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Experimenting
Trying new things (e.g. exploring mechanics, tinkering)
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Focused on experimenting
Games where experimenting stands out from the other motivations.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Experimenting affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Streets of Rogue
Encourages trying new strategies, mutators, characters, and custom content to explore game mechanics.
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+5.0
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Encourages trying new power-ups, mechanics, and approaches with each level offering fresh experiences.
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+5.0
The Bibites: Digital Life
Core gameplay revolves around experimenting with neural networks, environmental parameters, and evolutionary outcomes.
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+5.0
The Farmer Was Replaced
The game encourages trying new coding techniques, testing solutions, and exploring programming concepts.
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+4.0
The Great Rebellion
Players try different weapons, upgrades, and strategies each run, exploring various combinations and tactics.
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+4.0
The Roottrees are Dead
The gameplay encourages trying different search terms, exploring various sources, and testing hypotheses to uncover the…
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+5.0
Tiny Rogues
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, weapons, and strategies during runs.
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+4.0
Titanfall® 2
Game encourages trying new movement techniques, weapon combinations, and titan strategies.
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+5.0
Total Annihilation
Strong emphasis on exploring new strategies, modding, and testing different unit combinations and tactics.
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+4.0
Turbo Dismount® 2
The game encourages trying new vehicles, maps, obstacle configurations, and creative level design.
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+5.0
Turing Complete
The game encourages trying new designs, architectures, and programming approaches extensively.
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+4.0
Uncover the Smoking Gun
The AI interrogation system encourages experimentation with different questioning styles and investigative strategies.
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+4.0
Untitled Goose Game
Encourages trying different approaches and exploring puzzle solutions.
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+5.0
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Players enjoy trying new card combinations, builds, and strategies, encouraged by meta-progression and unlocks.
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+4.0
Vectronom
Encourages exploration of rhythm patterns, level creation, and use of alternative input devices.
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+5.0
Withering Rooms
Encouraged to try different builds, weapons, spells, and strategies; players experiment with mechanics and synergies.
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+5.0
Ancient Warfare 3
Strong emphasis on exploring new mechanics, scripting, and custom content creation.
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+5.0
Antichamber
Game encourages constant experimentation with mechanics and spatial rules to progress.
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+5.0
Anyland
Players frequently explore new building techniques, scripting, and creative possibilities.
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+5.0
Atomcraft
Core gameplay revolves around trial, error, and discovery of new chemical reactions and machine designs.
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+5.0
BALL x PIT
Strong emphasis on trying new ball combinations, character builds, and base layouts; players encouraged to explore…
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+4.0
Beltmatic
Players experiment with different mathematical formulas and factory designs to optimize output.
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+5.0
Bitburner
Players experiment with new scripts, APIs, and automation techniques to optimize and explore game mechanics.
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+5.0
BRUTALISTICK VR
Encourages trying new weapon combinations, modding, and exploring physics interactions extensively.
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