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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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+5.0
Castle In The Darkness
Large map with many secrets, hidden areas, and backtracking encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Outcast - Second Contact
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a large open world.
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+5.0
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Core gameplay involves exploring complex dungeon levels, mapping, and discovering secrets.
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+5.0
1000 Amps
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large map, discovering hidden rooms, and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Out There: Ω Edition
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new star systems, planets, alien life, and technologies.
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+5.0
Pokémon Emerald Version
Rich, varied world with diverse biomes, secrets, and underwater areas encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
PixARK
Large, procedurally generated maps with diverse biomes, caves, dungeons, and secrets strongly motivate discovery.
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+5.0
Junk Jack
Strong motivation to discover new planets, biomes, treasures, and secrets.
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+5.0
Realms of the Haunting
Large, interconnected levels with many secrets and areas to discover encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Venineth
Core gameplay involves discovering vast alien landscapes, secrets, and multiple paths.
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+5.0
DUNGEON ENCOUNTERS
Core gameplay revolves around discovering and mapping 100 dungeon floors and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Seven: Enhanced Edition
Highly praised for vast, multi-level open world with rewarding exploration and secrets.
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+5.0
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
Heavy emphasis on exploration, secrets, and discovering hidden areas; metroidvania elements with backtracking and…
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+5.0
BIOMUTANT
Large, diverse open world with many biomes and secrets encourages curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Goetia
Players explore over 100 detailed rooms and multiple outdoor areas, uncovering clues and secrets.
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+5.0
Total Miner
Deep worlds, layered caves, and discovery of blueprints drive exploration
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+5.0
Afallon
Strong emphasis on exploring a large, varied world with hidden dungeons, secrets, and rewards driving curiosity.
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+5.0
Labyronia RPG
Game heavily emphasizes exploration of labyrinths, secrets, and hidden areas.
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+5.0
Songbringer
Exploration of procedurally generated worlds, hidden secrets, and dungeons is central and highly praised.
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+5.0
Voidwrought
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden items in a large, open, and richly designed map.
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+5.0
Star Wars Outlaws
Open worlds with multiple planets and hidden secrets encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Call of the Wild: The Angler™
Large open-world maps with diverse biomes encourage discovery of new fishing spots and scenic areas.
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+5.0
Kairo
Core gameplay revolves around exploring large, abstract, and mysterious environments.
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+5.0
Tales of Yore
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, vague quests, and open world exploration without handholding.
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