Best Experimental games on PC
Games that test unconventional ideas in structure, interaction, or presentation, often departing from familiar genre rules. They range from abstract puzzles and narrative experiments to open-ended sandboxes and unusual simulations.
- Unconventional mechanics and presentation
- Genre-blending structures
Related: Indie, Abstract, Puzzle, Sandbox
542 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
542 games
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A Valley Without Wind
A side-scrolling action game mixing exploration with settlement building
63% positive
203 reviews
Tempo
Arcade rhythm game about speedrunning surreal levels as a disco note
78% positive
Free
a Museum of Dubious Splendors
A museum walking simulator built around folklore and strange exhibits
76% positive
Free
Chionophile
A slow walking simulator through snowy woods, accompanied by poetry
88% positive
197 reviews
Gloomy Eyes VR
A cinematic VR tale set in a world without sunlight
88% positive
196 reviews
Mu Cartographer
An experimental exploration puzzler about reshaping landscapes with unfamiliar controls
89% positive
193 reviews
Antbassador
A side-scrolling physics adventure where a giant finger helps ants
83% positive
Free
Please Love My Computer Game
Horror exploration with cryptic puzzles and secrets inside a monochrome house
74% positive
Free
Skyward Collapse
Turn-based god game about keeping two warring factions alive
49% positive
191 reviews
Promesa
A walking simulator exploring dreams and memories across surreal places
85% positive
190 reviews
pemsa
A free collection of retro games from the PICO-8 console
92% positive
Free
Row Divers
Incremental dungeon crawler built around repeated dives and skill tree upgrades
85% positive
190 reviews
Turn on the light
Circuit-based logic puzzles with smaller challenges nested inside larger ones
94% positive
189 reviews
AI
All About Chopsticks
A physics-based puzzle game about moving food with chopsticks
83% positive
189 reviews
36 apples
First-person puzzle adventure about collecting apples and uncovering secrets
92% positive
Free
Cozy Merge
A candy-merging puzzle game with a donut as the goal
95% positive
188 reviews
Temporality
A side-scrolling war game played by advancing and reversing time
90% positive
Free
Simp Simulator
A simulation about collecting cash to win an e-girl's attention
79% positive
183 reviews
Demo Bonesaw
Turn-based tabletop horror where you gamble with your own fingers
87% positive
183 reviews
Barbotine
Short, experimental horror with apartment exploration and close-range combat
91% positive
183 reviews
VICCP
Point-and-click puzzles with a mysterious control panel and multiple endings
69% positive
182 reviews
Artifact Adventure
Open-world, turn-based RPG with branching quests and lasting consequences
71% positive
181 reviews
Space Choice: Data Analyzer
Space fleet strategy driven by a stream of timed choices
92% positive
Free
Fly in the House
First-person physics game about killing a fly with household objects
54% positive
179 reviews