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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
I Am Dead
Core gameplay revolves around exploring detailed environments, discovering hidden objects, and uncovering stories.
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+5.0
Sailing Era
Core gameplay involves discovering new ports, treasures, and land expeditions across a large open world.
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+5.0
Z.O.N.A: Origin
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new zones, secrets, artifacts, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
A House of Many Doors
Core gameplay involves discovering new cities, secrets, and storylines in a vast, surreal world.
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+5.0
Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story through environmental cues.
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+5.0
Backrooms Society
Core gameplay revolves around navigating large, complex mazes and discovering secrets, with procedural generation…
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+5.0
Darksiders III
Highly praised interconnected world with secrets, backtracking, and metroidvania elements encourage extensive…
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+5.0
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden collectibles across diverse and large environments.
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+5.0
MAN STANDING
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, interacting with statues, and uncovering hidden messages.
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+5.0
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Huge open world with maze-like dungeons, hidden secrets, and non-linear progression
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+5.0
Afterimage
Massive interconnected map with many secrets and backtracking; core motivation is discovery.
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+5.0
Avowed
Game world is dense, handcrafted, and rewards curiosity with secrets, loot, and lore in every nook and cranny.
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+5.0
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
Core gameplay is discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in the Abyss; players repeatedly explore layered environments.
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+5.0
Sacred 2 Gold
Huge seamless open world with many biomes, hidden areas, and secrets to discover.
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+5.0
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and content in a vast open world.
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+5.0
Lemma
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements in a large, open, voxel-based…
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+5.0
Neyyah
Core motivation is exploring a large, detailed, and interconnected world full of secrets and lore.
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+5.0
PixelJunk™ Eden
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and growing the environment.
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+5.0
Poptropica
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new islands, interacting with environments, and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
EarthKart: Google Maps Driving Simulator
Core motivation is discovering real-world locations, revisiting familiar places, and exploring new areas virtually.
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+5.0
FOUNTAINS
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, shortcuts, and interconnected world design.
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+5.0
LIFE EFFECT
Large open world with no automatic map; players must explore and chart territory manually.
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+5.0
OverField
Exploration is a core feature with many collectibles, secrets, and unique map designs that encourage curiosity-driven…
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+5.0
The Path
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the forest and discovering hidden items and symbolic locations.
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