Exploration

Game rewards discovery of new areas, secrets, and backtracking with upgrades.

Metroidvania-style interconnected levels with secrets, backtracking, and verticality encourage discovery.

Randomly generated maps, dungeons, and many hidden systems encourage discovery and exploration.

Game encourages discovering new settlements, bosses, and map areas.

Exploration of floating islands and discovery of resources and enemy positions is a core gameplay element.

Players explore multiple distinct worlds and secret areas with curiosity-driven activities and lore discovery.

Exploration of large galaxies and sectors is a core gameplay element, with discovery of anomalies and artifacts.

Levels contain many secrets, branching paths, and hidden items rewarding curiosity and thorough exploration.

Large open world with diverse biomes and dungeons encourages discovery and curiosity.

Large, randomly generated dungeons with many secrets and lore objects promote discovery and curiosity.

Players discover new characters, secrets, and storylines in a richly detailed world with many hidden elements.

Core gameplay involves discovering new islands, underwater wrecks, and gathering resources through exploration.

Levels contain hidden triggers, secret passages, and multiple exits, rewarding curiosity and exploration.

Strong emphasis on discovering secrets, backtracking with new abilities, and exploring multiple islands.

Exploring multiple star systems and sectors is a core part of gameplay.

Procedurally generated islands and quests; players discover new encounters and secrets each run

Large, detailed maps with many locations and secrets encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.

The game features diverse, atmospheric locations with secrets and collectibles encouraging curiosity-driven exploration.

Open world design with multiple regions and collectibles motivates curiosity-driven discovery.

Game encourages discovering secrets, hidden items, and backtracking to previously inaccessible areas.

Large map covering US, parts of Canada and Mexico encourages discovery of new cities and landscapes.

Open-world Pacific theater with dynamic encounters encourages discovery and strategic navigation.

Large, dark maps with randomized elements encourage discovery and cautious navigation.

Exploration of underground dungeons and surface areas is a core gameplay element with rewards for discovery.