Exploration

Exploration is a core motivator with many hidden items, secrets, and diverse points of interest rewarding curiosity.

Core motivation is discovering seamless planets, cities, space stations, and points of interest in a large solar system.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements.

Highly praised for its large, vertical, and interconnected map encouraging discovery and freedom.

Exploration of mines, town, and seasonal changes is a core part of gameplay and discovery.

Large open world with many secrets, puzzles, and seasonal changes to discover.

Players explore multiple detailed environments, uncover secrets, and navigate complex, shifting worlds.

Encourages discovery of diverse towns, alternate dimensions, and hidden areas; visible enemies allow tactical…

Large open world with many areas to discover, historical sites to visit, and mapping systems to use.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden treasures without a map, encouraging curiosity.

Exploration of a procedurally generated world, dungeons, and discovery of secrets is a core gameplay element.

The compact but detailed world encourages exploration of school, town, and hidden secrets.

The trilogy features extensive galaxy exploration, discovering new planets, lore, and secrets.

Large, detailed maps with many cities and DLC expansions encourage discovery and exploration.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring new, randomly generated dungeons and uncovering secrets and items.

Strong emphasis on discovering new zones, dungeons, secrets, and lore with minimal map guidance.

The game encourages discovering new biomes, resources, and lore in a dynamic, richly detailed world.

Strong emphasis on exploring large open world and finding hidden items.

Procedurally generated caves and diverse biomes promote discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Large, detailed world with many side quests and hidden content supports discovery and curiosity.

Large open world with diverse areas and hidden items encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Large open-world city and diverse environments encourage exploration and discovery.

The game features diverse, distinct chapters and environments with secrets and puzzles that reward curiosity.

Exploration of a detailed, atmospheric town and multiple buildings is a core gameplay element.