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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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+5.0
Meadow - A Shelter Game
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, caves, and secrets in a large open world.
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+5.0
Sanitarium
Game features diverse, surreal environments and encourages curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
The Big Catch: Tacklebox
Open world design and hidden collectibles strongly encourage discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Wild Animal Racing
Large, diverse maps with unique environments worldwide encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Approaching Infinity
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new planets, shipwrecks, caves, and secrets.
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+5.0
Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse, surreal dream environments and uncovering hidden areas.
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+5.0
Intergalactic Fishing
Procedurally generated lakes and unknown fish species encourage continual discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Shattered Divinities
Exploration is a core pillar with meaningful rewards, backtracking, hidden secrets, and map completion indicators.
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+5.0
Wooden Ocean
Massive interconnected world with secrets, puzzles, and hidden content rewards curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Broken Reality
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
Super Panda Adventures
Strong emphasis on exploration, backtracking, and discovering secrets and collectibles across multiple levels.
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+5.0
Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
Exploration is a core motivation with hidden quests, secrets, and large open world.
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+5.0
BAKERU
Large, varied levels with many hidden collectibles and secrets encourage discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Duskers
Core gameplay revolves around exploring procedurally generated derelict ships and star systems, discovering resources…
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+5.0
Flock
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new creatures and unlocking new regions by exploration.
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+5.0
GlitchSPANKR
Strong emphasis on finding secrets, hidden lore, and exploring branching storylines and multiple endings.
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+5.0
moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and character schedules in an open world.
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+5.0
梦魇：无归 Nightmare without return
High emphasis on exploring diverse infinite worlds, discovering secrets, completing hidden tasks, and uncovering story…
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+5.0
Void Stranger
Strong emphasis on uncovering secrets, lore, and new areas beyond surface puzzles; curiosity-driven.
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+5.0
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Large open world with many secrets, dungeons, and quests encourages extensive exploration.
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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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