Experimental games on Steam
20 adult-tagged games hidden and not counted here. Show them
Steam tag · 1,900 games · 154 released in the last 12 months · median 84% positive across 1,045 games with 10+ reviews · 888,575 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
0.58% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (154 games), 0.68% the 12 before (129). By year: 2014: 0.63%, 2015: 1.3%, 2016: 1.1%, 2017: 0.95%, 2018: 1.4%, 2019: 1.4%, 2020: 4.6%, 2021: 2.6%, 2022: 0.87%, 2023: 0.77%, 2024: 0.59%, 2025: 0.66%, 2026: 0.59%.
Most reviewed Experimental games
- Inscryption · 2021
- Buckshot Roulette · 2024
- Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · 2020
- The Plan · 2014
- Tiny Glade · 2024
- Townscaper · 2021
- The Beginner's Guide · 2015
- Gorogoa · 2017
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- Scritchy Scratchy · 2026
- HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM · 2026
- Starvester · 2026
- Black Hole Fishing · 2026
- OFFBEAT · 2026
- Gaming Burnout Treatment Center · 2026
- ShantyTown · 2026
- RUBATO · 2026
Often paired with
Atmospheric, Puzzle, Simulation, Minimalist, First-Person, Relaxing, Stylized, Abstract, Surreal, Short