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Popular, well-rated games with a strong exploration score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Creator of Another World
Procedurally generated worlds, towns, dungeons, and quests encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Fugl
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new biomes, animals, and flying through diverse landscapes.
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+5.0
Soul Searching
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new islands, uncovering stories, and collecting resources in an unknown world.
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+5.0
The Slaverian Trucker
Large open world with rewards for exploring off beaten paths and discovering secrets.
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+5.0
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Large, imaginative levels with many secrets and hidden collectibles encourage thorough exploration.
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+5.0
LEGO® Worlds
Exploring diverse biomes, worlds, and hidden items is a major part of gameplay.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Large open world with procedurally generated dungeons and many locations to discover.
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+5.0
Fearmonium
Large, complex map with many secrets, backtracking, and discovery is a core part of the experience.
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+5.0
Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
Strong emphasis on exploring a large hotel environment, discovering secrets, and backtracking.
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+5.0
Last Drop
Large, detailed open world with many hidden locations and no GPS; exploration is a core motivation.
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+5.0
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
Core gameplay involves uncovering new map areas, exploring diverse locations, solving puzzles, and discovering lore and…
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+5.0
0°N 0°W
Core motivation is discovering and wandering through diverse surreal environments.
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+5.0
BLACKTAIL
Open world with many secrets, collectibles, and side quests encourages extensive exploration.
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+5.0
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Exploration is a core feature with multi-layered scanning, discovery of hidden systems, and ongoing curiosity-driven…
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+5.0
Knytt Underground
Core motivation is discovering a vast, interconnected world full of secrets and lore.
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+5.0
Ocean's Heart
Strong emphasis on exploring a large world with many secrets, side quests, and hidden areas.
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+5.0
Wanderer
Game encourages discovery of new time periods, environments, and secrets.
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+5.0
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™
Open world with vast biomes, hidden areas, collectibles, and encouragement to discover new locations.
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+5.0
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Large, detailed hub city and multiple locations encourage extensive exploration and discovery of secrets and side…
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+5.0
EverQuest II
Huge game world with many zones and hidden quests; exploration is a core motivation and praised feature.
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+5.0
The Matchless Kungfu
Players discover new map tiles, unlock secrets, and expand their world in a non-linear fashion.
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+5.0
Below the Stone
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new cave areas, mining resources, and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Environmental Station Alpha
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and solving cryptic puzzles
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+5.0
Hakoniwa Explorer Plus
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with NPCs to unlock new locations.
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