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+4.0
Taimumari: Definitive Edition
The game offers challenging platforming and boss fights requiring skill and timing, especially on harder difficulties.
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+4.0
The White Laboratory
The game requires skillful management of physics-based building, strategic placement, and real-time adjustments, with a…
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+4.0
Agreeee
The game challenges players with a variety of skill-based mini-games and reflex tests, demanding learning, adaptation…
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+4.0
Cart To The End
The game requires skillful cart control, precise timing for turns, and overcoming challenging obstacles, with feedback…
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+4.0
CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West
The game requires skillful economic management, unit control, and strategic use of specialized units and commanders.
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+4.0
Feed the Cups
The game offers challenging, skill-based gameplay with increasing difficulty, requiring mastery of complex recipes and…
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+4.0
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo
The game requires skill mastery and precise control of the golf ball; players improve through practice and receive…
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+4.0
Manhunt
The game is challenging with difficult stealth mechanics, AI opponents, and requires skillful execution and strategy to…
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+4.0
The Gate Must Stand
The game demands skillful multitasking between action combat and strategic management, with a steep learning curve and…
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+4.0
The Impossible Quiz
The game requires skillful memory, quick reflexes, lateral thinking, and problem solving to progress, providing…
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+4.0
Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial
Game offers challenging tactical combat with skill-based progression and boss fights requiring mastery.
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+4.0
Penimorta
The game is challenging with complex boss patterns requiring skill and learning, though some difficulty spikes feel…
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+4.0
Shanhe
The game requires strategic thinking, skillful resource allocation, and tactical combat, with difficulty especially…
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+4.0
The Tarnishing of Juxtia
Combat requires skillful timing, stamina management, and learning boss patterns; players receive clear feedback and…
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+4.0
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
Combat and platforming are challenging and require skill and timing, with boss fights demanding learning enemy patterns.
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+4.0
Godlike Burger
Game requires skillful multitasking, managing resources, and mastering complex mechanics.
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+4.0
Bionic Dues
Challenging tactical combat requiring skillful planning, equipment optimization, and enemy exploitation.
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+4.0
Crisis VRigade
High difficulty and skill required to survive and progress; players report challenge and need to improve aiming and…
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+4.0
Making History: The Second World War
The game involves complex micromanagement, balancing economy, production, and military, requiring skill and strategic…
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+4.0
Malum
Game is challenging with skill-based elements such as puzzle solving, stealth, resource management, and combat; players…
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+4.0
Mutant Mudds Deluxe
The game offers a challenging platforming experience with precise timing, skillful jumping, and mastery of mechanics.
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+4.0
Fortune's Run
High skill ceiling with complex mechanics, challenging combat, and steep learning curve.
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+4.0
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
Combat is challenging and skill-based, requiring attention, strategy, and mastery of class mechanics.
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+4.0
Tactic Boxing
The game has a steep learning curve, rewarding skillful timing, distance management, and strategic play, with players…
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