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Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Fantasy
A strong dose of exploration and fantasy in the same game.
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+5.0
Approaching Infinity
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new planets, shipwrecks, caves, and secrets.
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+5.0
Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse, surreal dream environments and uncovering hidden areas.
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+5.0
Shattered Divinities
Exploration is a core pillar with meaningful rewards, backtracking, hidden secrets, and map completion indicators.
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+5.0
Wooden Ocean
Massive interconnected world with secrets, puzzles, and hidden content rewards curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
Exploration is a core motivation with hidden quests, secrets, and large open world.
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+5.0
梦魇：无归 Nightmare without return
High emphasis on exploring diverse infinite worlds, discovering secrets, completing hidden tasks, and uncovering story…
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+5.0
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Large open world with many secrets, dungeons, and quests encourages extensive exploration.
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+5.0
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Core gameplay loop centers on exploring a large 3D world and entering varied 2D dungeons to discover secrets and story.
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+5.0
Dread Delusion
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, lore, and hidden content in a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
Dreaming Sarah
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and revisiting locations with new items.
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+5.0
LunarLux
The world is compact but rich with secrets, side quests, and interactable objects encouraging thorough exploration.
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+5.0
Pokémon Red Version
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and Pokémon throughout the expansive Kanto region.
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+5.0
Cavern of Dreams
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, collectibles, and hidden areas across compact, dense levels.
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+5.0
Eternal Edge+ Prologue
Large open world with hidden treasures, puzzles, and dungeons strongly encourages discovery and curiosity-driven…
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+5.0
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large, detailed, and atmospheric environment.
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+5.0
LAVALAMP
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new surreal areas and interacting with objects in a psychedelic world.
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+5.0
Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times
Nonlinear, open world encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and revisiting locations with new abilities.
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+5.0
The Indigo Parallel
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and branching pathways in surreal environments.
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+5.0
Withering Realms
Emphasis on discovering secrets, optional dungeons, lore, and backtracking to unlock new areas.
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+5.0
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
Dungeon crawling with secret rooms, hidden switches, and puzzle solving is a core gameplay element.
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+5.0
Spider-Man
Open-world Manhattan encourages discovery of landmarks, collectibles, and side missions.
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+5.0
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Exploration of a large island with new areas unlocking over time is a core gameplay element highly praised by players.
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+5.0
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
Game features vast interconnected open world maps with many secrets, landmarks, and regions to discover.
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+5.0
Conquest of Elysium 5
Exploring multiple planes, random maps, and discovering secrets is core to gameplay
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