Exploration

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with diverse NPCs across the island.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new skills.

Game features rich, handcrafted maps with secrets, shortcuts, and multiple worlds to discover.

Large open world with many hidden items, quests, and surprises encourages exploration.

Large open world with many secrets and landmarks encourages curiosity-driven discovery.

Exploration is a core feature with large segmented biomes, hidden areas, day/night cycles, and discovery of new Pokémon.

Exploration of multiple unique regions and discovery of secrets and photo subjects is a core part of the experience.

Large open world with many hidden secrets, collectibles, and diverse areas encourages discovery and curiosity.

Large, diverse environments with hidden areas and secrets promote discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and story beats within the apartment building.

Extensive exploration of planets, star systems, and the galaxy is a core gameplay element, especially in space stage.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.

Large, distinct biomes with secrets and treasure pods encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Large open world with no quest markers encourages discovery and navigation by clues and journal entries.

Core gameplay centers on discovering new biomes, secrets, and progressing through the map.

Large open world with many unique locations, hidden quests, and secrets; exploration is a core gameplay element.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, backtracking, and uncovering hidden areas.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with the environment and NPCs.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with NPCs in a procedurally varied world.

Large, detailed maps encourage thorough exploration and discovery of secrets and interactions.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with the environment driven by curiosity.

Players discover many new locations, secrets, and character interactions on a large, varied road trip map.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse planets, caves, and uncovering secrets.

Exploration of a large, non-Euclidean labyrinth is a core part of the experience.