Top rated free games from 2016 tagged Experimental

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We Become What We Behold

a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles

Nicky Case!

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(6,323 total ratings)

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windowframe

a game whose window you can manipulate

Daniel Linssen

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(515 total ratings)

Platformer

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Walkie Talkie

send messages, receive messages, play messages

Daniel Linssen

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(255 total ratings)

Platformer

Haunted Cities

a gathering of empty places

Kitty Horrorshow

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(139 total ratings)

Adventure

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This Is Fine

A game I made in reaction to the 2016 election results. It's a 5 minute game and it's not political. Enjoy :)

Nick Kaman

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(151 total ratings)

Role Playing

Play in browser

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Sacramento

fresh air and flamingos ~

Dziff

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(241 total ratings)

GIF

[redacted] Life

A horror visual novel... Or is it?

Katy133

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(89 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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ARMAGAD (also Tetrageddon Games)

"Tetrageddon is what the internet does to people."

alienmelon

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(30 total ratings)

Fitz Packerton

Pack what you must. Pray you won't need it.

TeddyDief

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(44 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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ROM

A short atmospheric experience set on a desolate island.

BINCURLGAMES

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(71 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Life of a Polygon

Follow the life of a lil' polygon, as he embarks on a journey to become a Circle

Tan Kang Soon

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Platformer

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Cement Mixer Simulator 2003

cement mixing exploration game

claufiersoft

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(31 total ratings)

Simulation

An Afternoon Rippling

Take a road trip through a valley.

marslizard

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(46 total ratings)

lumpo

A short game about a high school crush

pistachioegg

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(46 total ratings)

Inside the Void

Explore an alien planet and its structures

3D Methods

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(93 total ratings)

Adventure

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Space Between Worlds

Space Between Worlds is a minimalistic emotional game.

4hStudioLab

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

Play in browser

Beyond Perception

Look in 2D, think in 3D

Davyn.Karan

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Puzzle

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nearAWAY

A story about a sailor on a healing journey

Ludipe

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Play in browser

tempus denique

Time. It all boils down to time

Vaida

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Play in browser

The horse is dead.

Short, twine-like (custom), experimental interactive poetry.

Nico May

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Play in browser

Vapor Maze

Explore a maze, with strange doors scattered about. The key to opening them: emotions.

romaincourtois

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(42 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Cooking With Cthulhu

Cthulhu gets a new job as a TV presenter and cooks up something special!

Snozbot

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(44 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Genius Loci

A short game about passing time and architectural memories.

Gaël Bourhis

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

404 Missing Page Detective Agency

Webpages can run, but they cannot hide from... THE DETECTIVE!

Snozbot

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

The Great Palermo

A Sicilian Tale of Food and Transformation

We Are Muesli

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Visual Novel

Starlight

Light up the night sky.

Amorphous

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Play in browser

DISCO / DISCOMFORT

#altgames #walking simulator #disco #watchers #dancers #sociophobia

wasdswag

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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10000 YEARS

This place is not a place of honor.

Heather Flowers

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Adventure

Naufrage

A journey into a strange and dreamlike world

Thomasda

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(32 total ratings)

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sleepthrough

Another sleepless night...

Andrea Pignataro

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Adventure

Cartas

Images and stories from the journey of a man adrift.

Julián Palacios

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

rain

twine game/story about the experience of rain

eli fessler

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Play in browser

The Migration

Ships passing in the night

Connor Sherlock

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

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Kitty Horrorshow

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(87 total ratings)

Birthplace of Ossian

walking simulator

Connor Sherlock

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(57 total ratings)

Adventure

NO means NO

[JAM GAME] A short game about consent.

Bricabrac

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(31 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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