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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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+5.0
Psychopomp GOLD
Core gameplay revolves around exploring large, surreal environments and uncovering hidden areas and story elements.
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+5.0
Gothic 1
Exploration of a hand-crafted, dense open world with secrets and dynamic NPC routines is a core motivation.
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+5.0
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Large open world with many secrets, side quests, and areas to discover.
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+5.0
DevilConnection
Strong emphasis on discovering new endings, hidden dialogue, and story branches.
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+5.0
Prey
Exploration is a core element with richly detailed environments, secrets, and lore rewarding curiosity.
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+5.0
Gothic II: Gold Edition
Open world with dense, handcrafted locations and secrets encourages curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition
Large, vibrant world with many towns, dungeons, and secrets to discover encourages curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
BLACK SOULS
Open world with multiple areas, secrets, and hidden content to discover.
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+5.0
Moonring
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together lore through exploration.
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+5.0
Red Dead Redemption
Open world encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and dynamic events driven by player curiosity.
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+5.0
Mesmalie
Strong emphasis on discovering new dialogue, endings, secrets, and interacting with environment in novel ways.
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+5.0
Roadwarden
The game rewards discovering new locations, secrets, and lore, with a sizeable map and many hidden elements.
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+5.0
Assassin's Creed 2
Open world with multiple cities and hidden collectibles encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+5.0
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Strong emphasis on exploring diverse biomes, uncovering lore, and discovering secrets.
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+5.0
Submachine: Legacy
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and revisiting locations with new insights.
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+5.0
CrossCode
Exploration of large, multi-layered maps with hidden paths and treasures is a core part of gameplay.
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+5.0
Okami HD
Open world with many secrets, collectibles, and revisitable areas; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+5.0
Love Love School Days
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large, randomly generated school environment to find items and secrets.
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+5.0
Stellaris
Core gameplay involves discovering new star systems, anomalies, and secrets in a procedurally generated galaxy.
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+5.0
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
Large open world with many secrets, collectibles, and side quests encourages discovery.
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+5.0
DISCOPUP
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden areas, and narrative layers through repeated exploration.
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+5.0
The Forest of Drizzling Rain
Strong emphasis on discovering new locations, lore, and secrets within the village and surrounding areas.
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+5.0
Withering Rooms
Large, varied map with secrets, puzzles, and changing layouts encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
沉睡的法则 Things as They Are
Heavy emphasis on discovering new areas, interacting with many NPCs, uncovering secrets, and reading in-game books.
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