Exploration games
“Exploration games are narrative-focused adventures that allow players to experience their story through exploration and discovery. They are story-focused and feature fewer puzzles or even no puzzles at all. They allow players to roam around a garden-like environment freely and often tell their story through discovering elements like books, journals, or clues rather than through dialog and cutscenes as in more traditional adventure games. As win/lose conditions are de-emphasized, story and atmosphere are placed at the forefront. The term walking simulators has been used, though sometimes pejoratively in contrast with the systems-heavy genre immersive sims. Some examples of exploration games include Gone Home, Dear Esther, Firewatch, The Stanley Parable, Jazzpunk, Thirty Flights of Loving, and The Wild Eternal.”
Das Fettgedruckte umschreibt auch Journey, nur statt Rätsel hier Plattformer Elemente enthalten sind.
Exploration games hört sich besser an – so würde ich Journey in erster Linie auch beschreiben.
