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+5.0
*NEW* SCUFFED EPIC BHOP SIMULATOR 2023 (POG CHAMP)
High skill ceiling with challenging levels and rewarding mastery; players report improving bhop skills and overcoming…
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+4.0
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
Game challenges players with skill-based combat, stamina management, and positioning; difficulty ramps up and mastery…
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+4.0
Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel
Game rewards skillful combo execution and mastery of mechanics; steep difficulty curve especially for final boss.
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+4.0
Pixel Cafe
Gameplay is challenging with skill mastery required especially in nightmare levels; players receive clear feedback and…
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+4.0
Platypus
The game is challenging with increasing difficulty, requiring skillful dodging and shooting, and mastery is rewarding.
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+4.0
Poetry of Blood: Eclipse
The game emphasizes skillful combat, precision dodging, and mastery of weapon timing, rewarding player effectiveness.
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+4.0
Police Stories: The Academy
The game requires significant brain usage, tactical planning, and skillful execution with feedback on performance.
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+4.0
Prison Run and Gun
The game is challenging with a steep difficulty curve requiring skillful execution and puzzle solving, rewarding…
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+4.0
RUNGORE: Beginner Experience
The game challenges players with fast-paced real-time card play requiring skillful timing and strategic planning to…
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+4.0
Sensorium
Puzzles vary in difficulty with a good learning curve; some puzzles are challenging and require note-taking and problem…
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+4.0
Silly Polly Beast
The game is challenging with skill-based combat, resource management, and boss fights requiring learning enemy patterns…
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+5.0
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
High skill ceiling with complex engineering, logic programming, and vehicle building challenges.
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+4.0
Taiji
Puzzles require logical deduction and skillful application of learned rules, with a balanced difficulty curve.
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+4.0
The Bleakest Keep
Challenging combat with parry mechanics and boss fights requiring skill and timing; players improve with practice.
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+4.0
The Bug Butcher
Game requires skillful timing, aiming, and combo management with increasing difficulty and strategic use of upgrades.
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+4.0
The House of Da Vinci 2
The game offers a range of challenging puzzles requiring skill and logical thinking, with feedback through puzzle…
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+5.0
The Last Spell
The game is challenging and rewards skillful play, strategic thinking, and mastery of complex mechanics.
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+5.0
The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king
The game is a demanding test of skill and endurance, requiring precise and sustained mouse control with increasing…
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+5.0
This is a Ghost
High skill ceiling with challenging ghost behaviors, complex evidence gathering, and punishing difficulty requiring…
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+4.0
Ubinota
The game offers challenging puzzles that require skillful thinking, spatial reasoning, and understanding of physics to…
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+4.0
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late
The game offers a skill-based fighting system with a high skill ceiling, rewarding mastery of combos and strategic use…
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+5.0
Understand
The game strongly challenges players' logical reasoning and puzzle-solving skills, with complex and varied rulesets…
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+5.0
Vintage Story
The game features a steep learning curve, complex crafting systems, and realistic survival challenges that require…
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+4.0
War Brokers
Skill-based combat with varied weapons and vehicles; players report satisfying mechanics and a high skill ceiling.
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