non-linear exploration games list

beaten:

Metroid: Metroid, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Super Metroid (and randomizer), Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime, AM2R, Metroid Confrontation
The Legend of Zelda: Zelda 1, A Link to the Past (and randomizer), Ocarina of Time
combo rando (SMet + Zelda ALTTP)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia
Buntroid
Guardian
Gato Roboto
Rabbit's Quest
Environmental Station Alpha
Spaceport Hope
Adventure Island IV
Aggelos
Holdover
Space Child
Nakawak
Cave Story (?)
Ikachan
Iji (?)
Duke Nukem 1 (?)
Commander Keen (all episodes) (?)
Secret Agent (?)
Knytt Stories (multiple stories)
Saira
Guardian of Paradise
La-Mulana (original and remake)
Ys I
Ys: the Oath in Felghana (?) (remake of Ys III)
Ys Origin (?)
Ys VI: the Ark of Napishtim (?)
Chasm
Timespinner
Phoenotopia: Awakening
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Valdis Story: Abyssal City (only one character)
Momodora 2
Momodora 4: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Inescapable
Aquaria
Mini Ghost
Treasure Adventure Game
Monster Tale
Shaman King: Master of Spirits
Scurge: Hive
Shantae (GBC)
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas: the Pumpkin King
The Mummy Demastered
Guacamelee (both Gold Edition and Super Turbo Championship Edition)
Fortune Summoners (albeit only on easy)
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (?)
Khimera: Destroy all Monster Girls (?)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Castle in the Darkness
Anodyne
Waking Mars
Mystik Belle
Aztaka
Pharaoh Rebirth +
Xeodrifter
VVVVVV
You Have to Win the Game
Dreaming Sarah
The Power
Legend of the Lost Dragons
Tiny Dangerous Dungeons
Dragondot 3
Dusk Child
Spooky Ghosts Dot Com
Roving in the Dark
Mega Man ZX
Hebereke (U-four-ia)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
Cuckoo Castle

not beaten but played a lot of:

Unepic
Eternal Daughter
Lenna's Inception
Lost Ruins
Juka and the Monophonic Menace
Terraria (?)
this one game i think i got off of itch at some point but i forget what it's called; it had separate areas but they were freely explorable, and i played like two of four areas

not beaten but played a little of

Ys II
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Vision Soft Reset
Birth of a Hunter
Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus (Finding Tedddy II)
Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
Song of the Deep
Dark Devotion
Samurai Jack (GBA)
The Legend of Spyro: the Eternal Night (?)
Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the Seven Devils (but I've seen the whole game)
A Valley Without Wind
Capsized
Wishing Sarah
Axiom Verge
Vampire Killer
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Odallus: the Dark Call (?)
Special Agent (?) (Secret Agent fan-game)


barely touched:

have but not yet played:

some other Ys games (?)
Ghost 1.0
Wonder Boy: the Dragon's Trap
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Minoria
Ocean's Heart
Hollow Knight
Blasphemous
Alwa's Awakening
Alwa's Legacy
Cathedral
Dandara
Owlboy
Treasure Adventure World
Eagle Island (?)
Guacamelee 2
Anodyne 2
Knytt Underground
The Fall (?)
Dust: an Elysian Tail
A Valley Without Wind 2
Afterimage (?)
Out There Somewhere
Abyss Odyssey
Fez
Icey
Mark of the Ninja
The Swapper
Xenon Valkyrie
Saga of the Moon Priestess
Arietta of Spirits
Roguelight
Droid7
Inexistence (and Inexistence Rebirth)
Ori and the Blind Forest
The Tarnishing of Juxtia
Itorah
Lila's Sky Ark (?)
Greak (?)
Save Me Mr. Tako
Narita Boy (?)
Janosik (?)
Indivisible (?)
Feudal Alloy
The Messenger
Stealth Inc. 2: a Game of Clones
Apotheon
Rogue Legacy
Gateways (?)
Control
Dark Souls