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Exploration
Discovering new areas or secrets
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High exploration scores, with status at +0 or below.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
Large maps with environmental navigation and discovery of pages encourage exploration.
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+4.0
Dragon Ruins
Core gameplay revolves around mapping the dungeon and discovering new areas, which players find enjoyable.
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+4.0
Dusk City
Strong emphasis on exploring large maps, secret areas, and collecting items; exploration is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
Players explore many interconnected locations, uncover secrets, and interact with numerous characters and objects.
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+4.0
Mika and The Witch's Mountain
Exploring the island and discovering secrets is a core enjoyable activity.
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+4.0
Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Players explore large maps, cities, and multiple story branches with many secrets and hidden content.
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+4.0
THE ENIGMA MACHINE
Exploration of unfamiliar, glitchy dreamscape environments is central to gameplay and puzzle solving.
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+4.0
The Spotter: Dig or Die
Strong emphasis on discovering underground secrets, collectibles, and landmarks.
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+4.0
Vacation Cafe Simulator
Open world town with hidden coins, shops, and activities encourages discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
WarriOrb: Prologue
Game encourages discovering secrets, hidden paths, and lore in a dark fantasy world.
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+4.0
Dead Island
Large open world with diverse environments and hidden quests encourages discovery and curiosity.
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+4.0
Messenger
Metroidvania elements and time travel mechanics promote discovering new areas and secrets.
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+4.0
Planescape: Torment
Strong emphasis on exploring the city of Sigil, other planes, and uncovering lore, secrets, and side quests.
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+4.0
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Procedurally generated dungeons and discovery of new Pokémon encourage exploration and curiosity.
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+4.0
Shadows of Doubt
Exploring a large procedural city, entering buildings, and uncovering clues is a core part of the experience.
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+4.0
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Large open world with many locations, hidden areas, and secrets; players encouraged to explore and discover.
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+4.0
Airborne Empire
Game features a large open world with multiple biomes and encourages discovery of new locations and secrets.
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+4.0
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Large, detailed open world London encourages extensive exploration and discovery of secrets and collectibles.
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+4.0
Born Into Fear
Exploring multiple houses and uncovering story elements and secrets is a core part of gameplay.
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+4.0
Broken Lens
Strong emphasis on exploring layered scenes with parallax and uncovering hidden secrets and story pages.
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+4.0
DEDA
Exploration of the house and discovery of secrets, clues, and multiple endings is central to gameplay.
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+4.0
Emissary Zero
Game features a large interconnected map with unlockable shortcuts and secrets; players enjoy discovering new areas and…
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+4.0
Meltopia
Core gameplay revolves around discovering new cave areas, secrets, and artifacts with a strong emphasis on exploration.
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+4.0
Organ Quarter
Game rewards careful exploration of environments, finding hidden items, and uncovering secrets.
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