Exploration

Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large map, discovering hidden rooms, and uncovering secrets.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new star systems, planets, alien life, and technologies.

Rich, varied world with diverse biomes, secrets, and underwater areas encourages discovery and curiosity.

Exploration and discovery of new levels, mechanics, and secrets are central to the experience.

Core gameplay involves exploring diverse, interconnected dreamscapes with unique environments and secrets.

Large, procedurally generated maps with diverse biomes, caves, dungeons, and secrets strongly motivate discovery.

Strong motivation to discover new planets, biomes, treasures, and secrets.

Large, interconnected levels with many secrets and areas to discover encourage curiosity-driven exploration.

Core gameplay involves discovering vast alien landscapes, secrets, and multiple paths.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering and mapping 100 dungeon floors and uncovering secrets.

Highly praised for vast, multi-level open world with rewarding exploration and secrets.

Heavy emphasis on exploration, secrets, and discovering hidden areas; metroidvania elements with backtracking and…

Large, diverse open world with many biomes and secrets encourages curiosity-driven exploration.

Players explore over 100 detailed rooms and multiple outdoor areas, uncovering clues and secrets.

Deep worlds, layered caves, and discovery of blueprints drive exploration

Strong emphasis on exploring a large, varied world with hidden dungeons, secrets, and rewards driving curiosity.

Game heavily emphasizes exploration of labyrinths, secrets, and hidden areas.

Core motivation is discovering and visiting new photogrammetry-mapped locations around the world.

Exploration of procedurally generated worlds, hidden secrets, and dungeons is central and highly praised.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden items in a large, open, and richly designed map.

Open worlds with multiple planets and hidden secrets encourage curiosity-driven exploration.

Large open-world maps with diverse biomes encourage discovery of new fishing spots and scenic areas.

Exploring vast galaxies, discovering ruins, resources, and new races is a major gameplay element.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring large, abstract, and mysterious environments.