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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with competition at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Primal Planet
Exploration is a core element with organic map discovery, secrets, and dynamic wildlife interactions.
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+5.0
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Large, diverse interconnected map with secrets, collectibles, and innovative map markers encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Tchia
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a vibrant open world, discovering secrets, collectibles, and new areas.
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+5.0
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
Large, interconnected levels with secrets and backtracking strongly emphasize exploration.
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+5.0
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Extensive hidden areas, collectibles, and bonus stages promote curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Fallout 3
Large open world with many secrets, side quests, and locations to discover.
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+5.0
Grounded 2
The large, diverse map with secrets and new biomes strongly encourages discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000
The game features over 20,000 airports worldwide, detailed cities, and varied terrain encouraging extensive exploration.
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+5.0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Huge seamless open world with many secrets, side quests, and areas to discover; exploration is a major motivator.
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+5.0
Anodyne
Strong emphasis on exploring diverse, surreal environments and uncovering hidden cards and secrets.
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+5.0
Arthurian Legends
Levels are large, detailed, and packed with well-hidden secrets and alternate routes.
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+5.0
Growth
Core gameplay revolves around uncovering fog of war and discovering new biomes and points of interest.
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+5.0
Guns of Fury
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, backtracking with new abilities, and finding hidden items.
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+5.0
Lamentum
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking to uncover mysteries.
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+5.0
Mai: Child of Ages
Exploration is a core element, with large open areas, secrets, collectibles, and revisiting locations across time…
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+5.0
NaissanceE
Core gameplay revolves around discovering vast, mysterious, and surreal architectural spaces.
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+5.0
NIMRODS
Large persistent map with multiple biomes and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time
Extensive exploration of a detailed Titanic model is a core feature, with a dedicated Tour Mode for free exploration.
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+5.0
Wayward
Procedurally generated islands and underground caves promote curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Zexion
Extensive interconnected map with secrets, shortcuts, and upgrades encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
EMUUROM
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a dense, interconnected world.
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+5.0
Fibrillation HD
Core motivation is exploring strange, non-euclidean spaces and uncovering hidden areas and collectibles.
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+5.0
Spark in the Dark
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, navigating dark dungeons, and uncovering lore.
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+5.0
Welcome To The Dark Place
Game world is large and mysterious, encouraging discovery of new locations, secrets, and endings.
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