Exploration

Exploration of detailed environments and discovery of clues and secrets is core to gameplay.

Open world with many cities, secrets, and quests encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.

Nonlinear world with many hidden passages, secrets, and backtracking; exploration is a core gameplay element.

Large, detailed island and underwater environments encourage discovery of new areas, secrets, and NPCs.

The game rewards curiosity with hidden cats, Easter eggs, and interactive objects scattered throughout the detailed…

Players explore a small open world and uncover story elements and secrets through varied interactions.

Game encourages discovering new spirits, secrets, and areas in the town.

Core gameplay involves discovering new islands, underwater wrecks, and gathering resources through exploration.

Core gameplay involves discovering dungeon layouts, secrets, and managing risk vs reward under time constraints.

Strong emphasis on discovering new locations, secrets, dungeons, and treasure hunting.

Large island with many areas to discover, hidden items, and secrets encourage curiosity-driven exploration.

Exploration of underwater ruins and discovery of secrets and collectibles are core gameplay elements.

Large, detailed worlds with secrets and collectibles encourage curiosity-driven exploration.

Game features multiple areas, secrets, and discovery elements with visible enemies and points of interest.

Game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and storylines in a vibrant open world.

Players explore village, woods, and secrets, uncovering lore and hidden items

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a maze-like interconnected world.

Large open world with many islands, secrets, and vertical level design encourages discovery and curiosity.

Players explore varied, hand-crafted peaks with secrets, collectibles, and alternate routes.

Players discover new AI-generated locations, quests, and characters in a procedurally created world.

The game encourages detailed exploration of richly detailed crime scenes to discover clues and piece together stories.