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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
Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and lore through exploration and puzzle solving.
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+4.0
100 hidden frogs 2
Strong emphasis on exploring the 3D environment from multiple angles to discover hidden frogs and items.
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+4.0
Backrooms Rec.
Game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and procedural generated levels with unique liminal spaces.
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+4.0
Mist Legacy
Exploration of new areas, uncovering map, and discovering resources are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Remorse: The List
Semi-open world encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and collectibles; map requires player navigation skills.
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+4.0
Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster
Exploration of floating islands with unique environments, hidden treasures, and collectibles encourages…
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+4.0
Eador. Imperium
Exploration of provinces, dungeons, and events is a core gameplay element driving curiosity.
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+4.0
Forgotten Seas
Game features many islands, some temporary, encouraging discovery and curiosity-driven exploration.
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+4.0
HORROR TALES: The Wine
Game encourages discovering new areas, secrets, and lore through environmental storytelling and revisiting locations.
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+4.0
Morsels
Game encourages discovering secrets, hidden levels, and uncovering mysteries in a cryptic world.
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+4.0
Pool Panic
Large open world with many hidden secrets and varied areas to discover.
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+4.0
SAHUR: Escape Together
Exploration of varied, often dark and unpredictable environments is central to gameplay and tension.
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+4.0
Stackmon
Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, creatures, and secrets through exploration and adventure.
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+4.0
Subterrain: Mines of Titan
Exploration of mines and facilities is a core element, with discovery of secrets and new areas.
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+4.0
As Far As The Eye
Exploration of procedurally generated maps and discovery of resources and secrets is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
SELF
Exploration of symbolic environments and story fragments is central to gameplay and narrative discovery.
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+4.0
Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Core gameplay involves discovering new areas, unlocking islands, and collecting resources across multiple islands.
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+4.0
Surviving the Aftermath
Exploring the world map and discovering resources, quests, and new locations is a key gameplay element.
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+4.0
Way of the Hunter 2
Open world with discovery of animals, need zones, and environmental features encourages exploration.
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+4.0
Ys X: Proud Nordics
Game features multiple islands, hidden secrets, puzzles, and new areas unlocked progressively; exploration is a key…
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+4.0
Ark of Charon
Game involves moving through different biomes and discovering new resources and challenges in each area.
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+4.0
PLANET ALPHA
Game emphasizes discovery of new environments, secrets, and lore through visual storytelling.
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+4.0
Smoke and Sacrifice
Exploration of handcrafted biomes and discovery of recipes and secrets is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Wild West Pioneers
Scouting and world map exploration are core features, rewarding discovery and expansion.
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