Metagaming

Culture concept

Requires using knowledge the protagonist would not have without the player supplying it from previous attempts or external sources.

81
games
25
platforms

Alternate name: Trial and error

Related:
* Hard

Common in:
* Trivia/Quiz
* Manic shooter
Generally these are very non-intuitive games that rely on multiple attempts from the player to solve problems than actually solving them (trial & error vs observation, logic or some other method).

Note that metagaming is possible in almost all games, this tag simply denotes in which games it's required to progress (barring extraordinary blind luck).

Should NOT be used on trivia/quiz games as this is essentially expected of you (have knowledge outside of what the game gives you).

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Child group

Death traps

Games by year

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The first Metagaming video game was released in 1984.

Sierra On-Line, Namco Bandai and Playdead published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 14
Linux 14
MS-DOS 8
Mac OS X 7
Amiga 5
Mac OS Classic 4
PS3 3
Atari ST 3
Apple IIGS 3
NES 2
BeOS 2
Apple II E 2
GP2X 2
Arcade 1
Dreamcast 1
Master System 1
Mega Drive 1
X360 1
Tandy Coco 1
C64 1
Pandora 1
NEC PC9801 1
3DO 1
Win3.1 1
FM Towns 1

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