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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
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+5.0
Age of Wonders Shadow Magic
Encourages trying new races, spells, strategies, and map configurations.
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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
Atelier Lulua ~The Scion of Arland~
Players encouraged to try new alchemy combinations, experiment with traits and awakened effects, and explore different…
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+5.0
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
Encourages trying new crafting recipes, combat combos, and exploration strategies.
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+4.0
Athenian Rhapsody
Game encourages trying different routes, recruiting different characters, and experimenting with combat strategies and…
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+4.0
CHAOS CODE -NEW SIGN OF CATASTROPHE-
Encourages experimentation with different special move combinations and playstyles per character.
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+5.0
Children of a Dead Earth
Strong emphasis on experimentation with physics parameters, materials, and designs to optimize performance.
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+5.0
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
High experimentation with alternate history, different nations, strategies, and mods is encouraged and common.
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+5.0
Dice A Million
Strong emphasis on trying new builds, synergies, and adapting to RNG and boss challenges.
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+5.0
Dishonored 2
Encourages trying different powers, stealth or combat approaches, and experimenting with level traversal and tactics.
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+5.0
Doomsday Hunters
The game encourages trying new builds, weapon mods, spells, and strategies with a vast array of mechanics and content…
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+5.0
Dream Quest
Strong emphasis on trying new classes, cards, builds, and strategies; encourages exploration of mechanics.
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+4.0
Dungeon Antiqua
Encourages trying different party setups, class changes, and tactical approaches to traps and combat.
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+4.0
En Garde!
Encourages trying different combat approaches, experimenting with environment and enemy tactics.
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+4.0
Fill Up The Hole
Encourages trying different strategies, synergies, and tech upgrades to find optimal builds.
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+5.0
FINAL FANTASY V
Strong emphasis on trying new job combinations, abilities, and strategies throughout the game.
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+5.0
Fire Pro Wrestling World
Players frequently explore new moves, AI behaviors, and match types; the game encourages tinkering and testing.
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+4.0
Forsworn
Encourages trying new builds, experimenting with class synergies and item combinations to find powerful strategies.
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+4.0
Galactic Glitch
Players explore different weapons, builds, and physics interactions, experimenting with mechanics.
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+4.0
Gateways
Game encourages experimentation with portal types and puzzle solutions, especially with complex mechanics like time…
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+5.0
GearCity
Players encouraged to try new designs, strategies, and market approaches with many variables to explore
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+4.0
Going Under
Encourages trying new weapons, skills, and strategies each run; procedural generation supports exploration.
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+5.0
Graphwar
Strong emphasis on experimenting with different mathematical functions and strategies to find effective attacks.
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+5.0
Grey Hack
The game encourages trying new exploits, scripting, and hacking methods in a sandbox with emergent gameplay.
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