Find your kind of game
Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
Explore another motivation
Exploration + Autonomy
A strong dose of exploration and autonomy in the same game.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Exploration affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+4.0
Will You Snail?
Many secrets, collectibles, and lore pieces encourage curiosity-driven exploration beyond main levels.
-
+4.0
Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Players explore multiple detailed locations across Europe and the Middle East, discovering story elements and secrets.
-
+4.0
Depersonalization
Game features exploration of diverse modules with secrets, clues, and branching storylines rewarding curiosity.
-
+4.0
4D Golf
Players explore novel 4D environments and puzzles, discovering new spatial relationships and hidden paths.
-
+4.0
A Building Full of Cats 2
Players explore multiple floors, rooms, secret areas, and hidden objects, driven by curiosity and discovery.
-
+4.0
Ancient Dungeon
Procedurally generated dungeons and hidden areas motivate discovery and curiosity.
-
+4.0
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
The game world is large and richly detailed, encouraging discovery of new areas, secrets, and quests.
-
+4.0
Doom & Destiny
Large world map with many locations, secrets, and side quests encourages discovery beyond main story.
-
+4.0
Fate Seeker
Large open world with many locations, secret missions, and puzzle elements encourage discovery and curiosity.
-
+4.0
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
The game world is large and varied, with many new areas, secrets, and events to discover.
-
+4.0
House
Players explore the house environment, uncover secrets, and discover multiple endings through curiosity-driven…
-
+4.0
Kingdom Two Crowns
Exploring multiple islands with randomized elements and discovering new features is core to gameplay.
-
+4.0
Master of Magic Classic
Randomly generated worlds and discovery of spells and units encourage exploration and curiosity.
-
+4.0
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Players travel across various imaginative and satirical locations in the US, discovering new areas and secrets.
-
+4.0
Serious Sam II
Game includes many diverse and colorful levels with secrets and hidden areas to discover.
-
+4.0
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Procedurally generated dungeons and randomized items encourage discovery and curiosity.
-
+4.0
Wall World
Game encourages discovering new caves, biomes, secrets, and hidden upgrades; vertical exploration is a key feature.
-
+4.0
Hidden Through Time
Discovering hidden objects in richly detailed, varied historical scenes and user-generated maps.
-
+4.0
Patch Quest
Large fixed map with randomized rooms and many biomes encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
-
+4.0
The Hex
Players discover secrets, hidden achievements, and layered story elements that reward curiosity and replay.
-
+4.0
VOIN
Large open maps with secrets and landmarks encourage curiosity-driven exploration despite some navigation challenges.
-
+4.0
Who's Lila?
Players discover new story pieces, endings, and secrets through repeated playthroughs and external research.
-
+4.0
BioShock® 2
Large, complex maps with hidden areas, collectibles, and underwater exploration encourage discovery.
-
+4.0
For The King
Procedurally generated maps and random encounters encourage discovery of new areas and secrets each playthrough.
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of exploration, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.