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Large open world with many locations, secrets, and side quests encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Spider-Man 3
Open-world New York City with opportunities to discover missions, side activities, and interiors encourages exploration.
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+4.0
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Open-world city with day/night cycle and weather encourages discovery and navigation.
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+4.0
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Open world encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and side activities within Vice City.
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+4.0
Golden Chambers
Open, flexible environments invite discovery of secrets, side content, and environmental interactions.
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+4.0
DEAD RISING®
Open mall environment with many areas and secrets to discover, rewarding curiosity.
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+5.0
X2: The Threat
Huge universe with many sectors and secrets to discover.
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+4.0
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Open city hub and detailed levels encourage discovery and searching for loot.
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+4.0
TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3
Open world map encourages discovery of new roads and events beyond the main TT course.
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+5.0
Waking Mars
Strong emphasis on discovering new cave areas, lifeforms, and secrets within the Martian environment.
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+4.0
Parkan 2
The game features hundreds of star systems and planets to discover, with open-world space and planetary exploration.
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+4.0
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!
Open world Kanto with visible Pokémon encourages discovery and exploration.
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+4.0
Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1
Open-ended design encourages discovering secrets and exploring a wider environment beyond a single house.
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+4.0
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Highly praised interconnected world design encourages thorough exploration and discovery.
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+4.0
VoidExpanse
Randomly generated galaxies and open world encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities
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+4.0
SpongeGlock SquarePants
Open-world Bikini Bottom with multiple locations and hidden items encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Galaxy Burger
Progression through multiple planets and solar systems with unique ingredients and layouts encourages discovery.
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+4.0
Millennium Mission
Dense, puzzle-filled world with time-travel mechanics and hidden secrets encourages discovery.
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+4.0
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Players explore the game world freely, including out-of-bounds areas and through objects.
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+5.0
SpaceBourne 2
Huge procedurally generated universe with thousands of systems, planets, and points of interest to discover.
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+4.0
Solar Smash
Players explore multiple planets, secret unlockable worlds, and different celestial systems.
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+4.0
World Seed
Infinite, procedurally generated world with hourly resets encourages continuous discovery.
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+4.0
Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific
Open-world Pacific theater with dynamic encounters encourages discovery and strategic navigation.
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+4.0
Zoonomaly
Large open zoo with many areas and secrets to discover, including unique creatures and environments like the aquarium.
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+4.0
Honeycomb: The World Beyond
Exploration of a large alien world with many biomes, plants, and animals is a core motivation.
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