Experimental tag
Tag created in June 2017
Experimental's popularity amongst developers
This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Experimental tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The releases count conveys the quantity of games published on Steam each year. It usually follows the increasing amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better idea of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Experimental tag is getting more or less popular from a developer's perspective. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, tag is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.
The Experimental tag has peaked in 2020, with 385 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.33% in 2020 and 0.04% in 2023.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Experimental's popularity amongst players
This chart shows the reviews for games with the Experimental tag, either as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the average value for a game. Note that if the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Experimental tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 26 (2010) and 704 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Experimental tag received between 25% (2020) and 131% (2012) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Experimental
This graph displays the evolution of the Experimental tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.
The median game price peaked in 2015 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2017 at 3.99$. The free to play ratio was at its lowest in 2017 at 5%, and peaked in 2020 at 21%.
Positive reviews ratio for Experimental, per language
This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Experimental tag, separated by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't necessarily mean that the audience doesn't like that tag. Some cultures have different standards and expectations. It will however affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Experimental games is 93% for the Portuguese - Brazil audience, and the worst is 79% for the Bulgarian audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything | The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything is a satirical point-and-click adventure game, about progress, politics and propulsive nozzles. It features fun verbs, irrelevant ducks and satirical shenanigans. I think you'll like it :) | 6.99 | 97.4% | Feb 9, 2016 |
  | Odd||Even | Odd||Even is a math and logic based, integer placement puzzle game. | 19.99 | 53.1% | Apr 6, 2016 |
  | ? Circles | Circles is an abstract puzzle game that takes your mind off things. No words, no distractions: an invitation to experiment. Relax, let your mind wander and discover the puzzling possibilities of circles. | Free | 92.9% | Feb 17, 2017 |
  | Overpass | A rhythm adventure from a new perspective. Drive and drift to the beat on a futuristic road trip through the music, where the skyline is always in sync. | 14.99 | 91.2% | Aug 15, 2019 |
  | ADONIS | Adonis is a stylized, open world action game that focuses on third person combat & platforming! | 14.99 | 91.7% | Nov 13, 2020 |
  | Ouroboros | Ouroboros presents a bright, cheerful world in which something is horrifyingly wrong. The hero has a princess to save and a quest set before him, but there are unsettling signs that all this has happened before. | 4.99 | 95.7% | May 25, 2018 |
  | Sudoku3D | Sudoku puzzle - from easy to hardcore... Fully random generation with a choice of field size and difficulty. | 0.99 | N/A | Dec 23, 2018 |
  | Sudoku3D 2: The Cube | This is not a classic sudoku. This is a variation of the famous puzzle - from easy to almost impossible... Fully random generation with a choice of cube size (within the classic from 3 to 9) and difficulty. | 0.99 | N/A | Mar 1, 2019 |
  | reYal | Play as you playing as you. | 1.99 | 66.7% | May 30, 2019 |
  | Hell Firefighter | Sometimes it gets boring in hell, and demons come to the earthly realm to wreak havoc and harvest fresh souls. This time, the servants of hell fancied to possess a regular fireman and send him on a murderous hit-and-run spree behind the wheel of a heavy fire engine. This fireman is you. | 0.99 | N/A | Apr 2, 2021 |
  | Pink Gum | A short and deeply emotional game experience where life itself is presented through a unique perspective. | 3.99 | 75% | Jul 29, 2020 |
  | OUBEY VR - Samurai | Inside the art - Oubey Samurai In this VR you’re in a tight space surrounded by the deep red of the painting. Discover “the picture behind the picture” whilst also leaving your own tracks in the painting. | Free | N/A | Aug 6, 2020 |
  | Escape Knox Manor | Escape rooms are fun! But Escape Knox Manor asks the question what if you were actually kidnapped? And what if you had to escape a mansion? Find out now! | 6.99 | N/A | Oct 16, 2020 |
  | Splinter | A first-person psychedelic movie embedded in a 3D environment | 0.99 | N/A | Aug 21, 2020 |
  | Kanały '44 | The game takes place during WWII Warsaw Uprising of 1944, showing it from a different perspective - that of an underground courier, braving the sewers under the war-torn Polish capital, in order to deliver crucial reports from Śródmieście to Mokotów district. Let the deadly mission begin! | 13.99 | N/A | Oct 16, 2020 |
  | Space Hole 2020 | In 2020, The origin of time, life, and civilization lurks inside a deep cosmic shaft known as the "Space Hole." Various beings explore the holes, and inside find commonalities in the systems and games. You gotta go in the Space Hole! | 2.99 | 84.6% | Nov 15, 2020 |
  | Flat Earth Simulator | Is the earth a globe? Why do you think that? Does your everyday life confirm that fact? Explore the alternative of the Flat Earth Simulator! An interactive simulation of the day and night cycle on a flat earth with information waypoints all over the terran plane. | 2.99 | 67.1% | Nov 11, 2020 |
  | A Forgetful Loop | A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker-placement puzzle game, where you need to weigh up which nodes are more important at a given moment; To get closer to the core, closer to the finish line! | 10.99 | N/A | Nov 6, 2020 |
  | Red Falcon | A hardcore arcade in retro soviet style. Red Falcon based on a cross between two classic retro games: Invaders and Tetris. Feel the power of soviet technology and destroy non-soviet sectarians heresy, that comes from another universe. | 0.99 | N/A | Jan 6, 2021 |
  | A Knight Never Yields | Navigate depths of old dungeon full of deadly traps without using your eye sight. Help young apprentice fulfill his destiny of becoming a Blind Knight while relying only on your sense of rhythm and memory. | 6.99 | N/A | Feb 25, 2021 |
  | P0 | Enjoy your last days in the hospital, a peaceful and settled place where you can't really kill anyone. Explore with your feeble combat ability and find a way out. End with the truth of P0. | 6.99 | 37.5% | Oct 3, 2021 |
  | Deios I // Directors Cut | Deios 1 is an arena shooter set in a surreal pixel art landscape. Players traverse through strange areas, challenging a series of arenas. Set in an alternative Internet world. The players uncover a mystery of what is the Deios BBS system invented by a strange interfaith cyber author. Themes of God. | 7.99 | N/A | May 11, 2022 |
  | Harmless Demons | Harmless Demons is an experimental puzzle game, some kind of scientific/sadistic take on tamagotchi in which the player is given a mysterious creature whose behaviour he must study and understand through observations and genome exploration. | 4.99 | N/A | Sep 25, 2020 |
  | Kristallijn | Explore an abandoned club intermittently lit by strobe lights and try to follow in the footsteps of a strange dancer. A short first-person audio-visual experience. | 4.99 | N/A | Oct 2, 2020 |