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May I suggest you try the recently-released Alien RPG? The combat in that is quite deadly, no matter how skilled your character. I've played it and love it, but certainly wouldn't want the danger to be toned down as that's part of what makes the game so great.
Mark Seifter said this option will be in the Gamemastery Guide. From the thread on the project page:
My personal preference for high fantasy stories is also to include a level component to make the highest level PCs and foes truly capable of matching near-armies of lower level opponents, but sometimes you want to tell a grittier story where at the end of the day, eight reasonably capable bandits are a threat to a skilled swordmaster because eight against one is terrible odds, and the GMG has your back if you want to tell that story.