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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Focused on exploration
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
The Spotter: Dig or Die
Strong emphasis on discovering underground secrets, collectibles, and landmarks.
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+5.0
Toki Tori 2+
Open world design encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and revisiting locations with new knowledge.
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+5.0
Unexplored
Core motivation is discovering new floors, secrets, puzzles, and environments in each procedurally generated run.
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+4.0
Vaporum
Exploration of multiple levels, secrets, and hidden buttons is a key part of gameplay.
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+5.0
Vietnam War
Massive maps with multiple regions and hidden mechanics invite curiosity-driven discovery.
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+4.0
World Racing 2 - Champion Edition
Open world maps and free roam modes promote discovery of new routes and secrets.
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+5.0
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Large, diverse environments with hidden areas and secrets promote discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Large world, many dungeons, secrets, and quests drive curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Avernum 3: Ruined World
The game features a huge open world with many hidden dungeons, secrets, and optional quests encouraging discovery.
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+5.0
Bendy: Lone Wolf
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles in procedurally generated maps.
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+4.0
Black Skylands
Exploration of floating islands, secrets, puzzles, and resource gathering are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Bushside Rangers
Strong emphasis on exploring a detailed, abandoned park environment with hidden collectibles and secrets.
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+4.0
Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3 Complete Edition
Players explore a large sandbox world with many secrets, collectibles, and areas to discover.
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+5.0
Eador: Genesis
Exploration of provinces, dungeons, and random events is a core gameplay element driving discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Echoes of the Living
The game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental details, though some backtracking and map issues…
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+5.0
Fallen Tear: The Ascension
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, backtracking with new skills, and uncovering hidden routes.
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+5.0
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
Open world with many cities, secrets, and quests encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Keplerth
Large procedurally generated world with multiple biomes and underground levels encourages discovery.
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+4.0
Liminalcore
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new, unsettling liminal areas and environmental details.
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+4.0
Lost Luminosity
Exploration of detailed apartment and hidden areas is a core part of gameplay, rewarding curiosity.
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+4.0
Maid Cafe on Electric Street
Players explore a detailed recreation of Nipponbashi with many shops and hidden items, encouraging curiosity-driven…
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+4.0
Mars Horizon
Game encourages discovering new missions across the solar system and unlocking new technologies.
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+5.0
Moonstone Island
Core gameplay involves discovering over 100 floating islands, dungeons, and secrets with rewards for exploration.
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+4.0
P.T.
Exploring the looping hallway and uncovering hidden changes and secrets is central to the experience.
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