Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2017 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 2 November 2017
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 1 August 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
98/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Space, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
40/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Elite Dangerous is a reboot of the legendary space simulator of the 80s. The Empire is on the brink of chaos. The Emperor is ill, and a fierce struggle for the...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 25 April 2017
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
89/100
What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2016
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
84/100
Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 28 March 2017
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
63/100
An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a world where...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 21 February 2017
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 17 July 2017
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is an action-adventure action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will play as the main character who is...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC → 24 October 2017
Players:
10/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a Japanese-style third-person action RPG. The setting is a fictional Western European city in the late 19th century. The...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PC → 1 October 2015
Players:
10/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Nights of Azure is a third-person action role-playing game in Japanese style. The game is developed by the creator of Fatal Frame, in which players will play as two...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Exploration, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 8 September 2017
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The main character and his friends, Cheval and Lilia, are looking for a monster egg. They find a nest with one of them, and Rathalos hatches from it, who almost...
Arcade, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 31 October 2017
Steam:
69/100
EPONYMOUS is an action-adventure game with a first-person view in which you have to make your way through various rooms, find a way out and open doors. At the same...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Exploration, Space, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS → 9 August 2017
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a management strategy with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to take command of an old powerful base that was...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 4 March 2016
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Exploration, Steampunk
Game released: PC, Mac → 3 February 2017
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
83/100
House of Many Doors is an amazing top-down RPG inspired by Sunless Sea. The events of the game take place in a certain dimension called Home, where you have to...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Dungeons, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 10 March 2016
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
62/100
Moon Hunters is a top-down cooperative RPG set in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with three friends and go to an ancient world that changes with each new...
