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+4.0
侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)
Requires skillful management of stats, strategic turn-based combat, and mastery of various mini-games
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+4.0
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
Combat is tactical and challenging, requiring strategic thinking and mastery; puzzles vary in difficulty and require…
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
The game is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful tactical play and mastery of complex mechanics, rewarding…
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+4.0
WASTED
Challenging gameplay with skill-based combat, learning curve, and strategic resource management
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+4.0
Wretch: Divine Ascent
Game requires skillful planning, understanding of item synergies, and tactical thinking to optimize builds and counter…
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+4.0
Ashen Empires
Game involves skill mastery, strategic combat, and complex tradeskills requiring player effort and learning.
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+4.0
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Game is challenging with complex survival mechanics requiring skill, planning, and learning from failures.
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+4.0
Final Upgrade
The game involves complex logistics puzzles, optimization of production chains, and skillful management of resources…
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+4.0
Ghost Exorcism INC.
The game requires skillful use of tools, understanding ghost behaviors, and strategic exorcism, with a learning curve…
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+4.0
HELLDIVERS™ 2
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, requiring teamwork, strategic use of stratagems, and mastery of mechanics…
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+4.0
Jump Ultimate Stars
The game requires skillful timing, strategic deck building, and mastery of character abilities; players receive…
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+4.0
KitHack Model Club
The game offers a challenging building and piloting experience with skill-based physics and scenario challenges.
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+4.0
Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial
Game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based progression and boss fights requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Making History: The Great War
The game offers complex management of resources, economy, military, and diplomacy, requiring skill and strategic…
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+4.0
Malum
Game is challenging with skill-based elements such as puzzle solving, stealth, resource management, and combat; players…
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+4.0
Maurice: In The Predator's Nest
The game offers challenging gameplay with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful stealth, resource management, and…
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+4.0
Of Blades & Tails
Combat requires tactical thinking, positioning, and skillful use of abilities; progression and loot systems reward…
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+4.0
PokéRogue
The game requires skillful team building, resource management, and strategic decision-making with challenging boss…
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+4.0
Primal Carnage
High skill ceiling with unique class mechanics, aiming, and team coordination required; players report learning curve…
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+4.0
Sirocco
High skill ceiling with strategic positioning, skillshots, and build variety; players report rewarding gameplay and…
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+4.0
Solargene
Steep learning curve with complex resource management, research, and colony building that rewards skill and…
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+4.0
SpaceBourne 2
The game involves skillful space and ground combat, ship and faction management, and progression through leveling and…
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+4.0
Star Trek™: Bridge Crew
Game requires skillful management of ship systems, coordination, and mastering different roles with meaningful feedback.
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+4.0
Tribes of Midgard
Game offers challenging combat, strategic base defense, and skillful resource management; mastery improves performance.
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