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+4.0
Fantasy General II
Challenging tactical combat requiring strategic thinking, unit positioning, and resource management with meaningful…
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+4.0
Forsaken Frontiers
Game has a learning curve with skillful stealth, timing door slams, and map navigation rewarded.
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+4.0
Giraffe Town
The game is difficult and requires skillful control and patience, with challenging sections and a demanding final boss.
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+4.0
Grounded 2
The game offers a high skill ceiling with challenging combat, base building, and exploration, providing meaningful…
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+4.0
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay requiring good reflexes and skillful dodging, with adaptive difficulty…
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+4.0
Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG
Game rewards skillful optimization, theorycrafting, and strategic decision-making with complex crafting and progression…
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+4.0
King of Retail 2
The game involves complex management systems, strategic decisions, and skillful store optimization, providing…
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+4.0
Lords of Xulima
Combat is challenging and requires skillful planning, resource management, and tactical thinking, especially at early…
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+4.0
Mech Armada
Game rewards skillful tactical play and strategic decision-making; players improve through learning and experimentation
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+4.0
Phantom Squad
Game demands skillful tactical planning, precise execution, and mastery of equipment; mistakes are punished, requiring…
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+4.0
Reality Break
The game offers skill-based twin-stick combat, complex loot and crafting systems, and strategic meta progression that…
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+4.0
Resonite
The game demands and fosters skill development in programming, 3D modeling, and creative problem solving, with feedback…
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+4.0
Runeborn
The game challenges players to master rune combinations, trinket synergies, and strategic resource management…
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+4.0
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Combat requires skillful parrying, dodging, and stamina management; building and crafting have meaningful progression.
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+4.0
Scarlet Tower
The game offers challenging gameplay with skillful dodging and build optimization, requiring mastery of complex…
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+4.0
Skull Horde
The game offers meaningful skill challenges, strategic planning, and feedback through progression and build…
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+4.0
Squad
High skill ceiling with realistic shooting mechanics and strategic gameplay requiring learning and mastery
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+4.0
SURV1V3
Game requires skillful gunplay, melee combat, inventory management, and tactical decision-making with feedback on…
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+4.0
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Combat system rewards skill mastery and experimentation; players learn complex combos and weapon skills.
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+4.0
Tomb of Tyrants
The game has a steep learning curve and requires skillful matching, resource management, and strategic planning to…
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+4.0
Halo 2
The game offers skill-based combat with tactical depth, weapon mastery, and AI that reacts to player behavior.
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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
Age of Wonders III
The game offers deep tactical combat and strategic empire management with skill-based challenges and meaningful…
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+4.0
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
The game offers complex tactical battles requiring skillful positioning, use of abilities, and strategic planning, with…
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