Find your kind of game
Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
Explore another motivation
Play style 03
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden story elements.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Exploration affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+4.0
Filament
Players explore a large spaceship environment to discover puzzles, secrets, and story elements.
-
+4.0
SELF
Exploration of symbolic environments and story fragments is central to gameplay and narrative discovery.
-
+5.0
The Eyes of Ara
Strong emphasis on discovering new rooms, secret passages, and hidden collectibles throughout the castle.
-
+4.0
hackmud
Players discover hidden lore, puzzles, NPCs, and secrets in a vast text-based world.
-
+4.0
Find My Frogs
Encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with a detailed environment with day/night cycles.
-
+4.0
Follow the meaning
Encouraged to discover hidden cats, secrets, and new areas within the surreal game world.
-
+4.0
The Painscreek Killings
Game encourages thorough exploration of an abandoned town with many secrets, clues, and hidden items to discover.
-
+5.0
Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
Strong emphasis on exploring a large hotel environment, discovering secrets, and backtracking.
-
+4.0
UMIGARI | ウミガリ
Game encourages discovering new areas, fish, and story elements in a surreal world.
-
+4.0
Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
Encouraged to explore the neighborhood, discover secrets, eavesdrop on conversations, and uncover lore in a surreal…
-
+4.0
Umurangi Generation
Players explore detailed environments to find photo subjects and uncover environmental storytelling elements.
-
+4.0
Abnormality
Game encourages discovering new maps, clues, and ghost types in varied environments.
-
+4.0
Touhou: Fading Illusion
Players discover new story branches, endings, and lore through choices and chapters.
-
+4.0
Night Patrol Rules
Players explore haunted school environments, uncover hidden collectibles, and investigate mysteries.
-
+4.0
Mika and The Witch's Mountain
Exploring the island and discovering secrets is a core enjoyable activity.
-
+4.0
The Magic Circle
Players explore an unfinished game world with hidden secrets, lore, and multiple paths.
-
+4.0
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Players explore multiple locations, search for hidden objects, and discover secrets in a detailed 3D world.
-
+4.0
Samorost 2
Players explore various surreal planets and environments, discovering interactive elements.
-
+4.0
A Shelter Full of Cats
Players explore many unique areas and discover hidden cats and secrets throughout the shelter and surroundings.
-
+4.0
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
Players explore a detailed house environment, uncovering hidden items and interactive details in multiple rooms.
-
+4.0
Ugly
Game rewards discovering hidden memories, secret rooms, and piecing together story elements.
-
+4.0
Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall
The game involves discovering new rooms, hidden secrets, and clues in a mysterious mansion environment.
-
+4.0
Travellin Cats in Jingle Jam
Game centers on discovering hidden cats and secrets in a richly detailed environment.
-
+4.0
前程似锦 Excellent Expectations
Strong emphasis on discovering new information, unlocking apps, and piecing together story fragments.
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of exploration, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.