Exploration

Semi-open world with many secrets, tombs, collectibles, and varied environments encourages discovery.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden passages, and puzzle elements throughout the tower.

Emphasis on discovering secrets, optional dungeons, lore, and backtracking to unlock new areas.

Large, varied map with secrets, puzzles, and changing layouts encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

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

Exploration of a large, non-Euclidean labyrinth is a core part of the experience.

Open world with multiple areas, secrets, and hidden content to discover.

Game emphasizes exploring diverse, richly detailed environments and discovering hidden interactions and collectibles.

Core gameplay is exploring cave environments and uncovering story through scanning and observation.

Vast procedurally generated world with many biomes, dungeons, and secrets; exploration is a core motivation.

Strong emphasis on discovering new islands, underwater ruins, and hidden secrets in a large open world.

Strong emphasis on discovering hidden areas, secret collectibles, and lore through exploration.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with NPCs in a procedurally varied world.

Map exploration and revealing hidden tiles is a core mechanic, with discovery of events and secrets.

Players discover new areas and secrets throughout the game.

Exploration of procedurally generated worlds, biomes, caves, and secrets is a core gameplay element.

Game world unfolds progressively with new areas and secrets to discover, encouraging curiosity-driven exploration.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with diverse NPCs in a richly detailed…

Exploration of confined, atmospheric environments with secrets and hidden areas is a core gameplay element.

Large maps with multiple areas and secrets encourage discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.

Large levels with multiple routes, secrets, and collectibles motivate curiosity-driven exploration.

Level design rewards exploration with multiple paths, secrets, and environmental storytelling.

Open world sailing and discovery of ports, dungeons, secrets, and lore is a core and rewarding gameplay element.

Procedurally generated lakes and unknown fish species encourage continual discovery and curiosity-driven play.