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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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+5.0
Isles of Sea and Sky
Strong emphasis on open world exploration, discovering secrets, and revisiting areas with new abilities.
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+5.0
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Core gameplay loop centers on exploring a large 3D world and entering varied 2D dungeons to discover secrets and story.
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+5.0
NAIAD
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental details driven by curiosity.
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+5.0
Curious Expedition 2
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new islands, secrets, and events in procedurally generated maps.
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+5.0
Dread Delusion
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, lore, and hidden content in a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
Dreaming Sarah
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and revisiting locations with new items.
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+5.0
Metro Gravity
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles in a complex 3D environment with no fixed…
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+5.0
The Complex: Found Footage
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and atmospheric details in a mysterious environment.
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+5.0
The Pathless
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, lore, and puzzles in a large open world.
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+5.0
Cape Hideous
Core motivation is to explore the ship and uncover its many small secrets and animations.
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+5.0
Depanneur Nocturne
Core motivation is discovering hidden areas, secrets, and lore within the store and its backrooms.
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+5.0
LunarLux
The world is compact but rich with secrets, side quests, and interactable objects encouraging thorough exploration.
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+5.0
Pokémon Red Version
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and Pokémon throughout the expansive Kanto region.
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+5.0
Cavern of Dreams
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, collectibles, and hidden areas across compact, dense levels.
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+5.0
Crimson Desert
Exploration is a core feature with a massive open world full of secrets and surprises.
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+5.0
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new rooms, secrets, and paths in procedurally generated dungeons.
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+5.0
Eternal Edge+ Prologue
Large open world with hidden treasures, puzzles, and dungeons strongly encourages discovery and curiosity-driven…
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+5.0
Fallout 4
Large seamless world with many unique locations, secrets, and dynamic encounters to discover.
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+5.0
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large, detailed, and atmospheric environment.
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+5.0
Mina the Hollower
The game rewards exploration with secrets and hidden areas.
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+5.0
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Core gameplay involves exploring a detailed open environment to discover clues and secrets.
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+5.0
Yooka-Replaylee
Game design heavily rewards discovering secrets, collectibles, and new challenges in large, vibrant worlds.
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+5.0
DEPO : Death Epileptic Pixel Origins
Core gameplay involves discovering hidden areas, secrets, collectibles, and narrative elements throughout large, varied…
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+5.0
LAVALAMP
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new surreal areas and interacting with objects in a psychedelic world.
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