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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Story
A strong dose of exploration and story in the same game.
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+5.0
Keepsake
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and solving puzzles in a vast magical school
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+5.0
Chronicles of the Wolf
Exploration of a large open world with hidden areas, secrets, and multiple endings is a core feature.
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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
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
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
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
The Last Hero of Nostalgaia
Highly praised interconnected world design with many shortcuts and secrets encourages extensive discovery.
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+5.0
Underspace
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a large galaxy.
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+5.0
The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles
Strong emphasis on exploring procedurally generated dungeons, discovering secrets, and interacting with diverse NPCs…
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+5.0
Wizards and Warlords
Exploration of procedurally generated worlds, dungeons, and secrets is a core and exciting part of gameplay.
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+5.0
Moon Corona
Strong emphasis on discovering hidden treasures, secret paths, and backtracking.
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+5.0
Somber Echoes
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a large, vertical, and interconnected map.
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+5.0
98xx
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, hidden files, and narrative fragments within a faux operating system.
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+5.0
Axiom Verge 2
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in large interconnected worlds.
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+5.0
Faeland
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, unlocking new areas, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+5.0
SpaceBourne 2
Huge procedurally generated universe with thousands of systems, planets, and points of interest to discover.
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+5.0
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, hidden areas, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+5.0
Out There: Ω Edition
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new star systems, planets, alien life, and technologies.
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+5.0
Seven: Enhanced Edition
Highly praised for vast, multi-level open world with rewarding exploration and secrets.
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+5.0
ELEX II
Large open world with rewarding exploration, hidden items, and secrets strongly motivates discovery
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+5.0
Pine
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with a living, dynamic world.
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+5.0
Star Control®: Origins
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new star systems, planets, alien species, and secrets.
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