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Popular, well-rated games with a strong exploration score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
CONTROL Resonant
Open-ended city with many secrets, puzzles, and side quests encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Cronos: The New Dawn
The game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and lore through environmental storytelling and side paths.
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+4.0
Delver
Procedurally generated dungeons and secret areas promote discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
FATE: The Traitor Soul
Procedurally generated dungeons and multiple realms encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Geneforge 1
Large world with many areas to discover and secrets to find.
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+4.0
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Game encourages discovering secrets, hidden items, and exploring multiple areas with collectibles and puzzles.
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+4.0
Lords of Magic: Special Edition
Exploring the world map, dungeons, and uncovering secrets is a core part of gameplay.
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+4.0
Magic Research
Exploration of new areas, bosses, and storylines is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
MURI
Levels are non-linear with many hidden areas and secrets to discover, strongly encouraging exploration.
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+4.0
SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure
Players explore diverse island biomes, discover ingredient locations, and navigate large maps with environmental…
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+4.0
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Large interconnected map with secrets and collectibles encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Solar Ash
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore through exploration.
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+4.0
Trove
Large variety of biomes, dungeons, and worlds with procedural generation encourage discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
Open world exploration is a major feature with diverse environments, hidden items, and side quests.
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+4.0
LAPIN
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden seeds, and lore through exploration.
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+4.0
Night Stones
Exploration of a small but cohesive world is a core element, with hidden items and secrets encouraging curiosity.
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+4.0
Old School RuneScape
Large world with many quests, secrets, and lore encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
The Abandoned Planet
Exploration of diverse biomes and alien ruins is a core gameplay element, with environmental storytelling rewarding…
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+4.0
A Normal Lost Phone
Core gameplay involves discovering new information and secrets by exploring the phone's contents.
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+4.0
Ad Fundum
Strong emphasis on discovering new biomes, secrets, vaults, and story elements.
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+4.0
Alice's Gaze
Exploration of the mansion and dungeon floors with secrets and puzzles is a key part of the experience.
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+4.0
Coffin of Ashes
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden doors, and environmental clues in the mansion.
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+4.0
Down in Bermuda
Strong emphasis on exploring islands, rotating camera, and searching for hidden orbs and collectibles.
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+4.0
GNOG
Encourages discovery of new puzzle elements and hidden achievements within diverse themed boxes.
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