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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Focused on exploration
Games where exploration stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Levels contain secrets, collectibles, and encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands
Exploration is rewarded with items, secrets, and story elements; players enjoy discovering hidden content.
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+5.0
DevilConnection
Strong emphasis on discovering new endings, hidden dialogue, and story branches.
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+5.0
Endacopia
Emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with many elements in a richly detailed world.
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+5.0
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Large maps with many hidden treasures, backtracking, puzzles, and secret areas to discover
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+5.0
Funi Raccoon Game
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, hidden items, and secrets.
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+5.0
Mr. Sleepy Man
Emphasis on discovering secrets, exploring a fully connected world, and uncovering hidden content.
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+5.0
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden dialogues, and optional content in multiple locations.
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+4.0
Penko Park
Game encourages discovering new areas, hidden creatures, alternate paths, and secrets.
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+5.0
Super Mario Galaxy
Core gameplay involves discovering new galaxies, hidden stars, and secrets across varied and imaginative environments.
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+5.0
Tall Trails
Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse islands, discovering secrets, and collecting items.
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+5.0
BLACK SOULS II
Highly open world with many secrets, hidden paths, and lore encourages curiosity-driven discovery.
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+4.0
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Open levels encourage discovering secrets, collectibles, and hidden areas; players enjoy roaming and finding new…
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+5.0
Cape Hideous
Core motivation is to explore the ship and uncover its many small secrets and animations.
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+4.0
Chants of Sennaar
Exploration of diverse tower levels and cultures is a core part of gameplay, with discovery of new languages and…
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+4.0
Clea
Exploration of mansion rooms, secret areas, and collecting items is vital to uncover story and progress.
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+5.0
DELTARUNE
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, lore, and new areas across chapters.
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+5.0
DISCOPUP
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden areas, and narrative layers through repeated exploration.
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+5.0
ENA: Dream BBQ
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with numerous unique characters.
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+5.0
Fractal Block World
Exploration is the central motivation, with infinite fractal worlds and secrets to discover.
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+5.0
Hylics
Central motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with bizarre environments
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+5.0
Look Outside
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and story beats within the apartment building.
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+5.0
Psychopomp GOLD
Core gameplay revolves around exploring large, surreal environments and uncovering hidden areas and story elements.
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+5.0
RUBATO
Core gameplay revolves around discovering collectibles, secrets, and new areas in a richly designed world.
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