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Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong exploration score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
My Friendly Neighborhood
Strong emphasis on exploring interconnected maps, finding secrets, backtracking, and uncovering story elements.
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+5.0
Selaco
Semi-open levels with many secrets, lore, and environmental details promote curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Chicken Invaders Universe
Large galaxy with thousands of planets and missions encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Cirno! Lifts a Boulder
Core gameplay revolves around discovering collectibles, secrets, and hidden frogs in a compact but detailed world.
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+5.0
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Large open world with secrets, dungeons, and varied environments encourages curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
DYSMANTLE
Large, diverse open world with many secrets and areas to discover; exploration is a key motivator.
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+5.0
Ion Fury
Highly detailed, non-linear levels with numerous hidden secrets and alternate paths drive curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Stellaris
Core gameplay involves discovering new star systems, anomalies, and secrets in a procedurally generated galaxy.
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+5.0
Where Winds Meet
Open world encourages discovery of secrets, hidden areas, and spontaneous adventures.
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+5.0
LEGO® City Undercover
Open-world city with many hidden collectibles, side quests, and vertical areas encourages discovery.
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+5.0
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
Large open world with many secrets, collectibles, and side quests encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Lucid Blocks
Strong focus on discovering new biomes, secrets, and surreal environments.
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+5.0
Millennium Dream
Core motivation is discovering detailed environments, hidden items, and revisiting memories in multiple locations.
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+5.0
No Man's Sky
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new planets, species, and secrets in a huge universe.
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+5.0
Wuthering Waves
Open world with puzzles, secrets, collectibles, and varied environments encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Cogmind
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, lore, and secrets in a dynamic world.
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+5.0
DISCOPUP
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden areas, and narrative layers through repeated exploration.
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+5.0
Garbanzo Quest
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden levels, and multiple paths.
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+5.0
Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and meta-puzzles across interconnected levels.
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+5.0
Sledders
Large open worlds with varied terrain encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+5.0
The Forest of Drizzling Rain
Strong emphasis on discovering new locations, lore, and secrets within the village and surrounding areas.
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+5.0
Withering Rooms
Large, varied map with secrets, puzzles, and changing layouts encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Dune
Large open world with verticality, hidden locations, and dynamic events strongly encourages discovery and exploration.
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+5.0
Banjo-Kazooie
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, collectibles, and new areas within richly themed levels.
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