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Games where exploration stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Penko Park
Game encourages discovering new areas, hidden creatures, alternate paths, and secrets.
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+5.0
Super Mario Galaxy
Core gameplay involves discovering new galaxies, hidden stars, and secrets across varied and imaginative environments.
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+5.0
Tall Trails
Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse islands, discovering secrets, and collecting items.
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+5.0
BLACK SOULS II
Highly open world with many secrets, hidden paths, and lore encourages curiosity-driven discovery.
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+4.0
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Open levels encourage discovering secrets, collectibles, and hidden areas; players enjoy roaming and finding new…
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+5.0
Cape Hideous
Core motivation is to explore the ship and uncover its many small secrets and animations.
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+4.0
Chants of Sennaar
Exploration of diverse tower levels and cultures is a core part of gameplay, with discovery of new languages and…
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+4.0
Clea
Exploration of mansion rooms, secret areas, and collecting items is vital to uncover story and progress.
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+5.0
DELTARUNE
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, lore, and new areas across chapters.
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+5.0
DISCOPUP
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden areas, and narrative layers through repeated exploration.
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+5.0
ENA: Dream BBQ
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with numerous unique characters.
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+5.0
Fractal Block World
Exploration is the central motivation, with infinite fractal worlds and secrets to discover.
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+5.0
Hylics
Central motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with bizarre environments
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+5.0
Look Outside
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and story beats within the apartment building.
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+5.0
Psychopomp GOLD
Core gameplay revolves around exploring large, surreal environments and uncovering hidden areas and story elements.
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+5.0
RUBATO
Core gameplay revolves around discovering collectibles, secrets, and new areas in a richly designed world.
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+5.0
Slime Rancher
Large, colorful world with many hidden areas and secrets to discover, rewarding curiosity.
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+5.0
Snail Simulator
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, collectibles, and lore in a large open world.
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+5.0
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Exploration is central, with a huge open world full of secrets, shrines, and landmarks to discover.
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+4.0
The Room Two
Players explore multiple unique rooms and environments, discovering new puzzles and secrets.
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+4.0
Travellin Cats Around the World 2
Players discover new global locations and hidden cats within detailed scenes, encouraging curiosity-driven searching.
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+4.0
Webbed
Game encourages discovering secrets, collectibles, and new areas in a large, varied map.
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+4.0
West of Loathing
Open world with many locations, hidden secrets, and side quests rewards curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Worlds Upon The Wind
Core gameplay involves discovering new shards, events, and storylines, rewarding curiosity.
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