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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with status at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Lamentum
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking to uncover mysteries.
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+5.0
Mai: Child of Ages
Exploration is a core element, with large open areas, secrets, collectibles, and revisiting locations across time…
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+5.0
NaissanceE
Core gameplay revolves around discovering vast, mysterious, and surreal architectural spaces.
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+5.0
NIMRODS
Large persistent map with multiple biomes and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time
Extensive exploration of a detailed Titanic model is a core feature, with a dedicated Tour Mode for free exploration.
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+5.0
Wayward
Procedurally generated islands and underground caves promote curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Zexion
Extensive interconnected map with secrets, shortcuts, and upgrades encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
EMUUROM
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a dense, interconnected world.
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+5.0
Fibrillation HD
Core motivation is exploring strange, non-euclidean spaces and uncovering hidden areas and collectibles.
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+5.0
Spark in the Dark
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, navigating dark dungeons, and uncovering lore.
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+5.0
Welcome To The Dark Place
Game world is large and mysterious, encouraging discovery of new locations, secrets, and endings.
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+5.0
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Open world with islands, underwater exploration, treasure hunting, and dynamic weather encourage discovery.
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+5.0
Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Strong emphasis on discovering new biomes, secrets, and areas; players encouraged to venture into unknown territory.
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+5.0
Voyagers of Nera
Exploration of diverse biomes, underwater areas, and secrets is a core and highly praised feature.
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+5.0
Cosmochoria
Core gameplay involves exploring a randomized galaxy, discovering new planets, secrets, and artifacts.
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+5.0
Duck Season
High emphasis on exploring the detailed living room, interacting with objects, and uncovering hidden areas and secrets.
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+5.0
Kynseed
Large world with multiple towns and hidden secrets; exploration is a core enjoyable activity.
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+5.0
Salt 2: Shores of Gold
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new islands, caves, dungeons, and secrets in a large procedurally generated…
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+5.0
The Music Machine
Core gameplay is about exploring diverse, surreal environments and uncovering narrative secrets.
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+5.0
The Norwood Suite
Core gameplay is about discovering new areas, secret passages, and uncovering story through exploration.
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+5.0
Aloft
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new islands, secrets, and restoring ecosystems.
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+5.0
GRIME II
Large, interconnected map with secrets, multiple paths, and rewarding exploration is a core feature.
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+5.0
Islands of the Caliph
Exploration of multiple islands, dungeons, and secrets is a core and highly praised aspect of the game.
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+5.0
CRYO
Large, detailed map with randomized item spawns encourages discovery and learning of new areas.
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