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Experimenting
Trying new things (e.g. exploring mechanics, tinkering)
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Experimenting + Growth
A strong dose of experimenting and growth in the same game.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Experimenting affinity
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+5.0
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
The game encourages exploration of novel mechanics, timelines, and strategies, with players frequently experimenting…
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+5.0
Halls of Torment
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, testing item combinations, and exploring different characters and mutators.
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+5.0
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Trial and error, learning abnormalities’ behaviors, and testing strategies are core to gameplay.
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+5.0
Nuclear Throne
Randomized levels, weapons, and mutation choices encourage constant experimentation and adaptation.
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+5.0
Antichamber
Game encourages constant experimentation with mechanics and spatial rules to progress.
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+5.0
Dwarf Fortress
Encourages trying new fortress designs, strategies, and exploring emergent mechanics.
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+5.0
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Players encouraged to try different strategies, skill combinations, equipment, and summons; many secrets to discover
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+5.0
Arma 3
Players frequently try new mods, game modes, and experiment with mission creation and tactics.
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+5.0
Öoo
Core gameplay revolves around experimenting with mechanics and discovering new interactions and solutions.
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+5.0
Poly Bridge 2
Players experiment with springs, hydraulics, and various materials to find novel solutions.
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+5.0
Homicipher: Demo
The core mechanic encourages trial and error, testing different word guesses and exploring multiple story paths.
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+5.0
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Players encouraged to try different character builds, dialogue options, and quest solutions; high replay value.
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+5.0
Tiny Rogues
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, weapons, and strategies during runs.
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+5.0
TIS-100
The game encourages trying new coding strategies, exploring optimization, and experimenting with parallelism.
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+5.0
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Game encourages trying different builds, dialogue options, and quest solutions, fostering exploration of mechanics.
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+5.0
Path of Achra
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, synergies, and strategies to overcome challenges and discover broken combinations.
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+5.0
Library Of Ruina
Players experiment with deck builds, strategies, and mechanics to overcome difficult challenges.
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+5.0
Demonic Mahjong
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, characters, relic combinations, and tile strategies to optimize runs.
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+5.0
Monster Train 2
Strong emphasis on trying new clan combos, synergies, and strategies with many mechanics to explore.
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+5.0
StarVaders
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, combos, and strategies with diverse pilots and card packs.
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+5.0
Turing Complete
The game encourages trying new designs, architectures, and programming approaches extensively.
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+5.0
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Game encourages trying different approaches, augmentations, and tactics for varied experiences.
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+5.0
FEZ
The core mechanic encourages players to experiment with world rotation and perspective shifts to discover new paths and…
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+5.0
Caves of Qud
Strong emphasis on trying new mutations, builds, strategies, and exploring procedural content; players encouraged to…
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