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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
Yars Rising
Metroidvania design encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+4.0
Born of Bread
World design encourages discovery of secrets, side quests, and hidden items across varied and colorful areas.
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+4.0
Chushpan Simulator 2
Open-world exploration of a detailed, atmospheric city with hidden areas and secrets is a core feature.
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+4.0
Doodle God
Players discover new elements and unlock new content progressively, driven by curiosity and discovery.
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+4.0
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
Exploration of diverse and atmospheric locations is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Large open world with many secrets, puzzles, and collectibles to discover; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Rise of Piracy
The game features a large hand-crafted world with many ports, islands, and secrets to discover.
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+4.0
Synergy
Exploration of alien biomes, plants, and expedition events is a core part of gameplay.
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+4.0
The Outer Worlds 2
Large, detailed worlds with hidden items, multiple paths, and unmarked quests encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Beyond Sunset
Game features large, detailed levels with secrets, side quests, and multiple paths encouraging discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Capsized
Levels contain hidden secrets and encourage curiosity-driven discovery in richly detailed environments.
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+4.0
I'm on Observation Duty 3
Players actively explore new 3D spaces, moving through rooms and searching for anomalies.
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+4.0
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
Exploration of a detailed mansion with secrets and environmental storytelling is central.
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+4.0
Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Large interconnected map with secrets, backtracking, and discovery; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
Game features multiple semi-open worlds with collectibles and secrets, encouraging curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Project Eagle: A 3D Interactive Mars Base
Core activity is discovering the Mars base, reading descriptions, and finding hidden astronauts.
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+4.0
The Bus
1:1 scale Berlin map with detailed environment encourages discovery and exploration.
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+4.0
2Dark
Players explore complex, dark environments to find clues, children, and secrets.
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+4.0
Ashen Empires
Large open world with varied environments, secrets, and quests encourages discovery.
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+4.0
Deep Sky Derelicts
Exploration of procedurally generated derelict ships with discovery of loot, secrets, and quests.
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+4.0
DOOMBLADE
Metroidvania style encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+4.0
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Exploration of large maps with quests, treasures, and monsters is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Nebel Geisterjäger ~ The First Lamb
Exploration of city and dungeons at different times is key to unlocking events and story paths; discovery is a core…
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+4.0
The Highrise
Exploration of multiple floors with different biomes and hidden items is a core gameplay element.
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