Exploration for iOS — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 3

Cat Quest 3 - a game in the Exploration genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: iOS → 8 August 2025

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The main character is a sweet and brave sailor cat, who this time goes in search of endangered artifacts in order to save his world from disaster. He explores a...

Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 28 July 2021

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...

Sunset Hills

Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Role-playing game, Visual novel

Game released: iOS → 1 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 62/100

The game takes place in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. After the army, the main character named Niko became a writer and went on a train journey. In...

Quest of Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Dungeons, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 25 March 2014

Steam: 78/100

This turn-based dungeon crawler with 16-bit retro visuals follows a group of heroes confronting the Dark Lord, who has stolen all the light. Players choose a...

Submerged

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: iOS → 6 September 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Submerged is a post-apocalyptic adventure with a third-person view. You will go to explore a mysterious flooded city with a little girl named Miku, who arrived in...

Space Commander: War and Trade

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 13 October 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...

Birger's Tale

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Dungeons, Exploration

Game in development: iOS → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game is about a Viking warrior who fights against many enemies using weapons and abilities. As you level up, you can improve your equipment and upgrade your...

Coromon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: iOS → 28 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character travels through a colorful world and tames various creatures in order to get them into his squad of coromons. In total, there are about a hundred...

Flower

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Casual game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 28 September 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Flower is a meditative arcade adventure with a third-person view. The game will allow you to control the flow of wind, which can pick up petals. The main task is to...

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Exploration, Space, Indie

Game released: iOS → 19 October 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...

House of Da Vinci 2

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 4 December 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

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Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 29 May 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 60/100

Airland World

Simulation, Online, Helicopters, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

Game in development: iOS → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A platform for creating sandbox games using Unreal Engine 5. You can use realistically modeled vehicles, weapons and ways to move around the map. The result can be...

Ace of Seafood

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Sports game, Indie, Comedy, Open world, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 12 February 2016

Steam: 91/100

Ace of Seafood is a spectacular, slightly absurd and slightly crazy action movie, developing in the dark and cold waters of an unknown ocean, where a bloody war has...

City of Ashes

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Exploration

Game in development: iOS → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A post-apocalyptic game, the action of which takes place on the streets and in the destroyed buildings of the city. The former MMA fighter tried to survive with his...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game released: iOS → 12 July 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

Crashlands 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction, Slasher

Game released: iOS → 10 April 2025

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

A continuation of Crashlands, in which the main character ends up on another planet due to a mysterious explosion. The game features curious creatures, friendly...

Dear Esther

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: iOS → 2 October 2019

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...

Fractal Space

Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 3 February 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Fractal Space is an adventure quest with a first-person view in a fantasy...

Doom & Destiny Worlds

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: iOS → 31 July 2022

Steam: 78/100

Doom & Destiny Worlds is a turn-based fantasy RPG with an isometric view. Stranded naked on the shores of an unknown planet, four friends wake up with the most...

The Gallery

Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Detective, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 1 August 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 70/100

The Gallery is an interactive psychological thriller with elements of social drama. An art curator is being held hostage by a portrait artist who threatens to...

Vendir: Plague Of Lies

Role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration, Turn-based, Isometric, Fantasy, Strategy

Game released: iOS → 21 February 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 74/100

A game with a deep plot and turn-based combat, set in the land of Vendir. The royal family makes money from slavery, and wars are common. The majority of citizens...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 25 January 2022

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an adventure with stealth elements and an isometric camera view in the spaghetti western genre. Events will send you to conquer the...

Inmost

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

Game released: iOS → 11 October 2019

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 brave main...

Micetopia

Side view, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: iOS → 27 January 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 37/100

Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie, Point & Click, Logic

Game released: iOS → 7 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 86/100

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

Dude, Where Is My Beer?

Casual game, Comics, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Puzzle, Comedy, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 20 September 2023

Steam: 75/100

An unusual adventure, the main character of which is trying to uncover a conspiracy with the disappearance of the Pilsner beer in the city of Oslo. To investigate...

Ogu and the Secret Forest

Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle, Top-down view, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: iOS → 29 July 2024

Steam: 94/100

The player explores a colorful world with hand-drawn characters, where he solves many puzzles. During the journey, he can meet different creatures that need help...

Tales of Monkey Island

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: iOS → 30 April 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Tales of Monkey Island is an adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. By robbing the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood...

Duet Night Abyss

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Free game, Fantasy, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 28 October 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 56/100

A fantasy game set in a land where magic and technology coexist. The two main characters confront many demonic creatures and engage in constant battles. You can...

Universe For Sale

Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration, Science fiction, Indie, Comics, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2024

Steam: 91/100

A hand-drawn adventure set on an empty space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. You need to meet unusual local residents and reveal their secrets of survival...

Caves of Lore

Fantasy, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Adventure, Turn-based, Exploration, Tactics, Dungeons

Game released: iOS → 30 January 2024

Steam: 93/100

A pixelated turn-based combat game where you explore the world, fight monsters, and find secrets. There are 6 characters in the group with their own unique skills...

AdventureQuest 3D

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Exploration, Slasher, Parkour

Game released: iOS → 24 October 2016

Steam: 80/100

AdventureQuest 3D is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting for mobile devices. The game is a re-release of the...

9th Dawn 3

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Adventure, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 6 October 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

9th Dawn 3 is a continuation of the classic top-down RPG set in the medieval setting of 9th Dawn. The game offers a more detailed world open to exploration, a new...

AdventureQuest Worlds: Infinity

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, MMO, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game in development: iOS → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A vibrant fantasy multiplayer game. A gamer can create a unique hero and upgrade him to one of hundreds of classes. There is also a large selection of weapons and...

A Tiny Sticker Tale

Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 28 February 2024

Steam: 97/100

A miniature adventure about changing the world with the help of stickers. You can take something from the world around you, turn it into a sticker and place it in...

Tokyo Debunker

Adventure, Detective, Anime / Manga, Mysticism / Supernatural, Top-down view, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 18 April 2024

Players: 7.8/10

The player uncovers supernatural cases in Tokyo along with devilishly beautiful ghouls and quirky cat familiars. Students of the prestigious Darkwick Academy sold...

King of Crabs

Free game, Action, Simulation, Arcade, Slasher, Online, Exploration, Battle Royale

Game released: iOS → 7 March 2019

Players: 7/10

Steam: 81/100

Free-to-play competitive battle royale action game. In the role of a huge and monstrous crab, the player fights with 99 other gamers for supremacy in this huge...

Fabulous Field Trip

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Board / Group Game, Exploration, Online, Logic, Open world

Game released: iOS → 7 March 2023

A game-excursion aimed at children aged 9–12 years. The gamer explores the island, where he can choose clothes for his character, drink coffee in a cafe, and visit...

Dordogne

Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: iOS → 18 December 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Dordogne is a watercolor adventure game. The game takes place in France. The main character's grandmother dies and leaves her an old house as an inheritance. There...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for iOS