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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Focused on exploration
Games where exploration stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Obduction
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements.
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+5.0
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Very large open world with diverse biomes and many secrets encourages exploration.
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+5.0
Venineth
Core gameplay involves discovering vast alien landscapes, secrets, and multiple paths.
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+5.0
Balrum
Large open world with many secrets, puzzles, and areas to discover
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+5.0
KAKU: Ancient Seal
Strong focus on discovering secrets, exploring diverse biomes, and uncovering hidden puzzles and treasures.
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+5.0
Lunacid - Tears of the Moon
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and lore within dungeons.
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+5.0
PixelJunk™ Eden
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and growing the environment.
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+5.0
Songbringer
Exploration of procedurally generated worlds, hidden secrets, and dungeons is central and highly praised.
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+5.0
Spirits of Xanadu
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, audio logs, and piecing together story elements.
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+5.0
The Path
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the forest and discovering hidden items and symbolic locations.
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+5.0
Visite virtuelle de l'Assemblée nationale
Core motivation is discovering detailed areas, artworks, and historical information within the virtual Assembly.
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+4.0
RONIN: Two Souls CHAPTER 1
Open world island with distinct biomes and secrets encourages exploration despite small map size.
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+4.0
Zoonomaly
Large open zoo with many areas and secrets to discover, including unique creatures and environments like the aquarium.
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+5.0
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Core motivation is exploring vast procedurally generated planets, star systems, and points of interest.
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+5.0
Junk Jack
Strong motivation to discover new planets, biomes, treasures, and secrets.
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+5.0
LEGO® Worlds
Exploring diverse biomes, worlds, and hidden items is a major part of gameplay.
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+5.0
Total Miner
Deep worlds, layered caves, and discovery of blueprints drive exploration
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+5.0
Castle In The Darkness
Large map with many secrets, hidden areas, and backtracking encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Dungeon Of Dragon Knight
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden passages, and solving puzzles in multi-level dungeons.
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+5.0
Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD
Large galaxy with many star systems and hidden areas to discover; exploration is a key aspect.
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+5.0
Gone Home
Core gameplay is exploring a large house and uncovering hidden story elements.
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+5.0
Voidwrought
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden items in a large, open, and richly designed map.
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+4.0
Broken Reality 2000
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles across diverse environments.
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+4.0
[Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル
Exploration of dark tunnels, forest, and shrines with discovery of notes and secrets is a core gameplay element.
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