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Experimenting
Trying new things (e.g. exploring mechanics, tinkering)
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Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong experimenting score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Experimenting affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Magical Delicacy
Encourages trying new recipes, exploring mechanics, and discovering new areas.
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+4.0
Pebble Knights
High novelty in trying different builds, item combinations, and adapting to random traits each run.
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+4.0
Really Big Sky
Procedural generation and multiple modes encourage trying new strategies and exploring game mechanics.
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+4.0
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships
The open world and multiple questlines encourage exploration and trying different approaches.
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+4.0
Sodaman
Strong emphasis on trying different builds, mixing sodas and weapons, and discovering synergies.
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+4.0
Trainz: A New Era
Players explore new layouts, test different routes, and experiment with AI commands and editing tools, indicating…
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+4.0
CivIdle
Encourages trying new builds, strategies, and rebirth approaches.
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
The game encourages trying new traps, strategies, and adapting to random modifiers and threads; players enjoy…
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+4.0
Puddle
Trial-and-error and learning liquid behaviors are core to gameplay, encouraging experimentation.
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+4.0
Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
Players experiment with different decks, characters, and story paths to explore varied gameplay experiences.
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+4.0
Cards, the Universe and Everything
The game encourages trying new deck combinations and strategies due to vast card variety and weekly rule changes.
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+4.0
Citystate
High experimentation with different political ideologies, policies, and city designs is encouraged and common.
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+4.0
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
Players try different strategies, classes, races, and approaches to solve puzzles and optimize runs.
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+4.0
Door in the Woods
Players explore mechanics, test different strategies, and experiment with item use and sanity management.
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+4.0
FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
Players try new combat tactics, experiment with skill trees, and explore different party compositions.
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+4.0
GIGA WRECKER
Multiple puzzle solutions and physics interactions encourage experimentation and trying new approaches.
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+4.0
Golden Chambers
Game encourages trying new mechanics, exploring systems, and testing limits with unconventional gameplay features.
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+4.0
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Players explore various strategies, army builds, and battle tactics; game supports multiple approaches.
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+4.0
HELLBREAK
Encouraged to try different weapon and spell combinations; random upgrades promote exploration of new strategies.
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+4.0
Indies' Lies
Players try different characters, talents, rune combinations, and deck builds, exploring new strategies and mechanics.
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+4.0
ManaRocks
Players experiment with deckbuilding and new card combinations, encouraged by seasonal resets.
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+4.0
Nitro Express
Game encourages trying different weapons, gadgets, and tactics; players experiment with stances and loadouts to…
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+4.0
Soul's Chronicle: Immortal Slayer
Players encouraged to try different skill combinations, equipment affixes, and cultivation paths.
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+4.0
The Trolley Solution
Game encourages trying different solutions and exploring many varied mini-games and scenarios.
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