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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
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+4.0
Gloomwood
Level design rewards exploration with multiple paths, secrets, and environmental storytelling.
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+4.0
In Sound Mind
Encouraged to explore detailed environments, find hidden lore, collectibles, and secrets.
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+4.0
One Way Heroics
Procedurally generated maps and daily worlds encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Slender Threads: Prologue
Strong emphasis on discovering new locations, secrets, and interacting with the environment.
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+4.0
System Shock® 2 (1999)
Exploration of ship decks and secret areas is rewarded and encouraged, with backtracking and discovery.
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+4.0
Cattails: Wildwood Story
Game features multiple mines, seasonal changes, and discovery of new NPCs and story elements encouraging exploration.
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+4.0
Fatal Frame
Exploration of the haunted village and uncovering story elements through notes and environmental clues is a core…
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+4.0
Freedom Planet
Large levels with multiple routes, secrets, and collectibles motivate curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Heartfall — A Tale in Three Lives
Players discover new story branches, secrets, and endings across multiple routes, fostering curiosity-driven…
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+4.0
Shredders
Large open world with multiple mountains and parks encourages discovery and finding new lines and secrets.
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+4.0
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Exploration of large maps and discovery of new civilizations, resources, and wonders is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Metroidvania style encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities
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+4.0
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Game features large, detailed environments with hidden treasures and multiple paths encouraging discovery.
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+4.0
Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
Levels contain secrets, collectibles, and encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Find 100 Ducks and Blast Them!
Core gameplay involves discovering hidden ducks and Easter eggs in a 3D environment.
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+4.0
Lots of Cats in Every Moment
Game encourages discovering new areas, hidden cats, and objects across multiple detailed scenes.
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+4.0
Nightmare of Decay
Exploration of mansion and dungeon environments with secrets, puzzles, and backtracking is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Exploration of unique, richly detailed world and discovery of lore and secrets is a core part of gameplay.
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+4.0
Skate Story
Game features multiple unique, surreal environments and encourages discovery and free roaming.
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+4.0
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Players discover new storylines, character insights, and alternate timelines expanding the known universe.
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+4.0
A Story About My Uncle
Game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles in a fantastical environment.
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+4.0
Cattails | Become a Cat!
Large map with multiple biomes and hidden items encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Donkey Kong Country
The game encourages discovering hidden areas, secret rooms, and collectibles throughout diverse levels.
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+4.0
Far Cry 3
Large open world with many secrets, outposts, collectibles, and dynamic environments encourages discovery.
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