Exploration

Large open world with diverse biomes, tombs, cities, and secrets encourages extensive discovery.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden lore, and new areas both in-game and through external ARG content.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and story elements through exploration.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new underground areas, secrets, and story elements.

Large, detailed environments with many secrets, collectibles, and side quests encourage thorough exploration.

Exploration of a large, maze-like space station with secrets, audio logs, and environmental storytelling is core to…

Exploration is a core element with many hidden locations, secrets, and lore to discover.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering collectibles, secrets, and new areas in a richly designed world.

Dense, detailed recreations of Japanese city districts invite extensive exploration and discovery of secrets.

Exploration of the shifting Oldest House and discovery of lore and secrets is a core gameplay element.

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

Open world archipelago with many islands, hidden quests, and secrets strongly encourages discovery.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a dense interconnected world.

Exploration is a major part of the game with a large open world, many NPCs, hidden quests, and interactive environments.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering planets, asteroids, and lore in a massive solar system.

Game features diverse, surreal environments and encourages curiosity-driven discovery.

Large, diverse maps with unique environments worldwide encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Massive interconnected world with secrets, puzzles, and hidden content rewards curiosity and discovery.

Strong emphasis on finding secrets, hidden lore, and exploring branching storylines and multiple endings.

High emphasis on exploring diverse infinite worlds, discovering secrets, completing hidden tasks, and uncovering story…

Strong emphasis on uncovering secrets, lore, and new areas beyond surface puzzles; curiosity-driven.

Large open world with many secrets, dungeons, and quests encourages extensive exploration.

Core gameplay loop centers on exploring a large 3D world and entering varied 2D dungeons to discover secrets and story.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, lore, and hidden content in a richly detailed world.