The Best Experimental Games

Update : RogueViz Collection added at rank #33.
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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

2

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!

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

3

Tandis (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Tandis is a short puzzle game where you discover mind-bending geometric forms.

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  • illustration
  • design
  • abstract
  • psychedelic
  • education
  • development
  • experimental
  • 3d
  • building
  • procedural
  • minimalist
  • relaxing
  • nature
  • puzzle
  • science

4

What The Car? (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

An absurdly silly adventure full of racing, laughs, and unexpected surprises. Roll, sprint, jump, fly and sneeze your way to victory on the racetrack and beyond!

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  • 3d
  • editor
  • racing
  • comedy
  • level
  • parody
  • memes
  • experimental
  • funny
  • cute
  • physics
  • action-adventure
  • golf
  • colourful
  • family-friendly

5

The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Are you The Rightful King™ or just a filthy peasant? The sword is waiting for you to lift it, but it gets longer and heavier each time some else succeeds...

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  • instrumental
  • cinematic
  • short
  • experimental
  • emotional
  • soundtrack
  • music
  • dark
  • medieval
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • walking-simulator
  • historical
  • 3d

6

My Dream is a Lost Memory (2022)

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PC Windows

My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.

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  • philosophical
  • fiction
  • lore
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • point-and-click
  • experimental
  • interactive
  • dark
  • minimalist
  • drama
  • 2d
  • cartoony
  • stylized

7

Juice Galaxy (2023)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Juice Galaxy is a happy place to fly around and smack things and drink juice. And explore things. And just, flip around doing stuff.

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  • psychedelic
  • souls
  • immersive
  • hack-and-slash
  • experimental
  • vampire
  • nonlinear
  • inventory
  • physics
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • rpg
  • management
  • simulation

8

Things Too Ugly (2025)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

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

9

Depanneur Nocturne (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A short exploration game about poking around a convenience store and finding a gift with the help of its owner. But sometimes the perfect gift finds you.

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  • adventure
  • experimental
  • noir
  • atmospheric
  • inventory
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • cats
  • conversation
  • cute
  • walking-simulator
  • first-person
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • supernatural

10

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

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