Exploration

Open city hub and detailed levels encourage discovery and searching for loot.

Large world with many hidden areas, secrets, and quests encourages exploration and discovery.

Open world with many side quests, hidden items, and secrets to discover.

Players explore a large, detailed world with fog of war, random encounters, and discovery elements.

The game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental details, though some backtracking and map issues…

Open world with barrier-free traversal, hidden areas, and dungeons encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.

Core gameplay involves discovering invisible platforms by painting them, encouraging curiosity-driven exploration.

Large maps with secrets, anomalies, and environmental storytelling encourage discovery.

Exploration of diverse zones, bunkers, and events is a core gameplay element, rewarding discovery and curiosity.

Procedurally generated maps and random events encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Nonlinear levels with secrets and hidden terminals encourage curiosity-driven exploration.

Roomscale VR encourages thorough exploration of the environment to find clues.

Open world maps and free roam modes promote discovery of new routes and secrets.

Large island with many areas to discover; exploration is a core part of gameplay.

Exploration of diverse islands, dungeons, and biomes is a core gameplay element.

Exploration of procedurally generated locations and secrets is a core gameplay element.

Large, procedurally generated galaxies with many planets and anomalies encourage discovery and exploration.

Exploration of procedurally generated sectors, asteroids, and derelict ships is a core activity.

Galaxy mode encourages discovery of new music, planets, and systems within player-created galaxies.

Game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and completing a scavenger hunt side quest

Players explore a large sandbox world with many secrets, collectibles, and areas to discover.

Large, varied environments encourage discovery and wandering to find relaxing spots and hidden details.

Semi-open world with multiple hubs and collectible orbs encourages exploration and revisiting areas

Non-linear map with secrets, collectibles, and multiple routes; exploration is a core enjoyable aspect.