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Large open world with many locations, secrets, and side quests encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Open world map with many areas to discover and cars to find encourages curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Ancient Kingdoms
Large world with many locations, dungeons, secrets, and bosses; exploration is a key motivator.
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+4.0
Atelier Totori ~The Adventurer of Arland~ DX
Large, varied world with many areas to discover and quests to complete.
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+4.0
Geneforge 1
Large world with many areas to discover and secrets to find.
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+5.0
The Last Hero of Nostalgaia
Highly praised interconnected world design with many shortcuts and secrets encourages extensive discovery.
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+5.0
LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes
Strong emphasis on exploring a large open world Gotham City with many hidden items and side quests.
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+4.0
BitCraft Online
Large open world with multiple biomes and discovery; players explore new areas as part of progression.
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+4.0
HumanitZ
Large open world with emphasis on discovering new areas, scavenging, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
Car Simulator 2
Open-world map with diverse environments encourages discovery and curiosity-driven driving.
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+4.0
Wurm Unlimited
Large open world with opportunities for discovery, including archaeology and uncovering player-made settlements.
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+4.0
IdleOn
Multiple worlds and diverse mechanics encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
Drakensang: The River of Time
Game world includes multiple locations, secrets, side quests, and encourages revisiting areas and discovery.
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+4.0
Out and About
Open world with many areas to discover, encouraging curiosity-driven foraging and environment interaction.
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+4.0
The Sinking City Remastered
Open world city encourages discovery of new locations, clues, and lore, despite some asset repetition.
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+4.0
Brigand: Oaxaca
The world is open with multiple hubs, secrets, and branching paths encouraging discovery.
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+4.0
Batman™: Arkham Knight
Open world Gotham City with many side missions, collectibles, and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Museum of Other Realities
Large museum space with many exhibits and new content added regularly encourages discovery.
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+4.0
ANNO: Mutationem
Game features open city hubs and hidden lore encouraging discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
JDM: Japanese Drift Master
Open world map with diverse environments encourages discovery and cruising.
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+4.0
Pokémon Crystal Version
Rich world with day/night cycles, hidden items, puzzles, and two regions to explore.
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+4.0
Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
Open cities and multiple locations encourage exploration and discovery of landmarks and collectibles.
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+4.0
Hello Guest: Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha
Open environment encourages discovery of secrets and new areas.
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+4.0
Blue Fire
Large interconnected world with secrets, collectibles, and backtracking encourages discovery.
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+4.0
Nantucket
Game encourages discovering new hunting grounds, ports, and secrets in a partially open world.
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