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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
Moonstone Island
Core gameplay involves discovering over 100 floating islands, dungeons, and secrets with rewards for exploration.
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+5.0
Spirit of the North
Core motivation is exploring diverse, beautiful environments and uncovering hidden collectibles and secrets.
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+5.0
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
Core gameplay centers on exploring vast environments, discovering secrets, and solving puzzles.
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+5.0
A Planet Full of Cats
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden cats across a large, Metroidvania-style map.
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+5.0
Master Key
Core motivation is discovering secrets, unlocking new areas, and uncovering hidden content in a dense, interconnected…
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+5.0
The Cursed Forest
Core gameplay revolves around exploring a mysterious forest and uncovering secrets.
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+5.0
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, clues, and secrets across multiple Ages.
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+5.0
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Large, diverse interconnected map with secrets, collectibles, and innovative map markers encourages discovery.
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+5.0
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
Large, interconnected levels with secrets and backtracking strongly emphasize exploration.
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+5.0
Fallout 3
Large open world with many secrets, side quests, and locations to discover.
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+5.0
Grounded 2
The large, diverse map with secrets and new biomes strongly encourages discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+5.0
Anodyne
Strong emphasis on exploring diverse, surreal environments and uncovering hidden cards and secrets.
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+5.0
Guns of Fury
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, backtracking with new abilities, and finding hidden items.
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+5.0
Mai: Child of Ages
Exploration is a core element, with large open areas, secrets, collectibles, and revisiting locations across time…
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+5.0
NaissanceE
Core gameplay revolves around discovering vast, mysterious, and surreal architectural spaces.
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+5.0
EMUUROM
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore in a dense, interconnected world.
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+5.0
Welcome To The Dark Place
Game world is large and mysterious, encouraging discovery of new locations, secrets, and endings.
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+5.0
Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Strong emphasis on discovering new biomes, secrets, and areas; players encouraged to venture into unknown territory.
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+5.0
Voyagers of Nera
Exploration of diverse biomes, underwater areas, and secrets is a core and highly praised feature.
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+5.0
Cosmochoria
Core gameplay involves exploring a randomized galaxy, discovering new planets, secrets, and artifacts.
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+5.0
Duck Season
High emphasis on exploring the detailed living room, interacting with objects, and uncovering hidden areas and secrets.
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+5.0
The Music Machine
Core gameplay is about exploring diverse, surreal environments and uncovering narrative secrets.
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+5.0
The Norwood Suite
Core gameplay is about discovering new areas, secret passages, and uncovering story through exploration.
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+5.0
GRIME II
Large, interconnected map with secrets, multiple paths, and rewarding exploration is a core feature.
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