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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
No Time to Relax
Strong emphasis on planning, resource management, and tactical decision making.
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+5.0
Orcs Must Die! 2
High strategic depth in trap placement, resource management, and combat tactics.
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+5.0
Panzer Corps Gold
Core of the game is strategic planning, tactical problem solving, and resource management.
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+5.0
Particle Fleet: Emergence
Strong emphasis on mental challenge, planning, and problem solving throughout gameplay.
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+4.0
PBA Pro Bowling 2026
Requires strategic thinking about oil patterns, ball selection, and shot adjustments.
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+4.0
Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire
Requires tactical planning, cooldown management, and sequencing; combat is described as a puzzle requiring foresight.
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+5.0
Pharaoh + Cleopatra
High strategic depth in city planning, resource management, defense, and mission objectives.
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+4.0
Predynastic Egypt
Requires logical planning, resource allocation, and problem solving to meet historical challenges within turn limits.
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+4.0
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Requires logical planning, timing, and problem solving to execute heists successfully.
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+5.0
Resident Evil
Requires strategic planning in inventory management, puzzle solving, and combat tactics.
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+5.0
Rift Wizard
Highly strategic with deep tactical combat and build optimization.
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+5.0
Rift Wizard 2
Strong emphasis on tactical planning, problem solving, and adapting to enemy resistances.
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+4.0
River Towns
Strong emphasis on strategic placement, planning, and problem solving to maximize scores.
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+4.0
Rogue Blight
Requires planning build paths, weapon/stat synergies, and tactical combat decisions.
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+5.0
Shadows of Forbidden Gods
Heavy emphasis on mental challenge, planning, and problem solving.
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+4.0
Shroom and Gloom
Strong strategic depth in deck building, resource management, and turn sequencing.
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+5.0
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Core of the game is deep strategic planning and problem solving across multiple domains.
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+5.0
Siralim 2
High strategic depth in combat, team composition, and resource management.
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+5.0
Slay the Spire 2
Core gameplay revolves around strategic deckbuilding, planning, and problem solving.
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+5.0
Soulestination
Core gameplay revolves around deep strategic planning, resource management, and puzzle solving.
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+5.0
Space Beast Terror Fright
High strategic depth in managing resources, positioning, turret activation, and team coordination.
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+5.0
SpaceChem
High emphasis on planning, logic, and problem solving; players must devise complex strategies.
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+5.0
Spellmasons
High mental challenge requiring planning, problem solving, and tactical decision making.
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+5.0
Spelunky
Requires planning, quick decision-making, and problem solving to navigate hazards and enemies.
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