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Discovering new areas or secrets
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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
Pid
Many hidden areas and secrets encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders - Bandit's Trail
Game world is large and rich with secrets, puzzles, and areas to discover, encouraging curiosity.
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+4.0
Space Trash Scavenger
Exploration of procedurally generated sectors, asteroids, and derelict ships is a core activity.
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+5.0
Star Traders: Frontiers
Procedurally generated galaxy with many planets, secrets, and dynamic events invites curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Styx: Shards of Darkness
Large, vertical, multi-path levels with hidden collectibles and side objectives encourage discovery.
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+5.0
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker
Encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and quests with a large world to explore.
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+4.0
The Cub
Encourages discovering hidden collectibles and secrets across varied environments enhancing narrative depth.
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+4.0
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
Large open world with treasure islands, shipwrecks, and ports encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Watch_Dogs® 2
Open world encourages discovery of landmarks, collectibles, and hidden secrets in a detailed San Francisco setting.
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+5.0
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Huge open world with maze-like dungeons, hidden secrets, and non-linear progression
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+5.0
Wizards and Warlords
Exploration of procedurally generated worlds, dungeons, and secrets is a core and exciting part of gameplay.
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+5.0
Wonderia
Strong emphasis on discovering new biomes, secrets, dungeons, and interacting with diverse NPCs.
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+5.0
X2: The Threat
Huge universe with many sectors and secrets to discover.
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+4.0
Barn Finders
Core gameplay centers on discovering items in diverse, often large and detailed locations.
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+4.0
Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey
Strong emphasis on discovering islands, treasure hunting, and uncovering secrets in an open world.
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+4.0
Cargo Commander
Procedurally generated sectors and discovery of new cargo and secrets drive exploration motivation.
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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
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Large open world with many locations, secrets, and side quests encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Feather
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with the environment at one's own pace.
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+5.0
Gedonia 2
Open world with secrets, puzzles, and multiple quest outcomes encourages discovery.
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+4.0
Granny Remake
Large, detailed house with multiple areas and hidden items encourages discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu : The Books of Dragon)
Open world with many side quests, secrets, and dynamic day/night cycles encourage discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
LISA: The First
Core gameplay revolves around exploring strange, dreamlike environments and uncovering narrative fragments.
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+5.0
Minecraft
Procedurally generated worlds and new biomes encourage discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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