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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with status at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Xanadu Next
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, unlocking shortcuts, and revisiting areas with new abilities.
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+5.0
Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown
Strong emphasis on exploring a large overworld, dungeons, and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Prodigal
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, dungeons, and lore throughout the game and post-game content.
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+5.0
Starcom: Nexus
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new star systems, planets, anomalies, and uncovering mysteries.
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+5.0
The Complex: Expedition
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental storytelling in a maze-like setting.
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+5.0
Hob
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with a dynamic, evolving world.
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+5.0
Myst
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and puzzle clues across multiple worlds.
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+5.0
Off-Peak
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with various characters.
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+5.0
ADACA
Zone Patrol mode emphasizes discovering secrets, lore, and new areas in an open world.
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+5.0
EVERSPACE™ 2
Game features hand-crafted open world with many secrets, puzzles, and varied locations to discover.
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+5.0
Lingo 2
Exploration is a core element, with large interconnected areas, hidden secrets, and backtracking to previously…
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+5.0
Monomyth
Exploration is a core motivation with complex maps, secrets, puzzles, and multiple paths to discover.
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+5.0
Myths of Rules
Core gameplay involves discovering new story paths, hidden endings, and secrets through exploration of interactive text…
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+5.0
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements across multiple ages.
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+5.0
QT
Core gameplay revolves around exploring different areas and uncovering numerous hidden secrets.
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+5.0
Nippets: A Hidden Object Game
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new details, secrets, and story elements in richly detailed scenes.
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+5.0
Taora : Beginning
Large open world with many points of interest, encouraging discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+5.0
The Orville - Interactive Fan Experience
Core motivation is discovering ship areas, secrets, and interacting with detailed environments.
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+5.0
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Large open world with many locations, secrets, and side quests encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Queen's Domain
Core motivation is discovering secrets, new areas, and unlocking progression through exploration.
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+5.0
The Last Caretaker
Exploration of unique handcrafted points of interest, large maps, and discovery of secrets is a core part of gameplay.
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+5.0
The Witness
Open world island encourages extensive exploration to find puzzles and environmental secrets.
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+5.0
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Open world with many hidden locations and secrets encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Arken Age
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, collectibles, and hidden areas; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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