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High competence scores, with story at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
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The game offers increasing difficulty, challenging boss fights, and requires skillful timing and rhythm mastery.
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+4.0
Lara Croft GO
Puzzles increase in difficulty, requiring skillful thinking and problem solving, with feedback through puzzle…
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+4.0
Mount & Blade
Players develop skills in combat, strategy, and management, with challenging battles and progression systems.
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+4.0
WGT Golf
The game offers realistic physics and challenging putting mechanics requiring skill and practice to master, with…
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+4.0
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Game offers skill-based driving challenges, leaderboard competition, and progression through mastering tracks and car…
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+4.0
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
High skill ceiling with advanced movement, trick shots, and skill-based catching and throwing mechanics.
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+4.0
Antonball Deluxe
Game is challenging with skill-based platforming and ball control; players report difficulty spikes and satisfaction…
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+4.0
Dynomite Deluxe
Game has a high skill ceiling with challenging modes like Fossil Challenge and Endless Puzzle requiring precision and…
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+4.0
GeoGuessr
The game challenges players to develop and apply geographical knowledge and observational skills, with clear feedback…
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+4.0
HyperRogue
The game requires skillful tactical movement and planning several turns ahead to avoid being cornered, with a steep…
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+4.0
Mega Serval
The game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skill, with feedback through progression and…
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+4.0
Queens Casino
The game offers challenging card battles with unique rules per heroine and a skill system requiring strategic thinking.
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+4.0
Shell Shockers
The game rewards skillful aiming, positioning, and strategic play with a high skill ceiling and feedback on performance.
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+4.0
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, with skill-based controls, combos, and scoring rewarding player improvement.
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+4.0
Swarmlake
Game demands skillful movement, swarm management, and score optimization with clear feedback and leaderboards.
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+4.0
PICO PARK 2
Game challenges players with increasingly difficult puzzles requiring skill, timing, and coordination.
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+4.0
1982
The game offers challenging gameplay with skill expression, requiring players to learn enemy patterns and strategize…
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+4.0
Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)
Challenging gameplay with difficult bullet-hell levels requiring skill and mastery; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Dicevaders
The game offers complex strategic depth, skillful dice and resource management, and meaningful feedback on performance.
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+4.0
pureya
The game features skill-based minigames with scaling difficulty and achievements requiring mastery, providing players…
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+4.0
Stardust Skate
The game has a high skill ceiling with challenging mechanics like bouncing combos and special moves, rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
Toasterball
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, with skill-based mechanics and a high skill ceiling noted by players.
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+4.0
Anyland
Players engage in complex building, scripting, and animation challenges with feedback and skill growth.
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+4.0
Dogpile
Game offers strategic depth with deckbuilding, combo creation, and spatial puzzle challenges rewarding skill and…
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