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Experimenting
Trying new things (e.g. exploring mechanics, tinkering)
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Encourages trying new builds, weapons, and strategies; experimentation is core to gameplay.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Live for Speed
The game encourages experimentation with car setups, driving techniques, and custom track layouts.
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+4.0
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack
Encourages trying new strategies, unit builds, and terraforming options; high replayability supports experimentation.
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+4.0
Transport Fever
Game encourages experimentation with routes, vehicles, supply chains, and map layouts.
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+4.0
Rogue
Encourages trial and error, learning item effects, and exploring new dungeon layouts each run.
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+5.0
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Encouraged to try new weapons, upgrades, and strategies; selling items for full price supports experimentation.
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+4.0
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Multiple characters with unique mechanics and customizable items encourage experimentation.
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+4.0
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout DX
Encourages trying new crafting combinations, exploring mechanics, and optimizing equipment.
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+5.0
Airships: Conquer the Skies
Strong emphasis on trying new ship designs, tactics, and strategies with modding and sandbox modes.
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+4.0
Grounded
Encourages exploration of new areas, crafting recipes, and building designs.
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+5.0
Starship EVO
High degree of experimentation encouraged by flexible building blocks, logic systems, and ship design possibilities.
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+5.0
Orb of Creation
Strong emphasis on exploring new mechanics, testing spell synergies, and discovering optimal strategies.
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+4.0
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
Players encouraged to try different builds, skills, enchantments, and strategies; ability to respec skill points…
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+5.0
Ancient Warfare 3
Strong emphasis on exploring new mechanics, scripting, and custom content creation.
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+4.0
The Apothecary of Trubiz
Encourages exploration of mechanics, trial and error, and tinkering with potion recipes and translations.
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+4.0
Airmen
Encourages trying new ship designs, tactics, and mechanics exploration.
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+4.0
Mini World: CREATA
The game encourages trying new building techniques, scripting, and exploring community maps, fostering experimentation.
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+4.0
Academagia: The Making of Mages
High novelty and exploration of different skills, spells, and story paths encourage experimentation.
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+4.0
Floppy Minecraft
Encourages trying new physics interactions, building styles, and creative experimentation.
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+4.0
Conquest of Elysium 5
High randomness and many factions encourage trying new strategies and exploring mechanics
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+4.0
Puttler
Encourages trying new placements and strategies to discover effective solutions and exploit physics mechanics.
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+4.0
Astrox Imperium
Exploration of mechanics, ship builds, and sandbox universe generation supports experimentation.
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+4.0
DRAINUS
Encouraged to experiment with different weapon combinations and strategies to suit various stages and bosses.
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+4.0
Botanicula
Encouraged to click and interact with many objects to discover effects and secrets, fostering exploration and…
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+5.0
Panzer War : Definitive Edition
High degree of experimentation encouraged through tank customization, modding, and map creation.
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