Exploration

Players discover hidden secrets, subtle clues, and branching paths, rewarding curiosity and thorough investigation.

Core motivation is discovering secrets, new areas, and backtracking with new abilities

Players explore levels thoroughly to find hidden gems and secret areas, often replaying to collect all.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements in a large, open, voxel-based…

Large town and dungeon areas with secrets and side quests encourage discovery.

Multiple new worlds, hidden characters, and secrets promote discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Large, varied game world with puzzles, secrets, and non-linear exploration encourages curiosity-driven play.

Randomly generated dungeons and side missions encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Game features multiple biomes, secrets, puzzles, and encourages discovery.

Game emphasizes maze-like dungeons, backtracking, and discovery of secrets and puzzles.

Core motivation is exploring strange, non-euclidean spaces and uncovering hidden areas and collectibles.

Procedurally generated dungeons and overworld encourage discovery of new areas and secrets.

World exploration is rewarded with secrets, unmarked quests, and hidden bosses; map fog of war and discovery elements…

Large handcrafted dungeons with secrets and hidden bosses encourage discovery and curiosity.

Level design encourages discovery of hidden areas, secrets, and environmental storytelling.

Players explore a unique internal bird world with hidden secrets and multiple endings, motivating discovery.

Exploration of two parallel worlds and hidden characters encourages discovery and curiosity.

Encourages discovering new areas, interacting with many clickable elements, and uncovering secrets.

Exploration of randomized mansion layouts and discovery of secrets is a key gameplay element.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets underground and in the sky, as well as unlocking hidden games.

Strong emphasis on exploring procedurally generated dungeons, discovering secrets, and interacting with diverse NPCs…

Levels contain secrets, collectibles, and multiple paths encouraging discovery.

Procedurally generated galaxy with many sectors and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.

Procedurally generated worlds and puzzles promote discovery and curiosity-driven activities.