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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Story
A strong dose of exploration and story in the same game.
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+4.0
Maurice: In The Predator's Nest
Game rewards exploration of detailed environments, hidden secrets, and lore discovery.
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+4.0
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
Exploration of multiple detailed environments and discovery of hidden clues and lore is central to gameplay.
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+4.0
Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™
Game features large, varied levels with hidden treasures and secrets encouraging discovery.
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+4.0
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
Large, layered planets with hidden upgrades and collectibles encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
DashBored
Game features multiple areas, secrets, optional dungeons, and encourages re-exploration on different days.
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+4.0
Conarium
Emphasis on exploring detailed environments, uncovering notes, secrets, and lore.
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+4.0
Republique
Encourages thorough exploration of environments and collecting lore items to uncover story details.
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+4.0
Dark Fall: The Journal
Game emphasizes discovering new areas, clues, and secrets in an abandoned train station and hotel.
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+4.0
Under The Waves
Significant emphasis on discovering underwater areas, fauna, wrecks, and collectibles driven by curiosity.
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+4.0
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Encourages discovery of new areas, narrative fragments, and environmental details on a mysterious island.
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+4.0
The First Tree
Encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles across varied biomes and dreamlike landscapes.
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+4.0
The Moon Sliver
Exploring a small open island and uncovering story through environmental cues and notes.
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+4.0
TUNG
Exploring a mysterious maze with hidden notes and secrets is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
The Outer Worlds 2
Large, detailed worlds with hidden items, multiple paths, and unmarked quests encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
2Dark
Players explore complex, dark environments to find clues, children, and secrets.
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+4.0
Subway Midnight
Strong emphasis on discovering new environments, uncovering story through visual cues, and exploring unique train cars.
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+4.0
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Exploration of a large stylized map of America and discovery of hundreds of unique stories and characters.
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+4.0
GET EVEN
Exploration of environments and memories is a core gameplay element, with many hidden clues and secrets.
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+4.0
Heroes of Steel RPG
Large world maps, dungeons, and secret areas encourage discovery and curiosity-driven activities.
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+4.0
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning
Game emphasizes dungeon exploration, puzzle solving, and uncovering story elements through new areas and secrets.
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+4.0
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
Large open world with many unique locations and hidden items encourages thorough exploration.
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+4.0
Master Reboot
Core gameplay involves exploring diverse, surreal memory levels and uncovering story fragments
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+4.0
Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
The game features multiple story branches, quests, and secrets encouraging discovery and exploration.
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+4.0
Aka
Game rewards curiosity with multiple islands, hidden areas, and secrets to discover.
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