Exploration

Exploration of procedurally generated sectors, asteroids, and derelict ships is a core activity.

Highly praised interconnected world with secrets, puzzles, and rewarding discovery; exploration is a core gameplay…

The interactive documentary and timeline encourage discovery of Tetris history and variants.

Strong motivation to discover new areas, secret levels, hidden items, and lore through curiosity-driven play.

Exploring multiple surreal and abstract environments and uncovering narrative layers is central.

Exploration of a small but cohesive world is a core element, with hidden items and secrets encouraging curiosity.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, dungeons, and mysteries in the town and underworld.

Strong emphasis on discovering new accounts, posts, and hidden clues across a large virtual SNS environment.

Large open world with multiple regions and villages to discover; players enjoy exploring diverse environments and…

Large world with many secrets, lore, and areas to discover encourages exploration

Game involves moving through different biomes and discovering new resources and challenges in each area.

Players discover new map tiles, unlock secrets, and expand their world in a non-linear fashion.

Large open world with discovery of new towns, ruins, events, and secrets.

Large handcrafted world with many secrets, dungeons, and hidden treasures encourages discovery.

Large open world with rewarding exploration and discovery of lore, secrets, and environments

Open world encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and dynamic events driven by player curiosity.

Large persistent map with multiple biomes and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Strong emphasis on uncovering secrets, lore, and hidden content through repeated play.

Game encourages discovering new islands, ingredients, and secrets at a leisurely pace.

Exploring mansion rooms, discovering secrets, and randomized layouts support curiosity-driven play.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new, unsettling liminal areas and environmental details.

Game encourages discovering new maps, clues, and ghost types in varied environments.

Encourages discovery of new areas, secrets, and quests with a large world to explore.

Core gameplay is wandering through randomized, surreal worlds discovering secrets, NPCs, and story elements.