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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
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
Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail
Players explore a large cruise ship environment, searching for hidden objects and secrets like the 'Where's Dildo?'…
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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
Pokémon Shield
The Wild Area offers a large open space with diverse biomes and visible Pokémon encouraging discovery and…
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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
The Abbey of Crime Extensum
Large, complex abbey environment encourages discovery and navigation of new areas.
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+4.0
The Knightling
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, collectibles, and puzzles in a vibrant open world.
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+4.0
The Station
Core gameplay involves exploring the space station, discovering logs, and uncovering story elements.
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+4.0
ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies
Features a large, detailed map with many secrets and narrative details to discover.
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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
Bears In Space
Game encourages searching for hidden secrets, easter eggs, and side quests across large, detailed levels.
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+4.0
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Exploration of a sizable overworld with secrets, collectibles, and hidden areas is a core part of gameplay.
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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
Europa Universalis III Complete
Exploration of new territories and colonization is a key gameplay element, alongside discovering alternate histories.
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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
Lost Memories 3 Side Stories
Game emphasizes discovering new locations, side stories, and collecting items within the RPG world.
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+4.0
Luna Abyss
Exploration of vast megastructures with hidden lore and collectibles; some backtracking and secret finding.
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+4.0
Lunarium
The game features multiple unique biomes, hidden collectibles, secrets, and nonlinear map design encouraging discovery.
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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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