Am I actually intermediate, or is my fluency just heavily asymmetrical? How do I finally break through to advanced?

(TL) I’m trying to figure out my actual English level and looking for advice on how to finally break through to true fluency. Personally, I feel like I'm a "basic/intermediate" student who is stuck and needs to untrap themselves to become advanced, but my skills are heavily unbalanced.

Here is a breakdown of what I can actually do right now:

• Reading/Writing: I play long, text-heavy games 100% in English I read manga, comics, and I regularly write formal game reviews on sites like Backloggd.
• Listening: If I watch movies with English subtitles, I understand 100%. But without subtitles, that drops to about 65% because of my listening.
• Speaking: I used to jump on voice calls with foreigners and could communicate fine, but I don't enjoy doing that anymore because sometimes I find all kinds of bad people, so I stopped. Now I'm incredibly rusty.

I feel like I don't need grammar or vocabulary.

What level do you think I actually am based on this? And more importantly: how do I close the gap and push my listening and speaking to the advanced/fluent level by myself?

Would love to hear your honest opinions and strategies. Thanks!

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