Exploration

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and procedural content.

Open, non-linear world with many hidden areas, secrets, and rewards for curiosity-driven exploration.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a dense interconnected world.

Strong emphasis on exploring multiple islands, uncovering secrets, and discovering new quests and areas.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, hidden treasures, secret bosses, and lore; exploration is rewarding and…

Strong emphasis on discovering hidden areas, secret collectibles, and lore through exploration.

Exploration is a major part of the game with a large open world, many NPCs, hidden quests, and interactive environments.

Core gameplay involves exploring a multi-floor hotel, discovering secrets and interacting with many objects.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring procedurally generated dungeons and discovering new areas.

Game features many unique areas, secrets, collectibles, and encourages thorough exploration.

Procedurally generated endless roads and landscapes encourage continuous discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.

Large maps with detailed environments and many secrets encourage curiosity-driven discovery.

Large open hubs like Manhattan, Asgard, and others encourage discovery and side quests.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, caves, and secrets in a large open world.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering planets, asteroids, and lore in a massive solar system.

Game features diverse, surreal environments and encourages curiosity-driven discovery.

Open world design and hidden collectibles strongly encourage discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new planets, shipwrecks, caves, and secrets.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse, surreal dream environments and uncovering hidden areas.

Exploration is a core pillar with meaningful rewards, backtracking, hidden secrets, and map completion indicators.

Massive interconnected world with secrets, puzzles, and hidden content rewards curiosity and discovery.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with a richly detailed world.

Strong emphasis on exploration, backtracking, and discovering secrets and collectibles across multiple levels.

Exploration is a core motivation with hidden quests, secrets, and large open world.