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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Story
A strong dose of exploration and story in the same game.
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+4.0
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Exploring multiple locations and revisiting scenes to uncover clues is core to gameplay.
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+4.0
Some Distant Memory
Core gameplay involves exploring a detailed environment and discovering new items and memories.
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+4.0
Answer Knot
Strong emphasis on exploring environment and uncovering secrets and easter eggs.
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+4.0
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
The game encourages discovering new locations, interacting with diverse characters, and uncovering story elements.
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+4.0
FAKEBOOK
Strong emphasis on discovering new accounts, posts, and hidden clues across a large virtual SNS environment.
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+4.0
Inverted Angel
Players discover multiple narrative paths and hidden story elements through experimentation and deduction.
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+4.0
Pray Game
Large maps with hidden areas, secrets, collectibles, and side quests reward curiosity and discovery.
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+4.0
Yoko no Hanashi
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the abandoned school, discovering clues, and uncovering story elements.
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+4.0
Coralina
Exploration of surreal, fragmented environments and discovery of story elements is central.
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+4.0
Beyond Good and Evil™
Semi-open world with many secrets, collectibles, and side quests encourages thorough exploration.
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+4.0
SpellForce 3 Fallen God
Campaign and side quests encourage map exploration and discovery.
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+4.0
Starstruck: Hands of Time
Exploration of a handcrafted diorama town with hidden items and secrets; calendar system and changing events encourage…
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+4.0
A Date in the Park
Exploring a real-world park environment with clues and hidden details drives gameplay.
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+4.0
Natsu no Sagashimono ~What We Found That Summer~
Exploring the town, finding hidden events and collectibles is a core part of gameplay and story progression.
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+4.0
Tales of Symphonia
Large overworld maps with many locations, dungeons, and puzzles encourage discovery.
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+4.0
Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
Exploring the large manor, secret passages, and uncovering hidden areas is a key part of gameplay.
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+4.0
Rosewater
Players explore many locations, uncover secrets, and experience varied vignettes on a road trip journey.
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+4.0
Strife: Veteran Edition
Game features large interconnected hubs, secret areas, and encourages curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
The Invisible Hours
Strong emphasis on exploring the mansion, discovering clues, and uncovering hidden story elements.
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+4.0
THE LAST TRAIN: Baquedano
Exploration of a detailed, maze-like environment with hidden areas and collectibles is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Replica
Core gameplay involves discovering hidden information, secrets, and multiple story branches within the phone.
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+4.0
Backfirewall_
Game rewards discovering hidden areas, collectables, and story elements throughout the smartphone environment.
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+4.0
Radiolight
Exploration of forest, caves, and hidden areas is a core part of gameplay with many secrets and lore to uncover.
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+4.0
The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
Exploration of diverse and surreal dreamscapes is a core part of gameplay.
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