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Secrets

Video game concept

Various secret locations are scattered across the levels with possibly helpful but non-vital items or other objects await plundering. Often accompanied with a notice that you've found a secret.

680
games
66
platforms

Alternate names: Secret locations, Secret caches

Shovel Knight (Windows)
Shovel Knight
WIN 2014-06-26
War in Middle Earth (Apple IIGS)
War in Middle Earth
IIGS 1989
DmC Devil May Cry (Xbox 360)
DmC Devil May Cry
X360 2013-01-15
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
X360 2008-09-17
Solomon's Key (Arcade)
Solomon's Key
ARCD 1986
King Quest the 2nd (Linux)
King Quest the 2nd
LIN 2012-11-13
The Tower of Druaga (Nintendo Entertainment System)
The Tower of Druaga
NES 1985-08-06
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
WIIU 2013-09-20
Solomon's Key (ZX Spectrum)
Solomon's Key
SPC 1987
Conarium (Windows)
Conarium
WIN 2017-06-06
Half-Life 2 (Xbox)
Half-Life 2
XBOX 2005-11-15
Blood of the Werewolf (Windows)
Blood of the Werewolf
WIN 2013
Related:
* Secret tasks

See also (may or may not lead to secrets): illusory walls, invisible platforms

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Child groups

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Games by year

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The first Secrets video game was released in 1980.

Nintendo, Activision and THQ published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 195
Linux 159
Mac OS X 41
NES 29
PS3 26
X360 24
MS-DOS 23
SNES 8
BSD 8
PS2 8
Wii 7
GB 7
GameCube 7
PS 6
N64 6
Xbox 6
Famicom Disk System 6
GBC 5
C64 5
ZX Spectrum 5
3DS 5
GBA 5
Wii U 5
Atari ST 4
Atari 2600 4
BeOS 4
Amiga 4
Xbox One 3
PS4 3
Amstrad CPC 3