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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2008 (Game released)

Mirror's Edge (2008) - a game in the Exploration genre
Mirror's Edge (2008)
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Parkour, First-person view, Exploration
Game released: iPad, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone → 1 April 2010
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 80/100
This first-person action-adventure is set in a city where information is closely monitored and couriers known as Runners secretly carry sensitive data. Runner Faith...
Final Fantasy - a game in the Exploration genre
Final Fantasy
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: NES, WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PSP, Wii, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, PC → 12 July 1990
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
Crash Time 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Crash Time 2
Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: PC, Xbox 360 → 27 August 2009
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 63/100
Crash Time 2 is a continuation of the exciting racing simulator, where you have to get used to the role of a traffic policeman. The game has many different goals...
Samorost 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Samorost 2
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: Mac, PC, Android, iOS → 2 May 2006
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 88/100
Samorost 2 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers Samorost, Machinarium and Botanicula. A surreal story awaits you about the space...
Aquaria - a game in the Exploration genre
Aquaria
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Metroidvania, Indie, Exploration
Game released: iPad, Mac, PC, iOS → 2 November 2011
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Aquaria is a metroidvania set in a vast underwater world filled with living creatures and ancient secrets. Naija, a solitary ocean dweller, searches for her family...
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - a game in the Exploration genre
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Historical
Game released: PlayStation, PC → 17 December 1999
Metacritic: 69/100
This adventure game combines puzzles and exploration with a conspiracy involving drug kingpin Karzac and the prophesied return of the ancient Mayan god...
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull - a game in the Exploration genre
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: PC → 20 November 2009
Players: 9/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 79/100
This first-person point-and-click adventure follows the search for a crystal skull in New Orleans. Nicknamed the Whisperer, the relic belonged to Bruno Bolet and...
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express - a game in the Exploration genre
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Adventure, Third-person view, Detective, Exploration, Hidden Objects
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 26 April 2010
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 69/100
This third-person detective adventure reimagines Agatha Christie’s classic Murder on the Orient Express in 2023. After a murder takes place aboard the train...
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice - a game in the Exploration genre
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: PC → 20 November 2009
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 69/100
This first-person point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew as she joins an international undercover investigation during Venice’s Carnevale. With the...
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches - a game in the Exploration genre
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects
Game released: PC → 3 July 2009
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 67/100
This first-person adventure with puzzles and horror elements unfolds at a Welsh estate where ancient myths begin to intrude on modern life. The player is asked to...
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! - a game in the Exploration genre
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Platformer, Arcade
Game released: GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 14 March 2003
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 56/100
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! is a third-person action game with a dash of shooter from the developers at Blitz Games Limited. The game is published by Infogrames...
Rhem 3: The Secret Library - a game in the Exploration genre
Rhem 3: The Secret Library
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration
Game released: Mac, PC → 4 March 2008
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 69/100
This first-person puzzle adventure continues the story of brothers Kales and Zetais in the mysterious land of RHEM. The brothers are searching for a black gem, and...
Space Hack - a game in the Exploration genre
Space Hack
Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Slasher, Dungeons
Game released: PC → 13 November 2008
Steam: 58/100
Metacritic: 63/100
This science-fiction action RPG follows a colony ship seized by aliens after a strange anomaly appears. The player controls an ex-military soldier who fights...
Tank Universal - a game in the Exploration genre
Tank Universal
Action, First-person view, Tanks, Cyberpunk, Exploration
Game released: PC → 13 March 2009
Steam: 61/100
Metacritic: 67/100
This first-person tank action game unfolds in a vast virtual world resembling the digital realm of Tron. After a visit to the doctor, George puts on a VR helmet and...
Feeble Files - a game in the Exploration genre
Feeble Files
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Exploration
Game released: Amiga, Mac, PC → 8 February 2002
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 95/100
Feeble Files is a third-person adventure from the developers of Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd.. The game is published by Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd.. Floyd: Es...