The Best Experimental Games - Page 2

Update : Things Too Ugly added at rank #20.
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Understand (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

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  • experimental
  • abstract
  • logic
  • mouse
  • minimalist
  • 2d
  • puzzle

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Pantomime (2024)

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early access PC Windows Android

Pantomime is an immersive collection of interactive story-driven games designed to make learning English an epic adventure. Every choice you make deepens your language skills and unravels new paths in these captivating, dynamic worlds.


  • experimental
  • casual
  • immersive
  • team
  • adventure
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • 3d
  • pirates
  • education
  • medieval
  • detective
  • platform

13

Draw & Guess (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Draw & Guess is a casual drawing game for up to 16 players. Pick a word and draw away or try to guess your fellow players’ submissions. Multiple game modes and settings available to spice things up!

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  • word
  • hand-drawn
  • experimental
  • family-friendly
  • time-management
  • education
  • abstract
  • relaxing
  • funny
  • cartoony
  • minimalist
  • casual
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • multiplayer

14

NKODICE (2021)

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PC Windows

NKO DICE is an adaptation of a traditional Japanese dice game Chinchirorin. The game features graphics that recreate the atmosphere of a post-war Japanese gambling hall, along with traditional Japanese music.

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  • gambling
  • experimental
  • 3d
  • casual
  • dice
  • single-player

15

Nour: Play with Your Food (2023)

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An interactive exploration into the aesthetics of food.

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  • experimental
  • relaxing
  • atmospheric
  • physics
  • simulation
  • casual
  • food
  • privacy-policy
  • bowling

16

The Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother (2020)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Mac OS

The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradictions that define him.

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  • hacking
  • experimental
  • text
  • drama
  • immersive
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • simulation
  • visual-novel
  • education
  • exploration
  • 1990s
  • minimalist
  • stylized

17

Space Choice: Data Analyzer (2021)

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PC Windows

A little experimental game about making many choices quickly. Pick from 3 options, then do it again, and again, and again... Make the best out of a bad situation. Do it as quickly as you can because time is the most valuable resource at your disposal.

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  • experimental
  • casual
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • space
  • choices
  • real-time
  • tactical
  • 2d

18

Sunlight (2021)

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Game Boy Advanced (GBA) PC Windows

Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. ☀️The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story.

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  • walking-simulator
  • abstract
  • cinematic
  • experimental
  • emotional
  • philosophical
  • nature
  • walking
  • stylized
  • hand-drawn
  • 3d
  • relaxing
  • narrative
  • uk
  • narration

19

Merchant of the Skies (2020)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!


  • trading
  • base-building
  • experimental
  • sandbox
  • steampunk
  • economy
  • building
  • exploration
  • procedural
  • management
  • resource-management
  • relaxing
  • 2d

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Things Too Ugly (2025)

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Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.

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  • experimental
  • horror
  • psychological
  • short
  • conspiracy
  • mystery
  • 1980s
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • investigation
  • thriller
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • retro
  • puzzle

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