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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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Equinox: Homecoming
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental storytelling in a large, detailed 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
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
The Path
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the forest and discovering hidden items and symbolic locations.
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+5.0
Treasure Adventure World
Core motivation is discovering new islands, secrets, treasures, and revisiting areas with new abilities.
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+5.0
Eternity Egg
Exploration is a core motivation with large open worlds, hidden areas, and secrets driving player curiosity.
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+5.0
Fallen Tear: The Ascension
Core gameplay revolves around discovering secrets, backtracking with new skills, and uncovering hidden routes.
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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
Wigmund
Strong emphasis on exploring open world, dungeons, and uncovering hidden loot and quests.
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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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