Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2018 (Game released)
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 5 October 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Space, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 12 August 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, iPad, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 31 August 2018
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Special edition of a tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles in a fantasy setting for modern consoles. The game is fully adapted for gamepad control and...
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, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 17 May 2018
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
81/100
FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...
Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2014
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
80/100
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...
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, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 23 March 2018
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The plot tells the story of the young king Evan, in whose state a coup was carried out, and because of which he was forced to flee. Now, in the company of friends...
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, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 15 August 2013
Players:
5.6/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Gone Home is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the story of Caitlin Greenbriar, who returned home from a trip to Europe. She soon...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 September 2018
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...
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...
Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 25 May 2018
Players:
10/10
Steam:
83/100
Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...
Game released: PC, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 28 April 2016
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
52/100
Back in 1995 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, stylized as games from the 1990s. You will find poor controls, character models and...
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...
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...
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Virtual Reality (VR), Exploration, Slasher, Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 18 May 2017
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Detached is a first-person space adventure for Oculus Rift, OSVR and HTC Vive virtual reality devices. The events of the game tell the story of two corporations...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2018
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Legrand Legacy is a tactical turn-based role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a Japanese style. The main character named Finn is the leader of a bandit...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2018
Players:
6.4/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
65/100
InnerSpace is a post-apocalyptic atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game will take you to a destroyed world, which, unlike the Fallout series, is...
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 19 February 2018
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
66/100
The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 4 February 2013
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Anodyne is a 2D action-adventure set in the surreal dream world of a human named Young. The protagonist explores natural, urban, and abstract locations, speaks with...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Exploration, Hidden Objects
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 10 May 2018
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
82/100
Cave Digger is a free-to-play action adventure game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality. In this...
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 6 March 2014
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
59/100
Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival horror, Exploration
Game released: PC → 30 August 2018
Steam:
72/100
The Corridor: On Behalf Of The Dead is a sci-fi action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to a dark future, where...
Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Tactics, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Grand strategy, Roguelike
Game released: PC, Mac → 9 January 2018
Steam:
83/100
Sky Is Arrows is a free-to-play fantasy game with tactical gameplay where you can choose from nine heroes. There is a leveling system, thanks to which the character...
