Find your kind of game
Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
Explore another motivation
Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong exploration score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Exploration affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+5.0
Slice of Sea
Large, open world with many hidden areas and secrets encourages extensive exploration.
-
+5.0
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, collectibles, and lore throughout a detailed open-world Tokyo.
-
+5.0
Revenge of the Savage Planet
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new planets, scanning creatures, and uncovering secrets in diverse biomes.
-
+5.0
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Very large open world with diverse biomes and many secrets encourages exploration.
-
+5.0
Tomb Raider II (1997)
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden items across diverse locations.
-
+5.0
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator
Huge, detailed maps with many points of interest encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
-
+5.0
Divinity II: Developer's Cut
Large semi-open world with many hidden areas, secrets, and puzzles; exploration is rewarded and encouraged.
-
+5.0
Heaven Dust 2
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, backtracking, and unlocking paths in a large interconnected map.
-
+5.0
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Large interconnected world with many secrets, collectibles, and backtracking for discovery, strongly supporting…
-
+5.0
Pampas & Selene: The Maze of Demons
Large castle map with many dungeons, hidden secrets, and quests encourages extensive discovery.
-
+5.0
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, backtracking with new abilities, and uncovering secrets.
-
+5.0
Tacoma
Core gameplay is discovering new areas, objects, and story elements within the space station.
-
+5.0
Tide Up
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, hidden rooms, and revisiting areas with new perspectives.
-
+5.0
Valkyrie Saga
Core motivation is discovering secrets, new areas, and lore in a large open world without handholding.
-
+5.0
Visage
Exploration of a complex, changing house is central to gameplay and narrative discovery.
-
+5.0
Tearscape
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, backtracking with new abilities, and uncovering hidden areas.
-
+5.0
Tomb Raider I (1996)
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and solving environmental puzzles.
-
+5.0
Tomba! Special Edition
Game heavily emphasizes discovering new areas, secrets, and completing numerous quests.
-
+5.0
Witch Hunt
Large open map with many secrets and environmental storytelling encourages discovery and curiosity.
-
+5.0
Spider-Man 2: The Game
The game features a large, detailed open-world Manhattan with many hidden collectibles and side activities encouraging…
-
+5.0
Dujanah
Core gameplay involves discovering secrets, interacting with NPCs, and exploring a surreal world.
-
+5.0
Hello Neighbor Alpha 4
Strong emphasis on exploring a large, detailed house with secrets, easter eggs, and hidden areas.
-
+5.0
Regions Of Ruin
Core gameplay involves discovering new map areas, secrets, and puzzles driven by curiosity.
-
+5.0
Aquaria
Core motivation is discovering vast underwater areas, secrets, and lore in a richly detailed world.
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of exploration, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.