Exploration

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and dynamic world changes.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, puzzles, and interacting with the environment.

Open world with many secrets, dungeons, and areas to discover; exploration is a core motivation.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden stars, and revisiting levels to find all collectibles.

Game heavily rewards exploration with many secret rooms, hidden items, and side quests.

Large open world with no map encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and lore through player-driven exploration.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, dungeons, biomes, and secrets in a procedurally generated infinite world.

Large open world with many secrets, puzzles, and varied biomes encourages discovery.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and manipulating past and present environments.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring new areas, uncovering secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.

Nonlinear world maps, secret areas, and hidden collectibles motivate players to discover new content and revisit levels.

Large open world with many hidden locations, secrets, and side quests promotes curiosity-driven discovery.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, chests, and secrets in a large open world.

Large handcrafted maps with many secrets, hidden areas, and collectibles strongly motivate exploration.

Features diverse, hand-crafted dungeons and a detailed urban environment encouraging discovery and curiosity.

Players explore diverse themed worlds and hidden secrets, with incentives to discover all collectibles.

Highly praised for its large, vertical, and interconnected map encouraging discovery and freedom.

Large open world with many secrets, puzzles, and seasonal changes to discover.

Players explore multiple detailed environments, uncover secrets, and navigate complex, shifting worlds.

Large open world encourages discovery of secrets, collectibles, and environmental cues with minimal guidance.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden treasures without a map, encouraging curiosity.

Exploration of a procedurally generated world, dungeons, and discovery of secrets is a core gameplay element.

The game encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and shortcuts across multiple distinct worlds.

The trilogy features extensive galaxy exploration, discovering new planets, lore, and secrets.