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Top picks
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
BIOMORPH
Strong emphasis on exploration with large maps, secrets, sidequests, and rewarding backtracking.
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+5.0
Crashlands 2
Large handcrafted map with many biomes, secrets, and quests encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+5.0
Disneyland Adventures
Core motivation is discovering the detailed virtual Disneyland and finding hidden items.
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+5.0
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
Open world with many cities, secrets, and quests encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Nyaruru Fishy Fight
Extensive interconnected maps with secrets, collectibles, and puzzles encourage thorough discovery and revisiting areas.
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+5.0
Poi
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, collectibles, and new areas in open 3D worlds.
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+5.0
Scavenger SV-4
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, artifacts, and secrets on a procedurally generated planet.
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+5.0
Star Valor
Procedurally generated galaxy with many sectors and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+5.0
Submerged: Hidden Depths
Core gameplay is discovering new locations, secrets, and collectibles in a large open world.
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+5.0
Éalú
Core gameplay involves discovering new rooms, mapping the maze, and uncovering hidden pathways and secrets.
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+5.0
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Game strongly emphasizes discovering new areas, secrets, and unlocking shortcuts in a large map.
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+5.0
Caves of Lore
Game heavily emphasizes discovering secrets, hidden areas, and lore; exploration is a core motivation.
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+5.0
cyubeVR
Large procedurally generated worlds with caves, biomes, and secrets encourage discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Ecto
Core gameplay centers on discovering new procedurally generated environments and secrets, fostering curiosity.
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+5.0
Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition
Exploring new story branches and endings is a core motivation, with over 100 endings to discover.
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+5.0
Riven (1997)
Large interconnected world with many secrets and areas to discover.
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+5.0
Seeker
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large open world to find hidden stars and secrets.
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+5.0
The Captain
Exploration of many planets with unique stories and environments is a core feature driving curiosity.
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+5.0
Waking Mars
Strong emphasis on discovering new cave areas, lifeforms, and secrets within the Martian environment.
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+5.0
Happy's Humble Burger Farm
Game world is large and rich with hidden items, lore, and locations; exploration is a core part of the experience.
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+5.0
REMNANT II®
Procedural world design, secret areas, puzzles, and randomized dungeons reward curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Sable
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a vast open world.
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+5.0
AER Memories of Old
Core motivation is discovering new islands, secrets, lore, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
Anode Heart
Open world with varied environments, secrets, and quests encourages discovery and curiosity
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