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Game is challenging, requires skill mastery, timing, and precision to complete levels and challenges.
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Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2
The game involves challenging platforming, puzzles, and precise timing that require skill and mastery, with some…
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+4.0
BattleBlock Theater®
The game offers challenging platforming and puzzles with increasing difficulty, requiring skill and mastery.
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+4.0
CrossCode
The game requires skillful combat, puzzle solving, and platforming with increasing difficulty, providing strong…
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+4.0
Abathor
The game offers challenging combat and platforming that requires skill, timing, and mastery, especially on higher…
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+4.0
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
The game offers challenging platforming, puzzles, and combat requiring skill and timing, with feedback through level…
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+5.0
The Longest Game Ever 2
The game is highly challenging, requiring mastery of complex puzzles, strategic planning, and skillful execution with…
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+5.0
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
High difficulty requiring precise skill, planning, and fast reactions; players repeatedly retry levels to master them.
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+4.0
Orbo's Odyssey
The game offers skill-based challenges, especially with time trials and mastering movement techniques.
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+4.0
Doomsday Hunters
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve, requiring skillful dodging, aiming, and mastery of complex…
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+4.0
Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
The game is challenging with precise timing and trial-and-error gameplay, requiring skill and mastery to progress.
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+4.0
Metal Slug Anthology
The game offers challenging, skill-based gameplay with punishing difficulty, requiring precision and timing, rewarding…
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+4.0
vivid/stasis
Game offers a wide difficulty range with skill-based challenges and rewarding progression, appealing to both beginners…
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+4.0
Don't Starve
The game is challenging with a steep learning curve requiring skillful resource management, combat, and planning…
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+5.0
Combat Mission Black Sea
The game is highly challenging, requiring skillful tactics, learning real military doctrines, and mastery of complex…
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+4.0
Super Raft Boat Classic
The game is described as challenging with a steep difficulty curve, requiring skillful multitasking and mastery of…
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+4.0
Jump Off The Bridge
The game is challenging and requires skill and precision, rewarding mastery and perseverance.
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+4.0
Primordialis
The game is challenging and requires skillful experimentation and mastery of complex mechanics, rewarding players who…
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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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+5.0
Super Cyborg
The game is very challenging with complex boss patterns and requires skill, precision, and memorization, providing…
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+4.0
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
The game offers a skill-based challenge with a learning curve, especially on higher difficulties and boss fights…
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+4.0
Ants Took My Eyeball
The game offers challenging combat, skill-based movement, and requires mastery of mechanics to progress, with…
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+5.0
63 Days
The game is highly challenging, requiring skillful planning, precise execution, and mastery of complex stealth and…
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+4.0
Space Gladiators
The game is challenging with a high skill ceiling, requiring mastery of combat mechanics, enemy patterns, and strategic…
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+4.0
Drums Rock
Game offers skill challenges with increasing difficulty, boss battles, and precise timing mechanics that reward mastery…
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