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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
Hunger Dungeon
Players try different characters, builds, and item combinations, exploring mechanics and synergies.
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+5.0
Idle Land of Exile
Strong emphasis on experimenting with builds, skill trees, and equipment synergies.
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+4.0
Impossible Quest
Encourages trying different choices and exploring all possible endings.
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+4.0
Legend of Dungeon
Strong encouragement to try new items, spells, and strategies due to randomization and variety.
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+4.0
Machine Mind
Players experiment with vehicle builds, base layouts, and strategies to overcome challenges.
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+4.0
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
The game encourages trying new traps, strategies, and adapting to random modifiers and threads; players enjoy…
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+4.0
RICE - Repetitive Indie Combat Experience™
Encouraged by diverse weapon upgrades, meta-progression tile arrangements, and build synergies; players try new…
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+4.0
Snapshot
Game encourages trying new mechanics and creative solutions throughout levels.
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+5.0
Space Empires V
Players encouraged to experiment with ship designs, strategies, and mods to find optimal approaches.
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+4.0
There Came an Echo
Innovative voice command system encourages players to explore new interaction methods and customize commands.
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+4.0
0RBITALIS
Encourages experimentation with launch parameters and orbital paths to find successful trajectories.
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+4.0
Better Days
Encourages experimentation with different characters, weapons, and artifact combinations to find effective builds.
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+4.0
BioShock™ 2 Remastered
Encouraged to try different plasmid and weapon combos, upgrade paths, and moral choices.
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+4.0
Black Future '88
Encouraged to try different weapons, perks, and strategies; discovery of synergies and combos is a key appeal.
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+4.0
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
Players experiment with builds, weapons, and mutations to find effective combinations.
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+4.0
Diabotical Rogue
Roguelike upgrades and random loadouts encourage trying new builds and strategies.
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+4.0
Duel Corp.
Players experiment with different builds, weapon types, and combat strategies; the game encourages trying new…
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+5.0
FortressCraft Evolved!
Players frequently experiment with base designs, automation setups, and strategies to optimize performance.
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+4.0
GODBREAKERS
Players try different archetypes, builds, and run modifiers to explore game mechanics and optimize play.
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+4.0
Gunsmith
Players experiment with production line designs, machine ratios, and factory layouts to optimize efficiency.
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+4.0
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
The branching narrative and visible future paths encourage players to try different choices and strategies.
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+4.0
Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue
Open-ended puzzle design and freedom to explore and try different approaches encourages experimentation.
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+5.0
Homebrew - Patent Unknown
Encouraged to try new designs, test physics, and experiment with logic and vehicle functions extensively.
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+4.0
Iron Danger
The core gameplay encourages trying new tactics, rewinding time to test different approaches and optimize combat.
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