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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Fantasy
A strong dose of exploration and fantasy in the same game.
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+5.0
Project Silverfish
Large maps with secrets, anomalies, and dynamic faction battles encourage curiosity-driven discovery.
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+5.0
Thief Gold (1999)
Large, non-linear levels with hidden secrets and multiple paths strongly encourage exploration.
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+5.0
Demon Tides
Open-world design with many islands and secrets encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+5.0
Omno: Prologue
Core gameplay revolves around exploring varied environments, discovering secrets, and interacting with fauna.
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+5.0
The Wild at Heart
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+5.0
Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a dense, quirky open world, discovering secrets, and completing varied quests.
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+5.0
Grow Up
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a large spherical open world with multiple biomes and secrets.
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+5.0
UNSIGHTED
Open-ended world with many secrets, shortcuts, and alternative paths; exploration is a core motivation despite time…
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+5.0
AETHUS
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new underground areas, secrets, and story elements.
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+5.0
Aground
Strong emphasis on discovering new islands, secrets, and story elements.
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+5.0
Stay Out of the House
Exploring the large, interconnected house and uncovering secrets and new areas is a core motivation.
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+5.0
System Shock
Exploration of a large, maze-like space station with secrets, audio logs, and environmental storytelling is core to…
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+5.0
Windrose
Strong emphasis on discovering new islands, secrets, and world features.
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+5.0
PULSAR: Lost Colony
Strong emphasis on discovering new sectors, planets, secrets, and missions in a large procedurally generated galaxy.
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+5.0
Vacation Simulator
Game design emphasizes discovering new areas, unlocking locations, and finding hidden easter eggs.
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+5.0
Gecko Gods
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles in a richly detailed open world.
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+5.0
Ogu and the Secret Forest
Exploration of diverse biomes, secret areas, and collectibles is a core motivation.
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+5.0
RUBATO
Core gameplay revolves around discovering collectibles, secrets, and new areas in a richly designed world.
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+5.0
Zefyr: A Thief's Melody
Core gameplay revolves around discovering islands, secrets, collectibles, and environmental storytelling.
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+5.0
Riven
Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental details in a richly crafted world.
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+5.0
Crystal Project
Core motivation is discovering secrets, new areas, and hidden content in a vast world.
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+5.0
Promenade
Core motivation is exploring multiple open, interconnected worlds and discovering secrets and collectibles.
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+5.0
Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+5.0
Omno
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with creatures.
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