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Creativity
Creating or modifying things (e.g. building, customization)
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Creativity + Autonomy
A strong dose of creativity and autonomy in the same game.
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+4.0
Yume Nikki
Highly creative surreal environments and effects encourage imaginative interpretation.
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+4.0
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Players create their own pirate story and can customize fleet and playstyle extensively.
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+5.0
Algodoo
Core gameplay revolves around creative construction and modification of physics-based scenes and machines.
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+5.0
Avatar World
Extensive avatar customization, home building, and open-ended roleplay foster high creative expression.
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+5.0
Fancade
Robust visual scripting and voxel editors empower players to create and share their own games and levels extensively.
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+5.0
Heaven Studio
Core motivation is creative expression through remix making and customization of rhythm games.
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+5.0
Pax Historia
Players create and modify entire worlds, scenarios, maps, and narratives with no fixed paths, enabling extensive…
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+5.0
Sakura School Simulator
Strong emphasis on creativity via extensive character customization, prop editing system, and environment building.
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+5.0
Solar Smash
Highly creative sandbox allowing players to experiment with weapon combos and create unique destruction patterns.
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+5.0
Super Mario Maker: World Engine
Core motivation is creating and customizing levels with a wide variety of tools and themes.
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+5.0
Toca Life World
The core of the game is open-ended creative play, including character creation, home design, story building, and world…
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+5.0
What Beats Rock
Core gameplay revolves around inventing novel, logical, or humorous answers, encouraging high creativity.
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+4.0
The Legend of Zelda
Players create their own maps and experiment with bombable walls and hidden secrets, fostering creative problem solving.
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+4.0
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Strong modding community and powerful editor allow creation of custom maps, missions, and modifications.
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+4.0
X-COM: UFO Defense
Players customize bases, soldier loadouts, and tactical approaches; modding community adds extensive content.
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+4.0
Roadwarden
Players create their own character backstory, make unique choices, and roleplay different personas affecting the story.
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+4.0
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game
Supports creative expression through trick combinations, custom maps, mods, and character customization.
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+4.0
Fable - The Lost Chapters
Strong customization options including character appearance, tattoos, clothing, and moral alignment; players create…
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+4.0
Rocket Boots Mania
Level editor and multiple route choices encourage creative problem solving and custom content creation.
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+4.0
Choice of Robots
Players creatively design their robots and shape their personalities and roles.
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+4.0
Mount & Blade
Players can create characters, build armies, choose roles, and use mods to extensively modify gameplay.
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+4.0
No Man's Sky
Extensive base building, customization of ships, and world modification allow creative expression.
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+4.0
Cozy Island
Players can customize and decorate their island and spaces freely, expressing personal style.
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+4.0
The Long Drive
Strong vehicle customization and modding community encourage creative expression.
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