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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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+5.0
Under The Island
Exploration is a core motivation with many secrets, hidden paths, collectibles, and rewards for curiosity.
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+5.0
UnderRail
Exploration is heavily rewarded and central to gameplay, with large maps and hidden secrets.
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+5.0
Pitfall!
Strong emphasis on discovering new screens, mapping underground tunnels, and uncovering treasures.
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+5.0
Banquet for Fools
Exploration is a core element with a large, detailed world full of secrets, no quest markers, and discovery-driven…
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+5.0
BLACKSHARD
Core gameplay is about discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together cryptic lore in a vast labyrinth.
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+5.0
Cosmodread
Procedurally generated ship layouts and hidden blueprints encourage discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Crypt
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, solving puzzles, and navigating an initially unknown maze environment.
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+5.0
Exiled Kingdoms
Large open world with many areas, dungeons, secrets, and quests to discover; exploration is a core element.
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+5.0
Gedonia
Strong emphasis on open world exploration, discovering secrets, puzzles, and hidden areas.
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+5.0
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered
Large open world with rewarding exploration and discovery of lore, secrets, and environments
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+5.0
Map Map - A Game About Maps
Core gameplay is about exploring islands, discovering landmarks, and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Outcast 1.1
Open world with multiple distinct regions, no quest markers, and emphasis on discovering locations and secrets.
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+5.0
Pacific Drive
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new zones, anomalies, and secrets in a procedurally varied world.
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+5.0
PowerSlave Exhumed
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking to previously inaccessible locations.
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+5.0
Super Win the Game
Central motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden items in a large interconnected world.
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+5.0
Tinkerlands
Exploration of multiple islands, biomes, caves, and secrets is a core gameplay element.
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+5.0
Welcome to Elderfield
Exploration of a large, mysterious town and dungeons is a core and rewarding part of gameplay.
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+5.0
Donkey Kong
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden collectibles, and new areas through open-ended level design.
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+5.0
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a large open world with many quests.
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+5.0
Dolls Nest
Large, interconnected levels with secrets, shortcuts, and multiple paths strongly encourage exploration.
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+5.0
Rusted Moss
Exploration is a core element, with a large open map, secrets, lore, and multiple paths to discover.
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+5.0
Slice of Sea
Large, open world with many hidden areas and secrets encourages extensive exploration.
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+5.0
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, collectibles, and lore throughout a detailed open-world Tokyo.
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+5.0
Revenge of the Savage Planet
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new planets, scanning creatures, and uncovering secrets in diverse biomes.
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