Exploration

Game encourages discovery of new time periods, environments, and secrets.

Large, detailed hub city and multiple locations encourage extensive exploration and discovery of secrets and side…

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and solving cryptic puzzles

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and interacting with NPCs to unlock new locations.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together clues across a huge map.

Core gameplay revolves around exploring a detailed, pre-rendered environment from a cockroach perspective.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new doors, dungeons, secrets, and collectibles in a richly detailed world.

Exploration of uncharted seas, discovering islands, secrets, and dynamic events is a core and highly praised feature.

Core gameplay centers on discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities; large interconnected map.

Strong emphasis on exploring the overworld, finding secrets, collectibles, and unlocking alternate versions of levels.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and piecing together story elements.

Large interconnected maps with diverse biomes and hidden secrets; exploration is a core part of gameplay.

Strong emphasis on discovering new biomes, secrets, dungeons, and interacting with diverse NPCs.

Core gameplay is focused on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore.

Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, and shortcuts in a large interconnected map.

Procedurally generated infinite world with diverse environments and secrets encourages discovery.

Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, secrets, and upgrades in a large interconnected map.

Core gameplay revolves around navigating large, complex mazes and discovering secrets, with procedural generation…

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and hidden collectibles across diverse and large environments.

Core motivation is exploring a large, detailed, and interconnected world full of secrets and lore.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new islands, interacting with environments, and uncovering secrets.

Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, shortcuts, and interconnected world design.

Large open world with no automatic map; players must explore and chart territory manually.

Core gameplay revolves around discovering new Pokémon and locations in the real world, strongly encouraging exploration.