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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2012 (Game released)

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 18 October 2012
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Realistic truck driver simulator Euro Truck Simulator 2 has allowed many players to feel the atmosphere of traveling on the road in a large truck, when there is not...
Botanicula - a game in the Exploration genre
Botanicula
Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game, Point & Click, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 8 May 2012
VGTimes: 8.0/10
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Botanicula is an adventure arcade puzzle game with a third-person view. In this game you will find a relaxing atmosphere, a huge number of detailed locations that...
Journey - a game in the Exploration genre
Journey
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC, iOS → 13 March 2012
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 92/100
Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition - a game in the Exploration genre
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration
Game released: PC → 24 August 2012
VGTimes: 4.6/10
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is a re-release of an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting for PC. The game takes place in the...
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...
VVVVVV - a game in the Exploration genre
VVVVVV
Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration
Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 11 January 2010
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 85/100
VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...
Miasmata - a game in the Exploration genre
Miasmata
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC → 28 November 2012
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 76/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Miasmata is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. Take on the role of Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist who embarks on a...
Kairo - a game in the Exploration genre
Kairo
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 24 April 2013
Steam: 74/100
Metacritic: 66/100
This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...
Cave Story+ - a game in the Exploration genre
Cave Story+
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch → 22 November 2011
Players: 10/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...
Galaxy on Fire 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Galaxy on Fire 2
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Exploration
Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC, iOS → 20 May 2011
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Galaxy on Fire 2 - The game follows the adventures of Keith T. Maxwell as he is sent forward in time after his hyperdrive malfunctions due to damage from a skirmish...
Dear Esther - a game in the Exploration genre
Dear Esther
Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle
Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS → 14 February 2017
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 75/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Dear Esther is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The main character is a man staying on an island in the Hebrides archipelago. The island is...
Thirty Flights of Loving - a game in the Exploration genre
Thirty Flights of Loving
Arcade, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 20 August 2012
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 88/100
A short first-person story about a heist gone wrong, involving schemers and criminals entangled in romance. The player explores the world and encounters its...
The Unfinished Swan - a game in the Exploration genre
The Unfinished Swan
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, iOS → 23 October 2012
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 79/100
The Unfinished Swan is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. In the game you control a boy who chased a swan and ended up in a strange invisible world...