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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with status at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Distant Bloom
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas and secrets, though map limitations make navigation challenging.
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+4.0
Verde Station
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the space station and discovering hidden details.
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+4.0
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and alien species within the spaceport environment.
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+4.0
Galaxy Squad
The large starmap with branching missions, random events, and discovery elements encourages exploration.
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+4.0
Kristala
Game world encourages discovery of new paths, secrets, and lore; verticality and multiple routes praised.
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+4.0
Legendary Creatures 2
Open hex map with fog of war encourages discovery of new areas, events, and secrets.
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+4.0
Occult
Large maps with hidden secrets, multiple endings, and puzzle elements encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Polylithic
The game features large procedurally generated worlds with multiple biomes encouraging discovery.
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+4.0
Everdream Valley
Large map with hidden quests and new areas to unlock supports curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Faery - Legends of Avalon
Players explore four distinct fantasy worlds with verticality and hidden items, encouraged by flying mechanics.
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+4.0
Vendir: Plague of Lies
World exploration is rewarded with secrets, unmarked quests, and hidden bosses; map fog of war and discovery elements…
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+4.0
DEVIATOR
Metroidvania style encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+4.0
Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
Exploration of new biomes and resource nodes is a core gameplay loop, with players moving their city to new maps to…
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+4.0
MindSeize
Large maps with many secrets and hidden upgrades encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
PILGRIM
Procedurally generated dungeons and overworld encourage discovery of new areas and secrets.
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+4.0
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
Randomly generated dungeons and side missions encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999)
Exploration of diverse, richly detailed locations and discovery of story elements through documents and environment.
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+4.0
Depths of Fear :: Knossos
Procedurally generated labyrinths encourage discovery and navigation of new environments each run.
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+4.0
Frosthaven
Game involves unlocking new map areas, discovering story elements, and exploring scenarios with unique objectives.
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+4.0
Roots Devour
Core gameplay revolves around exploring large, detailed maps with hidden paths and secrets.
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+4.0
Abnormality
Game encourages discovering new maps, clues, and ghost types in varied environments.
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+4.0
Beholgar
Exploration of interconnected areas with backtracking and secret discovery is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Beyond Contact
Game encourages discovering new biomes, resources, and secrets in a procedurally generated world.
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+4.0
重明鸟 Bright Bird
The game encourages discovering hidden secrets, underground caverns, and multiple areas with a detailed map and fast…
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