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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Story
A strong dose of exploration and story in the same game.
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+4.0
Overboard!
Players discover new secrets, character backstories, and outcomes through multiple runs.
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+4.0
Quanero VR
Exploring the environment and multiple perspectives is key to uncovering the narrative.
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+4.0
The Dream Of A Cockspur
Exploration of mysterious island, uncovering secrets, and piecing together story is core gameplay.
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+4.0
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas of the phone and piecing together hidden story elements.
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+4.0
CINERIS SOMNIA
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, piecing together story clues, and navigating evolving environments.
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+4.0
Evoland 2
Exploration of multiple time periods and game worlds with hidden collectibles and secrets.
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+4.0
LOST EMBER
Large open levels with hidden collectibles encourage discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock
Players explore multiple locations, uncover clues, and revisit areas, with driving adding dynamic exploration.
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+4.0
The Longest Journey
Players explore richly detailed, diverse environments in two parallel worlds, uncovering lore and secrets.
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+4.0
Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
Game encourages discovery of clues, hidden items, and secrets in various locations.
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+4.0
Corpse Party
Players explore a haunted school environment with secrets, collectibles, and hidden story elements.
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+4.0
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption
Game rewards exploration of secret passages, dungeons, and hidden areas within the school environment.
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+4.0
Mr. Pompy's Extravagant Quiz
Strong emphasis on uncovering secrets, lore, and hidden content through repeated play.
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+4.0
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Exploring multiple locations and revisiting scenes to uncover clues is core to gameplay.
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+4.0
Some Distant Memory
Core gameplay involves exploring a detailed environment and discovering new items and memories.
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+4.0
Answer Knot
Strong emphasis on exploring environment and uncovering secrets and easter eggs.
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+4.0
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
The game encourages discovering new locations, interacting with diverse characters, and uncovering story elements.
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+4.0
FAKEBOOK
Strong emphasis on discovering new accounts, posts, and hidden clues across a large virtual SNS environment.
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+4.0
Inverted Angel
Players discover multiple narrative paths and hidden story elements through experimentation and deduction.
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+4.0
Pray Game
Large maps with hidden areas, secrets, collectibles, and side quests reward curiosity and discovery.
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+4.0
Yoko no Hanashi
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the abandoned school, discovering clues, and uncovering story elements.
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+4.0
Coralina
Exploration of surreal, fragmented environments and discovery of story elements is central.
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+4.0
Beyond Good and Evil™
Semi-open world with many secrets, collectibles, and side quests encourages thorough exploration.
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+4.0
SpellForce 3 Fallen God
Campaign and side quests encourage map exploration and discovery.
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