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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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+5.0
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Large, diverse environments with hidden areas and secrets promote discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Look Outside
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and story beats within the apartment building.
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+5.0
A Castle Full of Cats
Game emphasizes discovering new rooms, secret areas, hidden cats, and items throughout a large castle environment.
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+5.0
Ori and the Blind Forest
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+5.0
Slime Rancher 2
Large, distinct biomes with secrets and treasure pods encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Core Keeper
Core gameplay centers on discovering new biomes, secrets, and progressing through the map.
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+5.0
Quake
Level design emphasizes discovery of secrets, hidden areas, and shortcuts in complex maps.
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+5.0
Wandering Sword
Large open world with many unique locations, hidden quests, and secrets; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+5.0
BABBDI
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with the environment and NPCs.
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+5.0
Darkwood
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with NPCs in a procedurally varied world.
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+5.0
Hidden Folks
Large, detailed maps encourage thorough exploration and discovery of secrets and interactions.
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+5.0
Lil Gator Game
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with the environment driven by curiosity.
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+5.0
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
Players discover many new locations, secrets, and character interactions on a large, varied road trip map.
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+5.0
ASTRONEER
Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse planets, caves, and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Antichamber
Exploration of a large, non-Euclidean labyrinth is a core part of the experience.
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+5.0
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Large maps with many hidden treasures, backtracking, puzzles, and secret areas to discover
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+5.0
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden dialogues, and optional content in multiple locations.
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+5.0
Pseudoregalia
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, backtracking, and finding secrets in a maze-like interconnected world.
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+5.0
Rain World
Large interconnected world encourages discovery of new areas and secrets.
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+5.0
Metroid Dread
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+5.0
Endacopia
Emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with many elements in a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
Hylics
Central motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with bizarre environments
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+5.0
SILENT HILL 2
Emphasis on discovering new locations, secrets, and environmental details in a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
Crow Country
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements through exploration.
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