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+5.0
Atomicrops
High skill ceiling with challenging multitasking, bullet hell combat, and farming management requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Automobilista 2
Game offers challenging AI, realistic physics, and skill-based driving with force feedback, supporting player skill…
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+4.0
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
Game challenges reflexes and timing with increasing difficulty and skill mastery; players receive feedback and can…
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+4.0
Bits & Bops
Game challenges players with timing and rhythm mastery, including aiming for perfect and super perfect ranks, requiring…
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+4.0
Braid, Anniversary Edition
Puzzles require skillful problem solving and timing; some puzzles are challenging and require precise execution.
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+4.0
Bridge Constructor Portal
Progressive difficulty with complex physics puzzles requiring skillful bridge design and problem solving.
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+4.0
Buck Up And Drive!
High skill ceiling with complex drifting, fighting game style inputs, and challenging police encounters requiring…
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+4.0
Call of Duty: World at War
Veteran difficulty is challenging with grenade spam and tactical gameplay; multiplayer and zombies modes require skill…
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+4.0
Cat Warfare
The game features skill-based FPS mechanics, balanced weapons, and tactical maps that reward intellectual play and…
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+5.0
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, learning boss patterns, and rewarding player improvement and…
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+5.0
Demon's Souls
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, precise timing, and strategic combat, with rewarding feedback…
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+4.0
Demonschool
Combat is a challenging puzzle-like tactical system rewarding skillful planning and execution with feedback via…
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+4.0
Doll Impostor
Game challenges players with puzzle-solving, deduction, and memory tasks that increase in difficulty.
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+4.0
Dome Keeper
Game offers skill-based challenges especially on higher difficulties; players improve through mastering resource…
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+4.0
Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter
Game challenges players with skillful flying, shooting, and maneuvering; progression and unlocks provide feedback on…
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+5.0
GTR 2 FIA GT Racing Game
High skill ceiling with realistic physics, driving school tutorials, and challenging AI requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
The game demands skillful combat combos, precise platforming, and strategic use of abilities, especially in Hard mode…
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+5.0
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
The game offers challenging gameplay modes including Legendary difficulty and speedruns, requiring skill mastery and…
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+4.0
I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
Challenging puzzles requiring skill and problem-solving; players receive feedback and feel effective when overcoming…
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+5.0
Insurgency
High skill ceiling with realistic gunplay, tactical positioning, and team coordination; deaths are quick and…
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+4.0
Ittle Dew
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful problem solving and mastery of item mechanics, especially in…
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+5.0
Jupiter Hell
The game is challenging and punishing, requiring skillful tactical decisions and mastery of mechanics to succeed.
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+4.0
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Engages players in challenging puzzles requiring skillful optimization and problem solving.
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+4.0
Kingsway
The game involves skillful real-time clicking, managing multiple moving windows, and strategic combat requiring…
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