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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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+4.0
Journey to the West Survivor
Encouraged to try different skill and weapon combinations; resonance system promotes experimentation.
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+5.0
La-Mulana
The game encourages extensive experimentation with items, clues, and environment to solve complex puzzles.
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+5.0
MechWarrior Online™ Legends
Players frequently try new mech builds, weapons, and tactics; the game encourages testing and evolving strategies.
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+4.0
Otherworld Legends
High encouragement to try new builds, item synergies, and character combinations each run.
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+4.0
Penny’s Big Breakaway
High emphasis on trying new movement combos, mastering mechanics, and exploring level design.
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+4.0
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
Encourages trying new destruction tactics, weapons, and approaches to objectives.
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+5.0
Robot Rumble 2
Strong emphasis on trying new robot designs, testing mechanics, and iterative improvements.
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+5.0
Romancing SaGa 3™
Strong emphasis on trying new combat techniques, experimenting with formations, exploring different characters and…
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+4.0
SiN Gold
Game encourages exploration of multiple paths, secret areas, and alternative mission outcomes, rewarding…
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+4.0
Snake Pass
Players experiment with novel controls and physics to overcome obstacles and explore levels.
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+4.0
Supply Chain Idle
Players frequently experiment with layouts, upgrades, and supply chain configurations.
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+4.0
Taur
Players try different upgrade paths, weapons, and strategies; experimentation is encouraged by tech tree and mission…
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+4.0
Touhou Big Big Battle
Players experiment with many units, strategies, and deck builds; frequent updates add new content to try.
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+4.0
Tower of Guns
Randomized levels and weapon/perk combinations encourage trying new strategies and exploring game mechanics.
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+4.0
Watch_Dogs™
Game encourages trying different hacking methods, stealth tactics, and combat strategies.
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+4.0
Waven
Many builds and subclasses encourage experimentation with different strategies and deck combinations.
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+4.0
Weedcraft Inc
Experimentation with strain breeding, nutrient mixes, and business tactics is encouraged and rewarded.
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+4.0
Who's Your Daddy?!
Players try various novel ways to kill or save the baby, exploring game mechanics and emergent strategies.
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+4.0
Battlevoid: Harbinger
Encouraged to try different ships, weapons, and strategies to find effective combinations and overcome difficulty.
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+5.0
Candy Disaster - Tower Defense
Strong emphasis on experimenting with trap combinations and positioning to find effective solutions.
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+4.0
CRUMB Circuit Simulator
Players try new circuit designs, test components, and explore Arduino programming within the simulation.
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+4.0
Dread X Collection
The collection encourages trying new game concepts, mechanics, and horror styles in short prototypes.
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+5.0
Earth 2150 Trilogy
The game encourages experimentation with unit builds, weapon combinations, and terrain strategies.
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+4.0
First Class Trouble
Game encourages trying different tactics, kills, and strategies; players mention variety and novelty in gameplay.
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