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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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+5.0
Sable
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a vast open world.
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+5.0
AER Memories of Old
Core motivation is discovering new islands, secrets, lore, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
Anode Heart
Open world with varied environments, secrets, and quests encourages discovery and curiosity
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+5.0
b 2
Open world with many areas to discover, including planets and environmental secrets, drives curiosity.
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+5.0
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Procedurally generated galaxies, quests, and discovery of new systems drive exploration motivation
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+5.0
Legend Battles
Massive open world with unique interiors, verticality, and secrets fosters strong motivation for discovery.
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+5.0
Luma Island
Exploration of large, detailed maps with puzzles, secrets, and discovery is a core motivation.
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+5.0
Odallus: The Dark Call
Game design heavily rewards exploration with multiple paths, secret levels, and collectibles.
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+5.0
DragonLoop
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and branching paths within time constraints.
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+5.0
Dreamcore
Core gameplay is discovering vast, maze-like environments with many hidden areas and secrets.
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+5.0
In Other Waters
Core motivation is discovering new alien species and environments through detailed exploration.
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+5.0
INFRA
Core gameplay centers on discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
Killing Time: Resurrected
Large seamless open world with many secrets, keys, and backtracking; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+5.0
Sailwind
Strong emphasis on discovering new islands, navigating open ocean, and exploring multiple archipelagos.
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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
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition
Game design emphasizes discovering new areas, secrets, and completing numerous side quests.
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+5.0
Tombwater
Highly praised large interconnected world with many secrets, shortcuts, and hidden areas rewarding curiosity.
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+5.0
Under The Island
Exploration is a core motivation with many secrets, hidden paths, collectibles, and rewards for curiosity.
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+5.0
UnderRail
Exploration is heavily rewarded and central to gameplay, with large maps and hidden secrets.
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+5.0
Pitfall!
Strong emphasis on discovering new screens, mapping underground tunnels, and uncovering treasures.
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+5.0
The Lord of the Rings Online™
Large open world with many regions, hidden items, and lore encourages curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Cosmodread
Procedurally generated ship layouts and hidden blueprints encourage discovery and curiosity.
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+5.0
Crypt
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, solving puzzles, and navigating an initially unknown maze environment.
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+5.0
Exiled Kingdoms
Large open world with many areas, dungeons, secrets, and quests to discover; exploration is a core element.
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