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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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+4.0
IdleOn
Multiple worlds and diverse mechanics encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
Maid of Salvation
Metroidvania style encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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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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+4.0
Signs of the Sojourner
Game rewards discovering new towns, characters, and storylines through varied travel paths.
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+4.0
Sketchy's Contract
Game features multiple planets, secrets, and encourages curiosity-driven discovery.
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+4.0
Til Nord
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, hidden collectibles, and enjoying the environment.
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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
Ahnayro: The Dream World
Players discover new information, websites, and hidden clues beyond the game, including ARG elements and fake sites.
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+4.0
DYSPLACED
Exploration of multiple interconnected worlds with secrets, puzzles, and verticality is a core feature.
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+4.0
前程似锦 Excellent Expectations
Strong emphasis on discovering new information, unlocking apps, and piecing together story fragments.
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+4.0
Foretales
Strong emphasis on discovering new story branches, secrets, and card interactions in different missions.
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+4.0
Pan-Pan
Open world encourages discovering new areas and interacting with the environment to progress.
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+4.0
Spider-Man 2
Large, detailed open world with new boroughs and hidden collectibles encourages discovery and curiosity.
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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
Ancient Kingdoms
Large world with many locations, dungeons, secrets, and bosses; exploration is a key motivator.
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+4.0
Duck Life 8: Adventure
The game features an expansive overworld with secrets, quests, and new areas to discover.
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+4.0
Dungeon Siege
Large seamless world with hidden areas and secrets encourages exploration.
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+4.0
INCISION
Levels are large, maze-like, and encourage discovery of secrets and new areas.
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+4.0
Lenna's Inception
Randomized overworld and dungeons promote discovery of new layouts and secrets on each playthrough.
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+4.0
Tales of Seikyu
Open world exploration, dungeon delving, and discovery of secrets are key gameplay elements.
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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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+4.0
Witchspire
Handcrafted diverse environments with secrets, puzzles, and hidden bosses encourage curiosity-driven discovery.
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+4.0
Youropa
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, collectibles, and navigating fragmented floating islands.
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+4.0
A Place, Forbidden
Game emphasizes discovering new rooms, secrets, and lore in a shifting library environment.
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