Exploration

Large seamless open world with many secrets, keys, and backtracking; exploration is a core gameplay element.

Strong emphasis on discovering new islands, navigating open ocean, and exploring multiple archipelagos.

Core gameplay centers on discovering new areas, secrets, and solving environmental puzzles.

Game design emphasizes discovering new areas, secrets, and completing numerous side quests.

Highly praised large interconnected world with many secrets, shortcuts, and hidden areas rewarding curiosity.

Exploration is a core motivation with many secrets, hidden paths, collectibles, and rewards for curiosity.

Exploration is heavily rewarded and central to gameplay, with large maps and hidden secrets.

Strong emphasis on discovering new screens, mapping underground tunnels, and uncovering treasures.

Large open world with many regions, hidden items, and lore encourages curiosity-driven exploration.

Procedurally generated ship layouts and hidden blueprints encourage discovery and curiosity.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, solving puzzles, and navigating an initially unknown maze environment.

Large open world with many areas, dungeons, secrets, and quests to discover; exploration is a core element.

Strong emphasis on open world exploration, discovering secrets, puzzles, and hidden areas.

Large open world with rewarding exploration and discovery of lore, secrets, and environments

Core gameplay is about exploring islands, discovering landmarks, and uncovering secrets.

Open world with multiple distinct regions, no quest markers, and emphasis on discovering locations and secrets.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new zones, anomalies, and secrets in a procedurally varied world.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking to previously inaccessible locations.

Central motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden items in a large interconnected world.

Exploration of multiple islands, biomes, caves, and secrets is a core gameplay element.

Exploration of a large, mysterious town and dungeons is a core and rewarding part of gameplay.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden collectibles, and new areas through open-ended level design.

Large, interconnected levels with secrets, shortcuts, and multiple paths strongly encourage exploration.

Exploration is a core element, with a large open map, secrets, lore, and multiple paths to discover.