Exploration 2023 for Linux — top best games in the Exploration genre

Cassette Beasts - a game in the Exploration genre

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 find the best...

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 can go on...

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. Neighboring...

Blue Wednesday

Side view, Visual novel, Music game, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 28 August 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

A game about a boy named Morris. The main character plays the piano and walks around the city, where he communicates with various characters. There are many...

Kona 2: Brume

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

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

Universe For Sale

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

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2023

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...

Chernobyl: Origins

Adventure, Survival horror, Exploration, Visual novel, Survival, Horror

Game released: Linux → 28 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 85/100

The events of the game take place in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The main character is a scientist from a secret laboratory located in the depths of...

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, players...

Кужлевка

Adventure, First-person view, Visual novel, Business / Management, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 6 April 2023

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 91/100

1992 In the midst of the confusion reigning in the country, another unexpected test falls on the heads of the Kuzhlevites, residents of an ordinary Russian village...

Colossal Cave 3D

Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 20 January 2023

Steam: 90/100

The main character goes on a timeless journey through caves filled with treasures, creatures and challenging puzzles. There are 14 different regions, each offering...

A Tiny Sticker Tale

Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 5 October 2023

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...

A Bavarian Tale - Totgeschwiegen

Third-person view, Detective, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 77/100

The game takes place in the picturesque Bavarian village of Wolpertshofen, full of dark secrets, unexplained events and social tensions, in 1866. A detective comes...

Thyria: Step Into Dreams

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

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 perform various...

Dino Hazard: Chronos Blackout

Adventure, Role-playing game, Open world, Top-down view, Exploration, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 22 December 2023

Steam: 88/100

The game takes place on a tropical island in 2147. A group of people are trapped in a high-tech base and must survive against malicious artificial intelligence...

Dark Traveller

Free game, Exploration, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 16 March 2023

Steam: 50/100

A free-to-play adventure puzzle game in which the protagonist travels through the fabric of time and space to save his homeland. The game has multiple endings, side...

Mondealy

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2023

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Mondealy is an adventure life simulator with visual novel and RPG elements. In the game, you will try on the role of Michael — an ordinary guy who managed to...

Pineapple on pizza

First-person view, Free game, Comedy, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Free short adventure. The main character finds himself on an island with dancing people. He simply explores the territory, gets to know the inhabitants, until he...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2023 for Linux