Exploration 2020 — top best games in the Exploration genre

The Long Dark - a game in the Exploration genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Exploration, Open world

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...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 10 November 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a third-person action-adventure game with RPG elements, set in a vast, highly detailed, dynamic open world. The story...

SnowRunner

Racing, Simulation, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Online, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, Mac → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The continuation of the off-road driving simulator Spintires: MudRunner. You can expect realistic control mechanics, a well-developed gameplay...

No Man's Sky

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Space

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac → 12 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person adventure simulator set in a futuristic world. You’ll explore outer space and planets, some of which let you interact with various...

The Outer Worlds

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Outer Worlds – a single-player first-person sci-fi RPG with elements of shooter, action, and stealth. The focus is on role-playing and the...

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

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...

Sky: Children of the Light

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Online, Open world, Exploration

Game released: iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 18 July 2019

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Journey and Flower. Players take control of the Children of Light, who bring light from the heavens...

Outer Wilds

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration, Space

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 18 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The main character is a recruit of the research organization Outer Wilds Ventures, who goes on exploration into space, but ends up in a time loop. To...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes...

FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac → 17 May 2018

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

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: 92/100

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...

Journey to the Savage Planet

Adventure, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 January 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A vibrant action adventure in an open world. At the direction of the Kindred Aerospace corporation, the hero is sent to a distant planet. He will...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a...

Metal Max Xeno: Reborn

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tanks, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 9 July 2020

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Metal Max Xeno: Reborn is an enhanced edition of the Japanese-style sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat, where you fight with futuristic vehicles. The...

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Raji: An Ancient Epic is an isometric action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The setting is based on Hindu and Balinese mythologies. The game...

Haven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Haven is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take control of the characters Yu and Kay, who have been exiled to a mysterious planet...

The Suicide of Rachel Foster

Adventure, First-person view, Stealth, Horror, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 19 February 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The Suicide of Rachel Foster is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character ends up in her childhood...

Tell Me Why

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC, Xbox One → 27 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tell Me Why is a new project from the creators of Life is Strange, which will tell about the study of the difficult childhood of two twins. Tyler and...

Beyond Blue

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond Blue is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Never Alone. Beyond Blue takes place in the...

Bugsnax

Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy, Open world, Comedy, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 12 November 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Explorer Elizabert Megafig invites the main character to the sunny Snaktooth Island, which is inhabited by unusual creatures. The researcher has...

Inmost

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three...

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...

Samorost 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Mac, PC, Android, iOS → 2 May 2006

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Touhou Luna Nights

Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 25 February 2019

Steam: 97/100

A pixel game in which the main character finds herself in another world. It's full of strange places and demon youkai. You can use different weapons...

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Text quest, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 31 October 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature is a watercolor adventure with an isometric camera view. In the game you will try on the role of the Creature...

SCP: The Foundation

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Free game, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 September 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 46/100

An adventure horror about survival within a top-secret organization studying paranormal phenomena. By mistake, the hero sentenced to death receives a...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac → 25 May 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the...

Spirit of the North

Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch → 7 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Spirit of the North is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take on the role of a red fox and take inspiration from the landscapes of...

Lost Ember

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 22 November 2019

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Lost Ember is a third-person adventure game where you become a wild wolf. You will be able to travel through the ancient South American ruins of the...

The Pathless

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Music game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 12 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Pathless — a first-person fantasy adventure from the creators of ABZU. You will become a hunter on a mystical island and dispel a certain...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical...

Arise: A Simple Story

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Arise: A Simple Story is an adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell an atmospheric story of two people...

Obduction

Adventure, First-person view, Logic, Virtual Reality (VR), Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Obduction is a first-person adventure game from the creators of the popular Myst series, supporting Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality devices...

Hidden Lands - Spot the differences

Indie, Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: PC, Android → 29 January 2021

Players: 6/10

Steam: 93/100

Hidden Lands — Spot the differences is a side-view indie logic puzzle game. You will explore ancient floating worlds to find pieces of lost...

The Unexpected Quest

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy, Exploration, City Building

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 27 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A colorful strategy in a fantasy world inspired by Warcraft 3 and The Settlers series. In the game, you need to construct buildings, participate in...