Exploration for Linux — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 2

ΔV: Rings of Saturn - a game in the Exploration genre

Game released: Linux → 21 July 2023

Steam: 93/100

A science-fiction mining simulator set among the dense, mineral-rich rings of Saturn, where ship movement and equipment follow physical laws. The...

Gone Home

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2013

Players: 5.7/10

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...

Himno - The Silent Melody

Action, Exploration, Indie

Early Access: Linux → 20 October 2021

Steam: 78/100

This 2D action platformer with roguelite and sandbox elements follows Fash as he fights corrupted machines and tries to rescue the other Guardians...

Biolab Wars

Side view, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2019

Steam: 90/100

A 2D platformer inspired by 8-bit games and science-fiction films of the 1980s follows a mercenary team sent to clear an alien laboratory on Earth...

Indecent Desires

Role-playing game, Exploration, Point & Click

Early Access: Linux → 13 July 2022

Steam: 60/100

An interactive role-playing drama about blackmail, corruption, and the struggle for power, with plot twists tied to the development of its...

Volcanoids

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Steampunk, Crafting, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 29 January 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Volcanoids is an atmospheric survival simulator with a first-person view in a steampunk style. You are about to go on an expedition to an abandoned...

Fear the Spotlight

Adventure, Survival horror, Third-person view, Stealth, Exploration, Action, Old school, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character Vivian, together with her friend Amy, decides to have a seance at Sunnyside School, but the situation gets out of control. Vivian...

Moonstone Island

Adventure, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Farm Simulator

Game released: Linux → 20 September 2023

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An open-world sandbox adventure where players explore over 100 islands, meet interesting characters, and learn alchemy. In addition, in the game you...

BOOK OF HOURS

Role-playing game, Card game, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2023

Steam: 89/100

This narrative crafting RPG with card-based elements and exploration takes place in an occult 1930s world. A librarian must restore Hush House, a...

Before I Forget

Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2020

Steam: 87/100

This first-person narrative exploration game follows Sunita, a woman living with early-onset dementia. Alone in her house, she tries to make sense of...

Hedon Bloodrite

Shooter, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 May 2019

Steam: 93/100

This first-person fantasy shooter follows Zan and her orc sisters as they fight to save their homeland from a demonic invasion. Its setting is an...

Drowning Cross

Exploration, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 7 June 2019

Steam: 91/100

A humorous point-and-click adventure built around a supernatural mystery, Drowning Cross follows Jeremy as he searches for his partner Leo, who...

Crowsworn

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 9.9/10

The game takes place in the kingdom of Fearandal, which was once hit by a dark curse that destroyed most of the population and summoned terrible...

Haste

Action, Roguelike, Third-person view, Platformer, Parkour, Open world, Exploration, Casual game, Runner

Game released: Linux → 1 April 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Supersonic action with procedural generation of levels. The game talks about a heroine traveling through a destroying universe. Players need to go...

Venge

Horror, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 July 2020

Steam: 91/100

A survival horror game about a character who ventures into an abandoned movie studio that vanished years earlier and, after a fall, becomes trapped...

The Longing

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Space Commander: War and Trade

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

Game released: Linux → 5 November 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...

The End of Dyeus

Shooter, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2021

Steam: 88/100

This open-world adventure shooter follows a protagonist who awakens among menhirs with only one memory: the need to find Dyeus. The search unfolds...

Star Control 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 2002

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Star Control 2 is a top-down action game with a dash of shooter and strategy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Accolade...

AER Memories of Old

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

Game released: Linux → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Linux → 6 June 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...

Abandon Ship

Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Exploration, Open world, Survival

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Abandon Ship is an adventure roguelike with management strategy elements. You will take control of a ship and crew and go explore a diverse and...

Pathway

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 11 April 2019

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Pathway is an amazing tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The events of the game will take you to 1936, when German...

The Unexpected Quest

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince

Exploration, Slasher, Adventure, Top-down view, Remake, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2022

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is a top-down retro action-adventure game with RPG elements. Several centuries have passed since the events of...

World of Diving

Simulation, First-person view, Sports game, Indie, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: Linux → 26 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 49/100

World of Diving is a multiplayer diving simulator in which players explore the ocean and take on underwater missions, with optional VR support. Dives...

Vaudeville

Adventure, Detective, Procedural generation, Text quest, Sandbox, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 November 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

An unusual detective adventure, the main feature of which is that dialogues with NPCs in it are generated in real time using artificial intelligence...

Elementallis

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

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2026

Steam: 89/100

A top-down adventure game inspired by the classic The Legend of Zelda series. The world is on the brink of chaos because the balance between the...

Thyria: Step Into Dreams

Strategy, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Side view, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2023

Steam: 72/100

The main action takes place in the world of dark fantasy. Warrior Tyria travels with the Guardians through the dreams of the cursed inhabitants to...

Towers of Aghasba

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 19 November 2024

Players: 1/10

Steam: 67/100

Adventure sandbox with an open world. The main action takes place in a fantasy universe. It is home to the Shimu people, who are trying to retake...

Paleo Pines

Action, Third-person view, Farm Simulator, Exploration, Casual game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Linux → 26 September 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The game takes place on a colorful island where kind dinosaurs and eccentric people live. Together with their faithful companion, the dinosaur Lucky...

Sandwalkers

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Construction, Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2025

Steam: 73/100

The player gathers a team of brave travelers and sets off to explore hostile lands. The heroes must cross a desert with an eternal storm and...

Postal 2 Redux

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration, Old school, Adventure

Game in development: Linux → spring 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remaster of the controversial shooter Postal 2 from 2003. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his problems in...

Monster Sanctuary

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

Early Access: Linux → 28 August 2019; Game released: Linux → 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...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was...

Shadows of the Past

Action, Third-person view, Free game, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy, Medieval era, Adventure, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2025

A fan remake lord of the rings: concuest (2009) with updated graphics and improved gameplay. The game is created on the Unreal Engine 5, so the...

Kingdom Eighties

Strategy, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration, City Building

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A new part of the Kingdom microstrategy series. The main character is trying to protect his family and the city from attacks by mysterious monsters...

The Abandoned Planet

Puzzle, Science fiction, Hidden Objects, Space, Adventure, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

An atmospheric adventure game that immerses the player in the world of a mysterious and forgotten planet. As the player explores abandoned ruins and...

Cassette Beasts

Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Tactics, Open world, Side view, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 27 April 2023

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The action of the game unfolds on an island inhabited by different creatures. The detachment of the protagonist arrives in this mysterious place to...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 26 July 2011

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...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Linux