The Best Experimental Games for Xbox Series X

Update : The Dark World: KARMA added at rank #9.
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Townscaper (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Xbox Series X Xbox One Android Nintendo Switch

Townscaper is a relaxing and creative town-builder game that lets you design your own picturesque floating towns with ease. With its colorful blocks and shapes that you can mix and match, you can create your dream villages whether you’re fidgeting or multitasking. The absence of missions or objectives allows you to immerse yourself fully in your creative flow and design your perfect idyllic town in no time. Get Townscaper for a soothing and creative gaming experience!


What we like:
  • Simple mechanics
  • Stress-free
  • Perfect for fidgeting
What could be improved:
  • Limited building tools and updates
  • Lack of variety in buildings and structures
  • Unsymmetrical grid pattern
  • No greenery except in enclosed areas
  • Building larger structures can be tedious

  • city-building
  • experimental
  • sandbox
  • short
  • cute
  • minimalist
  • building
  • grid
  • procedural
  • relaxing
  • nature
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • colourful

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Paradise Marsh (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One

Stars have vanished from the sky and scattered around in a perfect wetland crawling with wildlife... Catch bugs and chat with delightful characters while wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!


  • collector
  • creature
  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • procedural
  • experimental
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • retro
  • exploration
  • firewatch
  • cute
  • open-world
  • nature

3

Manifold Garden (2019)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.


  • abstract
  • surreal
  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • psychedelic
  • experimental
  • minimalist
  • multiple-endings
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • mystery

4

EchoBlade (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Venture forth in this puzzle-combat dungeon explorer. Blinded and trapped inside a dungeon tower, every sound you make illuminates your path to freedom. Danger lurks around every corner: trapdoors, chambers filled with toxic fumes, and halls patrolled by crusader knights are only the beginning.


  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • medieval
  • experimental
  • dungeon
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • puzzle-combat
  • 3d
  • combat
  • explorer
  • war

5

Manifold (2021)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Mac OS

The game takes place in a "universe with a different set of physical laws" where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to "turn walls into floors".[6] The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world.[6] To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.


  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

6

Edge of Reality (2020)

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PC Windows j Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone Xbox One Mac OS Linux

It seems that there can be no more boring profession in the world than a pawnshop appraiser. But a meeting with a mysterious but pretty stranger changes Dan's idea of his job.


  • visual-novel
  • beautiful
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • experimental
  • education
  • noir
  • atmospheric
  • choices
  • text
  • detective
  • adventure
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn

7

Titan Chaser (2021)

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Titan Chaser is a surreal driving and walking experience. Your job is to scout giant creatures and use the light to drive them off without fighting or killing.


  • dynamic
  • simulation
  • auto
  • walking-simulator
  • lore
  • music
  • immersive
  • surreal
  • investigation
  • driving
  • narration
  • experimental
  • atmospheric
  • meditative
  • open-world

8

Heal: Console Edition (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One

Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world.


  • experimental
  • abstract
  • driven
  • narrative
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle

9

The Dark World: KARMA (2023)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

This is a first-person story-driven psychological horror game. Delve into this dark and strange world with an investigation officer from Roam to find traces of lost memories and fulfill your destiny.


  • horror
  • dystopian
  • walking-simulator
  • psychedelic
  • immersive
  • psychological
  • experimental
  • vision
  • thriller
  • cold
  • multiple-endings
  • lore
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • 3d

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