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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
Rodland of Pipes
The game requires skillful navigation, puzzle solving, and resource management with a challenging difficulty curve and…
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+4.0
Shigatari
Combat system is deep and skill-based with timing, stance mastery, and strategic decisions; players feel rewarded…
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+4.0
Stardust Skate
The game has a high skill ceiling with challenging mechanics like bouncing combos and special moves, rewarding mastery…
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+4.0
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Game involves skillful party management, tactical combat, puzzle solving, and progression through challenging dungeons…
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+4.0
Timelie
The game offers challenging puzzles requiring skillful planning, precise timing, and problem solving with clear…
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+4.0
Toasterball
Game is easy to learn but hard to master, with skill-based mechanics and a high skill ceiling noted by players.
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+4.0
Vibrant Venture
The game rewards skillful movement and mastery of character switching; it is challenging and requires precision, with a…
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+4.0
Alien Hominid HD
The game is challenging and requires skill, focus, and persistence to progress, with players reporting satisfaction in…
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+4.0
Anyland
Players engage in complex building, scripting, and animation challenges with feedback and skill growth.
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+4.0
Avorion
Requires skill in ship design, fleet management, combat, and economic strategy with meaningful feedback and progression.
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+4.0
Betrayal At Club Low
The game involves skillful dice manipulation, strategic resource management, and overcoming challenging dice-roll…
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+4.0
Cauldron
The game offers skill-based minigames that evolve and require mastery, plus strategic turn-based combat with meaningful…
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+4.0
Clanfolk
The game offers challenging survival mechanics, especially preparing for winter, requiring skillful resource management…
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+4.0
Clea
The game challenges players with stealth, timing, puzzle-solving, and requires skillful use of sound cues and limited…
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+4.0
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't
The game offers challenging puzzles and strategic decision-making with escalating difficulty and skillful play rewarded.
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+4.0
Depth
The game requires skillful aiming, teamwork, and strategic use of equipment and abilities, with a notable learning…
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+4.0
Die in the Dungeon
The game offers a high skill ceiling with strategic dice placement, combo building, and overcoming challenging enemies…
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+4.0
Disney G-Force
The game is challenging, requiring skillful combat, puzzle solving, and mastery of mechanics; difficulty modes scale…
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+4.0
Dogpile
Game offers strategic depth with deckbuilding, combo creation, and spatial puzzle challenges rewarding skill and…
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+4.0
Driving Rogue
Driving mechanics reward skillful drifting, near misses, and combo management; players improve through practice and…
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+4.0
Happy Wheels
Game requires mastering challenging physics and precise timing; players improve skills through trial-and-error and…
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+4.0
Horizon Chase Turbo
Game offers skill-based racing with challenging AI, requiring memorization of tracks and precise driving to win and…
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+4.0
Kero Blaster
The game offers challenging platforming and shooting with skill-based boss fights and a difficulty curve that rewards…
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+4.0
KLETKA
Game challenges players with survival, resource management, combat, and strategic decisions; players receive feedback…
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