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+4.0
City Life 2008
The game challenges players with complex social dynamics, economic management, and balancing multiple factors…
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+4.0
Conquest of Elysium 3
The game offers complex strategic choices, diverse units, and requires skillful management of resources and army…
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+4.0
Drakensang: The River of Time
The game features complex tactical combat, skill progression, and challenging boss fights requiring strategic thinking…
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+4.0
Pixel Gladiator
The game requires skillful shooting, dodging, and strategic planning to survive waves and bosses, with feedback on…
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+4.0
Pro Cycling Manager 2019
The game involves complex management tasks, tactical decisions, and skillful race control, rewarding players for…
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+4.0
Seven Kingdoms 2 HD
Game is challenging with complex systems requiring skillful management of economy, espionage, and combat.
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+4.0
Steel Crew
The game requires skillful coordination, manual gear shifting, aiming, and teamwork with feedback on performance…
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+4.0
Tomb of Tyrants
The game has a steep learning curve and requires skillful matching, resource management, and strategic planning to…
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+4.0
Active DBG: Brave's Rage
The game demands skillful timing, strategic card play, and mastery of real-time mechanics, with a learning curve and…
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+4.0
Ells Tales: Chairbound
High skill ceiling with challenging physics-based controls and punishing failure conditions requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Eternal Dread 3
Combat requires timing, dodging, stamina management, and strategic skill use; progression and skill mastery are…
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+4.0
Karting Superstars
Game offers skill-based driving mechanics, challenging AI, and time trials that reward mastery and improvement.
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+4.0
Pizza Express
The game offers a challenging balance of fast-paced pizza making and strategic management, requiring skillful…
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+4.0
Safety First!
Game requires skillful coordination and dexterity to master challenging physics-based puzzles.
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+4.0
THYSIASTERY
The game requires skillful tactical combat, resource management, and strategic skill development to overcome…
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+4.0
Warcube
Combat requires skillful timing, aiming, and chaining combos; players receive feedback and can improve their…
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+4.0
Wizards and Warlords
The game involves mastering complex mechanics, managing multiple systems, and overcoming strategic challenges with…
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+4.0
Crimson Oath
Combat requires skillful parrying, timing, and pattern recognition; bosses are challenging and demand mastery.
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+4.0
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
The game demands understanding complex political, economic, and diplomatic systems, with a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
Crookz - The Big Heist
Challenging tactical gameplay requiring skillful timing, planning, and execution with feedback from mission success and…
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+4.0
Fast and Low
Game is challenging with skill-based shooting, tactical decision making, and requires significant brain usage.
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+4.0
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
The game offers challenging bullet hell gameplay requiring good reflexes and skillful dodging, with adaptive difficulty…
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+4.0
Idle Hacking: An Inaction RPG
Game rewards skillful optimization, theorycrafting, and strategic decision-making with complex crafting and progression…
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+4.0
Kingpin — Life of Crime
The game is challenging with punishing combat requiring skill, strategy, and mastery of mechanics; players receive…
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