Exploration

Strong emphasis on uncovering secrets, hidden clues, and lore through replaying and investigation.

Strong emphasis on discovering new locations, secrets, and managing navigation in space.

Exploration of over 200 unique locations in a large, strange medieval kingdom is a core gameplay element.

Dense, puzzle-filled world with time-travel mechanics and hidden secrets encourages discovery.

Game encourages discovering new biomes, caves, ores, and secrets in procedurally generated worlds.

Players explore a richly themed Mario world with hidden items, puzzles, and diverse biomes.

Open world with climbing, treasure hunting, building, and environmental interaction encourages discovery.

Multiple themed worlds, backyard exploration, and the Spooky Quest underground levels encourage discovery.

Players discover new narrative outcomes, alternate timelines, and community-created scenarios, fostering exploration.

Strong emphasis on discovering new mine levels, rare crystals, and town secrets.

Game encourages discovering new areas, caves, treasures, and secrets on a large island.

Large, multi-biome maps with secrets, lore, and environmental storytelling encourage curiosity-driven discovery.

The game features a reimagined Kanto with new locations, secrets, and quests, encouraging thorough exploration and…

Core gameplay involves exploring random dungeons and discovering wild Pokémon, emphasizing discovery and curiosity.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, searching for documents, and navigating hazardous environments.

Multiple maps with hidden areas, puzzles, and secrets encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Exploration of a detailed, fog-shrouded Scottish town with narrative-driven discovery and environmental storytelling.

Core gameplay involves discovering hidden books and keys in a maze-like cellar environment.

Players explore multiple planets, secret unlockable worlds, and different celestial systems.

Strong emphasis on discovering hidden paths, secret items, and special stages within levels.

Open-world Bikini Bottom with multiple locations and hidden items encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Players explore varied biomes, discover lore, and climb large enemies; world is segmented but rich in secrets.

The overworld map allows free movement and discovery of secrets and alternate routes.

Players explore a vast variety of user-generated levels and new gameplay concepts.