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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with competition at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Yaoling: Mythical Journey
Large open world with many hidden areas, secrets, and collectibles encourages curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue
Large open world with multiple regions, collectibles, and side missions encourage discovery and curiosity-driven…
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+4.0
Brigand: Oaxaca
The world is open with multiple hubs, secrets, and branching paths encouraging discovery.
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+4.0
Cosmic Ultramarine
Exploring multiple surreal and abstract environments and uncovering narrative layers is central.
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+4.0
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
Strong emphasis on discovering new story paths, traits, and secrets in a branching metroidvania-style map.
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+4.0
Eve of Souls: Static Pod
Exploration of confined, atmospheric environments with secrets and hidden areas is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Fishing The Abyss
Strong emphasis on discovering new fish species and deeper abyssal zones, rewarding curiosity and gradual exploration.
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+4.0
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
Game rewards curiosity and discovery of new areas, secrets, and lore in a large interconnected world.
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+4.0
God of War Sons of Sparta
Metroidvania structure encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+4.0
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)
Levels contain hidden passages, secrets, and puzzles encouraging discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Significant emphasis on methodical exploration, backtracking, and discovering new areas and secrets.
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+4.0
The Caribbean Sail
Game features discovery of new ports, hidden locations, random encounters, and secret content encouraging exploration.
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+4.0
Break a Leg
Game encourages discovering new areas, hidden items, and secret achievements through platforming and interaction.
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+4.0
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
Exploring detailed haunted locations and discovering ghost lore and secrets is a core activity.
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+4.0
DEAD RISING®
Open mall environment with many areas and secrets to discover, rewarding curiosity.
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+4.0
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new underwater areas, secrets, and resources.
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+4.0
Garden of the Sea (VR)
Exploring multiple islands, discovering secrets and new areas is a core enjoyable activity.
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+4.0
Steven Universe: Save the Light
Game features open 3D environments with hidden items, secrets, and encourages thorough exploration.
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+4.0
Super Trench Attack!
Multiple maps with secrets, hidden locations, and collectibles encourage discovery.
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+4.0
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Open world encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and events; exploration is a key part of the experience.
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+4.0
Windosill
Focus on discovering new interactive elements and secrets within each unique room.
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+4.0
Bat to the Heavens
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden areas, and lore throughout the game world.
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+4.0
Beyond Shadowgate
Large game world with over 250 locations encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
BRUTAL JOHN 2
Game encourages discovering hidden areas, secrets, and Easter eggs across varied levels.
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