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+4.0
Near Death
Requires skillful navigation, resource management, and crafting to overcome environmental challenges.
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+4.0
Rogue Blight
Combat requires skillful timing, learning enemy patterns, and mastering boss fights; progression and difficulty scaling…
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+4.0
Scrutinized
Game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful multitasking, evidence analysis, and threat…
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+4.0
Shadow Corridor
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling requiring learning enemy patterns, strategic item use, and careful…
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+4.0
Sharks and Minnows
The game challenges players with stamina management, puzzles, and evading various enemies, requiring skill and quick…
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+4.0
SiN Episodes: Emergence
Game features challenging combat with adaptive difficulty, requiring skillful shooting and tactical movement.
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+4.0
Xenonauts
High skill ceiling with challenging tactical combat, strategic management, and learning from mistakes emphasized.
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+4.0
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Challenging gameplay with difficult campaigns and skillful micromanagement required; pathfinding issues add complexity.
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+4.0
Captain Commando
The game requires skillful timing, positioning, and strategic use of health-draining special attacks, with challenging…
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+4.0
PlanetSide 2
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, aiming, positioning, and teamwork required; new players face a steep…
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+4.0
5 nights at Timokha 4: School
The game features challenging survival mechanics, complex nights, and difficult achievements requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000
The game requires skillful aiming, quick reflexes, and strategic use of limited resources; challenging difficulty and…
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+4.0
Ants Took My Eyeball
The game offers challenging combat, skill-based movement, and requires mastery of mechanics to progress, with…
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+4.0
Banner of the Maid
Gameplay is challenging with tactical depth, requiring skillful planning and adaptation to enemy reinforcements and…
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+4.0
Blazing Sails
Game is easy to learn but hard to master with skill-based ship combat, aiming, and teamwork.
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+4.0
Discussion Over Dinner
The game challenges players to quickly form coherent responses under pressure, multitask, and manage timing, requiring…
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+4.0
Grabity
Game features skill-based mechanics like blocking, projectile catching, and advanced movement, rewarding player mastery…
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+4.0
HBDIE: 2
The game offers challenging AI, difficult stealth and survival mechanics, and requires skillful play to progress and…
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+4.0
Pro Office Calculator
Game offers challenging puzzles requiring skill, problem solving, and occasional trial and error, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Tannenberg
High skill ceiling with realistic gunplay requiring accuracy, positioning, and tactical coordination; one-shot kills…
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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
ZERO Sievert
Game is challenging with difficult AI, requiring skillful combat, resource management, and strategic decision-making…
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+4.0
PICO PARK:Classic Edition
Game challenges players with varied puzzle mechanics requiring skillful coordination and timing.
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+4.0
东方雪莲华 ~ Abyss Soul Lotus.
The game features challenging bullet patterns, complex scoring mechanics, and requires skillful execution and planning…
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