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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Fantasy
A strong dose of exploration and fantasy in the same game.
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Spider-Man 2: The Game
The game features a large, detailed open-world Manhattan with many hidden collectibles and side activities encouraging…
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+5.0
Regions Of Ruin
Core gameplay involves discovering new map areas, secrets, and puzzles driven by curiosity.
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+5.0
Aquaria
Core motivation is discovering vast underwater areas, secrets, and lore in a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
VRChat
Large variety of user-created worlds and maps encourage discovery and exploration.
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+5.0
Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999
Exploration of branching paths, secrets, and endings is a central motivation and gameplay element.
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+5.0
Vigil: The Longest Night
Large, open, interconnected map with many secrets and hidden areas strongly encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Fatal Claw
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore; large maps encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Aion 2
Large open world with free flight, swimming, and vertical exploration rewards curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Extensive hidden areas, collectibles, and bonus stages promote curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Arthurian Legends
Levels are large, detailed, and packed with well-hidden secrets and alternate routes.
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+5.0
Lamentum
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking to uncover mysteries.
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+5.0
Zexion
Extensive interconnected map with secrets, shortcuts, and upgrades encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Fibrillation HD
Core motivation is exploring strange, non-euclidean spaces and uncovering hidden areas and collectibles.
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+5.0
Spark in the Dark
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, navigating dark dungeons, and uncovering lore.
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+5.0
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Open world with islands, underwater exploration, treasure hunting, and dynamic weather encourage discovery.
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+5.0
Kynseed
Large world with multiple towns and hidden secrets; exploration is a core enjoyable activity.
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+5.0
Fantasia of the Wind - 风之幻想曲
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden story elements.
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+5.0
9th Dawn III
Huge open world with many dungeons, secrets, and puzzles incentivizes curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Core gameplay revolves around exploring interconnected hub worlds, backtracking, and discovering secrets and switches.
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+5.0
Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered
Open world with many secrets, quests, and areas to discover; players motivated by curiosity and non-linear progression.
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+5.0
Gothic® 3
Huge seamless open world with diverse biomes and many hidden locations encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Alwa's Legacy
Exploration is a core motivation with a large map, secrets, and ability-gated progression.
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+5.0
Cultist Simulator
Players explore mysterious lore, hidden mechanics, and new narrative paths through experimentation.
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+5.0
Runestone Keeper
Core gameplay involves discovering new tiles, secrets, and dungeon layouts each run.
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