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+4.0
Virtua Unlimited Project
The game offers skill-based combat with combo systems, boss pattern learning, and difficulty modes including a…
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+4.0
Wild Animal Sports Day
The game is described as challenging with skill-based mini-games requiring practice and mastery, rewarding player…
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+4.0
a weird game about sausage
The game is skill-based with a steep learning curve, requiring mastery of physics and timing to succeed.
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+4.0
AngerForce: Reloaded
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay with skill-based dodging and boss fights, plus progression through…
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+4.0
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX
The game offers a deep alchemy system requiring skill and planning, alongside strategic combat and task management…
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+4.0
Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian
The game offers a satisfying challenge in alchemy experimentation and strategic turn-based combat with skill trees and…
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+5.0
Backpack Battles
High skill ceiling with complex item synergies, strategic inventory management, and detailed combat feedback that…
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+5.0
Barony
High skill and knowledge required to master mechanics, identify items, manage resources, and survive difficult…
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+5.0
Bloodborne
The game is highly challenging, requiring skill mastery, timing, and learning from repeated failures to progress.
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+4.0
Book of Demons
Game requires skillful timing, positioning, interrupting enemy spells, and strategic card management with clear…
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+4.0
Call of the Elder Gods
Puzzles are challenging and require logical thinking, environmental observation, and deduction, providing satisfying…
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+4.0
Capcom Fighting Collection
The collection includes challenging fighting games with training modes and rollback netcode, allowing players to…
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+5.0
Chess Evolved Online
The game demands high skill in tactical thinking, army building, and adapting to complex piece abilities; players…
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+4.0
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
The game offers skill-based challenges, including completing objectives with specific weapons and difficulty levels…
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+4.0
Dead
The game requires skillful dodging, pattern recognition, and precise timing to overcome challenging bosses, with…
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+5.0
Devil May Cry 4
The game demands skillful timing, combo mastery, and offers graded performance feedback, rewarding player improvement…
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+4.0
Divide By Sheep
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring math and logic skills, with increasing difficulty and feedback through…
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+4.0
Dog Sled Saga
The game involves skillful timing in races and strategic management of dogs and resources, providing a sense of mastery.
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+5.0
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
The game has a steep learning curve with complex mechanics, requiring skillful planning and mastery to succeed.
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+5.0
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
The game demands high skill, strategic planning, and mastery of complex mechanics, with unforgiving mistakes and a…
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+5.0
DOOM Eternal
High skill ceiling with challenging combat, requiring mastery of weapon swapping, timing, and resource management…
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+5.0
Exo Rally Championship
The game demands mastering complex physics, vehicle tuning, resource management, and precise driving skills, with a…
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+4.0
Fever Meme
Game challenges players with difficult puzzles and platforming requiring skill and problem solving.
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+4.0
FlatOut
The game is challenging with difficult AI, demanding precise driving and learning track layouts; players feel skillful…
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