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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with competition at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Eternal Strands
Open areas with verticality and secrets encourage discovery; players enjoy revisiting zones and uncovering lore.
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+4.0
Fly Corp
Game involves discovering and unlocking new countries and airports worldwide, encouraging geographic exploration.
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+4.0
Gateways
Metroidvania style map encourages discovering new areas and secrets using acquired abilities.
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+4.0
Hauntii
Strong emphasis on discovering stars, secrets, and new areas; exploration is a core motivation.
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+4.0
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Core gameplay revolves around exploring diverse zones, backtracking with new abilities, and uncovering secrets and…
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+4.0
Julian & Friends
Heavy emphasis on discovering hidden lore, secrets, and alternate paths through multiple playthroughs.
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+4.0
King's Quest™ Collection
Games encourage discovery of new areas, secrets, and story elements through exploration.
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+4.0
Mayhem Brawler
The branching paths encourage exploration of different storylines.
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+4.0
My Friend Peppa Pig
Open world with various locations to discover and side missions encourages exploration.
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+4.0
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Many hidden rooms and secret Mudokons to find encourage curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
Pixel Dungeon
Procedurally generated dungeons and hidden secrets encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Tangles - تشابك
Core gameplay revolves around exploring the island and uncovering secrets and story elements.
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+4.0
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Randomized levels and secret areas encourage discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!
Players explore procedurally generated levels and discover secrets and presents.
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+4.0
Umfend
Core gameplay involves exploring environments, finding items, and uncovering story fragments.
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+4.0
YAR: Forgotten Throne
Open world with hidden locations, secret quests, and no quest markers encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Open world encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and side activities within Vice City.
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+4.0
Beyond Blue
Core motivation is discovering marine life and underwater biomes, though limited to a single region and few maps.
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+4.0
Elementallis
Exploration of diverse biomes, dungeons, and secrets is a core part of the experience.
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+4.0
Ethel
Core gameplay involves exploring a detailed environment and discovering lore and secrets.
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+4.0
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
Expanded village and side quests encourage discovery and backtracking to uncover secrets.
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+4.0
英雄群侠传II
Open world with many secrets, quests, and areas to discover; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Lilitales
Exploration of a dangerous city and dungeons with discovery of secrets, events, and multiple locations is a core…
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+4.0
Planet Alcatraz 2
Open world with many locations, side quests, and dynamic encounters encourages discovery and exploration.
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