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Popular, well-rated games with a strong competence score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Two Point Hospital
Game offers increasing difficulty, strategic challenges, and skill development in hospital management and optimization.
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+4.0
觅长生
The game involves mastering complex combat mechanics, managing cultivation progress, and optimizing builds, providing…
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+4.0
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
The game offers challenging combat, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skillful play, tactical adaptation…
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+4.0
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+
High skill ceiling with challenging rhythm gameplay; players improve timing and coordination; leaderboards encourage…
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+4.0
RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
Game involves skillful balancing of finances, coaster design with ride statistics, and park management challenges that…
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+4.0
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Gameplay is challenging with skill-based combat, boss fights, and build optimization requiring player mastery.
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+4.0
World of Goo
The game challenges players with physics-based puzzles requiring skill, planning, and precision, especially for OCD…
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+4.0
Zuma's Revenge!
Game requires skillful aiming, timing, and pattern recognition; players report challenging levels and achievement…
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+4.0
Splatoon 2
High skill ceiling with mastering movement, aiming, and weapon mechanics; multiplayer and Salmon Run modes provide…
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+4.0
Bloons TD Battles
Game requires skillful strategy, timing, and micro-management; players improve through learning tower interactions and…
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+4.0
DEVOUR
Game offers challenging AI, especially on higher difficulties, requiring skill, timing, and coordination to succeed.
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+4.0
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
High skill ceiling with physics-based combat, timing, aiming, and movement mastery required.
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+4.0
MudRunner
Game demands skillful driving, problem solving, and mastery of realistic physics to overcome difficult terrain and…
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die! 2
Challenging gameplay with skill-based shooting, trap placement, and strategic upgrades; difficulty scales well.
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+4.0
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
Game rewards skillful tracking, shot placement, and understanding of animal behavior; missions provide challenges.
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+4.0
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
The game offers challenging battles requiring skillful tactics and strategic planning, with feedback through battle…
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+4.0
Total War: SHOGUN 2
The game challenges players with strategic planning, tactical battles, and managing resources, requiring skill and…
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+4.0
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
The game challenges players to solve mysteries through logical deduction, evidence presentation, and argumentation.
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+4.0
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Combat requires skillful timing and strategy, especially on hard mode; players receive feedback and can master complex…
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+4.0
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
The game features challenging and clever puzzles requiring problem-solving skills and logical thinking.
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+4.0
DICEOMANCER
The game involves skillful deckbuilding, resource management, and strategic use of dice manipulation to overcome…
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+4.0
Emberward
The game challenges players with strategic tower defense and maze building requiring skill and planning.
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+4.0
Empires of the Undergrowth
Challenging RTS gameplay with strategic resource management and colony building requiring skill and adaptation
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+4.0
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
Combat is strategic and challenging especially on higher difficulties; requires skillful use of elemental weaknesses…
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