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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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+5.0
Soda Drinker Pro
Core gameplay involves discovering new environments and secrets across over 100 levels.
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+5.0
Spider-Man
Open-world Manhattan encourages discovery of landmarks, collectibles, and side missions.
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+5.0
BOOK OF HOURS
Players uncover new rooms, secrets, and lore fragments in a large, mysterious mansion.
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+5.0
Eternal Afternoon
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with diverse NPCs in a richly detailed…
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+5.0
Final Profit: A Shop RPG
Large, secret-filled world with many hidden areas and puzzles rewarding curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Title_Pending
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and easter eggs within a looping environment.
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+5.0
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
Open world exploration with discovery of gas canisters, hidden lore, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Exploration of a large island with new areas unlocking over time is a core gameplay element highly praised by players.
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+5.0
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
Game features vast interconnected open world maps with many secrets, landmarks, and regions to discover.
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+5.0
Blue Prince
Core gameplay involves discovering new rooms, secrets, lore, and puzzle clues in an evolving mansion.
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+5.0
Conquest of Elysium 5
Exploring multiple planes, random maps, and discovering secrets is core to gameplay
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+5.0
Kingdoms of the Dump
The game encourages discovering hidden zones, secrets, and rewards curiosity in a semi-open world.
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+5.0
Museum of Other Realities
Large museum space with many exhibits and new content added regularly encourages discovery.
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+5.0
NIMBY Rails
The entire world map is available for discovery and building, encouraging exploration of new areas.
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+5.0
Sail Forth
Core gameplay involves discovering new islands, secrets, and environmental variety in an open world archipelago.
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+5.0
Supraworld
Large, dense maps with many secrets and hidden areas reward curiosity and thorough exploration.
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+5.0
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Large, maze-like levels with secrets and backtracking strongly emphasize discovery.
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+5.0
Wizordum
Heavy emphasis on discovering secrets, navigating large levels, and uncovering hidden areas.
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+5.0
80 Days
Core gameplay involves discovering new cities, routes, and storylines across a vast world.
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+5.0
Byakuya Museum
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, interacting with environment, and uncovering story details.
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+5.0
CleanFall
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new biomes, secrets, and interacting with a dynamic ecosystem.
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+5.0
Eastshade
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new locations, secrets, and vistas in a handcrafted open world.
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+5.0
HAAK
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden paths, and lore; exploration is a core motivator and praised feature.
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+5.0
Haiku, the Robot
Large, open map with secrets, collectibles, and multiple routes strongly encourages discovery.
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