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+4.0
Vanishing Realms™
Game encourages discovering hidden items, secrets, and navigating dungeons with curiosity.
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+4.0
Whisker Wanderlust: The Mosaic of Souls
Encourages curiosity-driven discovery of hidden objects and artistic secrets across multiple detailed scenes.
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+4.0
XING: The Land Beyond
Exploration of diverse, beautiful worlds is a core part of the experience.
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+4.0
Answer Knot
Strong emphasis on exploring environment and uncovering secrets and easter eggs.
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+4.0
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Exploration of the eerie studio environment and discovery of hidden lore and secrets is a key motivation.
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+4.0
Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
The game encourages discovering new locations, interacting with diverse characters, and uncovering story elements.
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+4.0
Boris and the Dark Survival
Randomly generated levels and hidden collectibles motivate players to discover new areas and secrets each run.
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+4.0
Crescent Tower
Exploration of a 10-floor dungeon with mapping mechanics, secret rooms, puzzles, and traps drives player curiosity and…
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+4.0
Darksiders™
Game features a semi-open world with backtracking and discovery of secrets and new areas.
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+4.0
Driftmoon
Game rewards exploration with secrets, collectibles, and side quests, encouraging discovery.
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+4.0
Hammerwatch
Game features large handcrafted maps with many secrets, puzzles, and hidden areas encouraging thorough exploration.
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+4.0
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen’s Quest
Game features large seamless islands and encourages discovery of secrets and new areas.
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+4.0
Maid of Salvation
Metroidvania style encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and backtracking with new abilities.
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+4.0
Space Engineers
Players explore vast planets, asteroids, and space environments, with discovery and navigation being key parts of…
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+4.0
SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack
Players explore vast galaxies, planets, and ecosystems, discovering new content and player creations.
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+4.0
The Classrooms
Exploration of procedurally generated, liminal school environments with hidden lore and puzzles is a core feature.
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+4.0
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Open world encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and events; exploration is a key part of the experience.
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+4.0
Ultimate Fishing Simulator®
Multiple real-world inspired locations and DLC maps encourage discovery and exploration.
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+4.0
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Players explore multiple islands with distinct environments and social structures, uncovering secrets and optional…
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+4.0
Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Large open maps with hidden areas and secrets encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
Exploration of a large, confusing school environment is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Cornucopia®
Large map with many secrets, events, and NPCs encourages discovery and curiosity-driven play.
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+4.0
Dragon's Wake
Encouraged to explore levels thoroughly to find upgrades and secrets.
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+4.0
Inkshade
Exploration of the ship and discovery of puzzles and secrets is a core part of the experience.
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