Exploration

Players discover new story nodes, puzzles, and songs, with curiosity-driven progression.

Level design encourages discovering secrets, backtracking, and uncovering hidden areas.

Exploration is encouraged with secrets hidden throughout the large vertical tower and rewards for thorough searching.

Players discover new elements and unlock new content progressively, driven by curiosity and discovery.

Expanded village and side quests encourage discovery and backtracking to uncover secrets.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and content in a vast open world.

Level design encourages secret hunting and discovery, with evolving environments and hidden areas.

Players explore varied, hand-crafted peaks with secrets, collectibles, and alternate routes.

Core motivation is discovering the detailed virtual Disneyland and finding hidden items.

Procedurally generated dungeons and discovery of new floors and items drive curiosity and exploration.

Procedurally generated dungeons and discovery of new Pokémon encourage exploration and curiosity.

Randomly generated dungeons and numerous side quests promote discovery and curiosity-driven activities.

Encourages discovery of new areas, hidden items, and interactive objects in richly detailed environments.

Exploration is a core element, with discovery of new areas, secrets, and items driving progression.

Semi-open areas with optional side paths and collectibles encourage discovery and curiosity.

Levels are large, non-linear, with many secrets and alternate routes encouraging discovery.

The game encourages exploration of diverse, hand-painted environments with hidden items and secrets.

Level design encourages discovering secrets, hidden areas, and solving environmental puzzles.

Large hub world and levels with many hidden secrets and collectibles encourage discovery.

Core motivation is discovering new alien species and environments through detailed exploration.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story through environmental cues.

Procedurally generated levels with hidden beacons and secrets; players explore to unlock boss health and new areas.

Exploration of new islands, discovery of secrets and unlocking new content is a core motivation.

Non-linear castle design with secrets, backtracking, and new areas unlocked by abilities strongly supports exploration.