The Best Experimental Games

Update : RogueViz Collection added at rank #1.
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RogueViz Collection (2025)

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j Linux PC Windows

The discovery of non-Euclidean geometry has changed how we perceive the world... but geometry goes even more exotic than that! Games of various genres designed for Thurston and space-time geometries.

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  • experimental
  • science
  • psychedelic
  • education
  • racing
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • mind-bending
  • vr
  • physics
  • arcade
  • casual

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xd1 (2025)

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Come on animatronic, save the tulpa dubai! A xd1 roguelike game where you have to save the tulpa dubai. Big adventures & stories! Chapter 1 & 2, for free.

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  • rogue-like
  • experimental
  • surreal
  • rpgmaker
  • psychedelic
  • procedural
  • replay-value
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • story
  • 2d
  • top-down
  • single-player

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Nocturne FX (2025)

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Built entirely in JavaFX, Nocturne FX™ is a high-intensity arcade game where survival warps reality. Power-ups destabilize, patterns shift, and hidden systems awaken—the longer you last, the more the world unravels.

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  • scroller
  • bullet-hell
  • procedural
  • linear
  • attack
  • score
  • minimalist
  • experimental
  • cartoony
  • fast-paced
  • stylized
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • atmospheric

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Cipher Zero (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows j

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

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  • short
  • minimalist
  • modern
  • logic
  • abstract
  • hex
  • surreal
  • nature
  • stylized
  • experimental
  • relaxing
  • atmospheric
  • futuristic
  • grid
  • 2d

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Rusty Heights (2025)

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Rusty Heights is an experimental 2D platform game played entirely using the mouse. Use your grappling hook to reach the top of the mountain !

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  • precision
  • platform
  • experimental
  • underground
  • parkour
  • attack
  • score
  • perma-death
  • robots
  • post-apocalyptic
  • 2d
  • physics
  • retro
  • dark
  • dystopian

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Melbourne: Route 96 (2025)

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Part travel journal, part visual novel with a hint of psychological horror, Melbourne: Route 96 is an experimental game about catching a tram in the wrong direction - and a polaroid camera.

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  • psychological
  • experimental
  • horror
  • lovecraftian
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • hand-drawn
  • surreal
  • interactive
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • stylized
  • story

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Religion inc God Simulator (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Create your own religion in new strategy simulator Religion Inc.

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  • god-game
  • experimental
  • faith
  • historical
  • strategy
  • choices
  • isometric
  • simulation
  • hand-drawn
  • top-down
  • real-time
  • stylized
  • philosophical
  • 3d
  • alternate

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Mirage: Ignis Fatuus (2025)

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j Nintendo Switch

As the world turns short of Mana, Mirage, the city of illusions, is in danger of collapsing! Help Kyuboy’d make his way through mind-boggling puzzles to save his hometown!

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  • platform
  • precision
  • movement
  • experimental
  • 3d
  • puzzle
  • grid
  • isometric
  • logic

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Mind Palace (2025)

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PC Windows Playstation 4

Dive into a surreal VR world where your thoughts take shape. Build, connect, and explore your own Mind Palace - a space of ideas, movement, and endless curiosity.

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  • experience
  • transhumanism
  • soundtrack
  • experimental
  • vr
  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • abstract
  • physics
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • colourful

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Clicker Maker (2025)

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Great news for those who can never click enough! Just enter a single word, and your perfect clicker will be generated automatically!

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  • clicker
  • rogue-like
  • development
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • procedural
  • experimental
  • humor
  • character
  • multiple-endings
  • text
  • dark
  • 2d
  • platform
  • customization

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