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qualia
Exploration of narrative branches, hidden content, and multiple endings drives curiosity and discovery.
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+4.0
ASYLUM
Players explore a large, detailed asylum environment, uncovering documents, secrets, and story elements.
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+4.0
Expelled!
Players explore various school locations and uncover secrets and hidden information throughout multiple runs.
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+4.0
FATE: Reawakened
Procedurally generated dungeons and discovery of new floors and items drive curiosity and exploration.
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+4.0
The Other Side
Maps are large and unique, with players exploring entire locations to find evidence and artifacts, not limited to fixed…
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+4.0
Alex Hill: Whispers at White Oak Inn
Game encourages discovery of clues, hidden items, and secrets in various locations.
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+4.0
Find 100 Ducks and Blast Them!
Core gameplay involves discovering hidden ducks and Easter eggs in a 3D environment.
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+4.0
Split Fiction
Players explore varied, richly detailed worlds with secrets, side stories, and environmental storytelling.
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+4.0
Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate
Players explore a large castle with many secrets, hidden paths, and collectibles.
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+4.0
Gumballs & Dungeons
Exploration of procedurally generated dungeons and secrets is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Whisker Wanderlust: The Mosaic of Souls
Encourages curiosity-driven discovery of hidden objects and artistic secrets across multiple detailed scenes.
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+4.0
Everhood 2
Players explore multiple distinct worlds and secret areas with curiosity-driven activities and lore discovery.
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+5.0
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Exploration of a grid-based forest map with discovery of new locations, secrets, and magic.
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+4.0
Desecrators
Exploration of procedurally generated, maze-like levels with secrets and multiple biomes is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Monster Hunter Wilds
Open world with dynamic environments and ecosystems encourages discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+5.0
Peripeteia
Massive levels with many hidden areas, secrets, and alternative routes reward curiosity and thorough exploration.
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+4.0
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Open-world Hawaiian setting with many islands, secrets, and side quests encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Avowed
Game world is dense, handcrafted, and rewards curiosity with secrets, loot, and lore in every nook and cranny.
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+4.0
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Procedural generation creates new mountains each run, encouraging discovery of new terrain and routes.
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+4.0
Pale Abyss - Prototype
Level design encourages searching for secrets and alternative routes, rewarding curiosity and discovery.
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+5.0
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
Core gameplay centers on discovering new areas, secrets, and solving environmental puzzles.
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+5.0
LIFE EFFECT
Large open world with no automatic map; players must explore and chart territory manually.
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+5.0
Guns of Fury
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, backtracking with new abilities, and finding hidden items.
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+4.0
Dawnfolk
Map exploration and revealing hidden tiles is a core mechanic, with discovery of events and secrets.
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