpting, character customization, and use of many assets requiring…
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+4.0
Toki Tori 2+
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful reasoning and mastery of mechanics, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
The game offers challenging AI, tactical gameplay, and a leveling system rewarding skillful play and strategy.
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+4.0
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful spatial reasoning and precise triangle placement.
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+4.0
Trickster VR: Co-op Dungeon Crawler
Combat requires skillful timing, aiming, and strategy with varied enemy types and difficulty progression.
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