Exploration
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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2025 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC → 4 February 2025
VGTimes:
9.7/10
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
88/100
First-person role-playing action in the vast open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct sequel to the 2018 game, taking players back to fifteenth-century...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 9 December 2024
VGTimes:
9.2/10
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an immersive first-person adventure simulator, where an engaging story is woven into a well-developed game world with freedom...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Zombies, Online
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 18 September 2025
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The story-driven spin-off of the Dying Light 2 Stay Human series with an open world and drivable vehicles. The game takes place in an entirely new location...
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, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Mac → 10 April 2025
VGTimes:
8.8/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
89/100
The action of the game unfolds in the mysterious mansion of Mount-Holly. Gamer explores different rooms where he solves puzzles. You can find useful items that help...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 March 2016
VGTimes:
5.7/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A free multiplayer open-world RPG with a focus on dynamic battles. In it, you will create your own hero using one of the most advanced customization systems...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 29 October 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The game takes place on the new colony of Arcadia, where rifts threaten the destruction of all humanity. An agent of the Earth Authority finds himself at the center...
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Exploration, Action, Combat robots
Game released: PC → 27 November 2025
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
87/100
A dark cyberpunk action game in the spirit of Half-Life 2. A young guy Ignat is trying to survive in post-apocalyptic Russia and solve a mystery. Having lost his...
Action, Stealth, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Exploration, Science fiction
Game released: PlayStation 5, PC → 26 June 2025
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
90/100
A sequel to the cult action game from Hideo Kojima, which once again intertwines philosophy, science fiction, and an unconventional approach to gameplay. The action...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 18 January 2024
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
87/100
A reimagining of the Prince of Persia series, the main character of which is the Persian soldier Sargon from the elite group of warriors “Immortals”, who is able to...
Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Puzzle
Game released: PC → 28 July 2025
Players:
7/10
Steam:
93/100
An adventure puzzle-horror game based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The main character is a blacksmith who has never seen any grief, who sets off to...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 May 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
59/100
Metacritic:
72/100
In the addition, Henry will meet a mysterious artist who is trying to find inspiration and become one of the greatest masters of his time. You can find him in...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac, Android → 30 March 2023
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The mysterious archipelago hides many secrets that are best not remembered. Taking the helm of a fishing trawler, a brave fisherman sets sail across islands lost in...
DLC, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Combat robots, Exploration, Science fiction, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 28 January 2025
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Major Sergei Nechaev returns to Enterprise 3826, where he ends up at the Neptune underwater research center. There he will meet new opponents and unlock new weapons...
Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Exploration, Online, Adventure
Game released: PC → 21 October 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
89/100
A cooperative game about travelers returning home from vacation in an old RV. The heroes must solve problems along the way, such as using winches to overcome...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Exploration, Casual game
Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 28 June 2023
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Pixel sea adventure in the mysterious Blue Hole. Players dive deep into the Blue Hole to find the most exotic species of fish and create the best sushi 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, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2025
VGTimes:
5.3/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Remasters of the original Lara Croft games. The collection includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: The Angel of...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
64/100
An improved version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the developers have updated the graphics and visual effects. The plot tells about a character...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2025
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
69/100
A survival horror game in the style of 1990s games, it follows Sam, who, after her beloved grandfather’s death, follows the trail of a mysterious online forum to a...
Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Dungeons, Crafting, Procedural generation, Exploration, Horror
Game released: PC, iOS, PlayStation 5 → 7 February 2025
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
The main character bought a house and now digs a hole in his garden. In the process, different values come across, for example, silver and even bags with money...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Exploration, Survival
Game released: Android → 14 September 2025
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
76/100
Adventure game about the study of wild lands driving a car. Processedly generated landscapes, change of day and night, dynamic weather create an atmosphere of a...
Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Open world, Detective, Puzzle
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 → 29 January 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
97/100
An adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology and ancient culture. By exploring the world during major festivals that change with the seasons, you can immerse...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 4 December 2025
Players:
4.7/10
Steam:
62/100
A tactical survival shooter set on a mysterious tropical island in the Pacific Ocean. It was from there that a distress signal came from journalists, whom the main...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 13 May 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
79/100
A dark game inspired by classic survival horror games from the 90s, set in Russia. The main character named Maria is investigating mysterious events in the village...
