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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2024 for Linux

7 Days to Die - a game in the Exploration genre
7 Days to Die
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2013; Game released: Linux → 25 July 2024
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 41/100
Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...
Core Keeper - a game in the Exploration genre
Core Keeper
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2024
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 86/100
An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...
Drova - Forsaken Kin - a game in the Exploration genre
Drova - Forsaken Kin
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy
Game released: Linux → 15 October 2024
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 78/100
The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world in which people have discovered the power of a dead empire, which allows them to receive the powers of spirits...
Towers of Aghasba - a game in the Exploration genre
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 their homeland...
Project Castaway - a game in the Exploration genre
Project Castaway
Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: Linux → 23 September 2024; Game released: Linux → 17 March 2026
Players: 6.2/10
Steam: 64/100
An open world survival simulator that takes players to beautiful tropical islands. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. Players explore procedurally generated...
Fear the Spotlight - a game in the Exploration genre
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 finds herself...
Targeted –10 Days - a game in the Exploration genre
Targeted –10 Days
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Walking Simulator
Game released: Linux → 14 August 2024
Steam: 100/100
The game offers you the chance to feel like a former mafia member who is about to testify against the Don. The hero becomes a target, so before each trip, he must...
Zoria: Age of Shattering - a game in the Exploration genre
Zoria: Age of Shattering
Adventure, Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Medieval era, Exploration, Strategy
Game released: Linux → 7 March 2024
Players: 8/10
Steam: 77/100
The game takes place in the world of Zoriya, filled with magic, ancient history, political conspiracies and countless secrets. The outpost is the main base of...
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists - a game in the Exploration genre
Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Exploration
Early Access: Linux → 7 October 2024; Game released: Linux → 27 October 2025
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 80/100
The game is about an alchemist named Cassandria, who uses an iron whip and her knowledge to fight formidable demons. Various chemical elements can be used to...
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy - a game in the Exploration genre
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy, Adventure, Exploration
Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2024; Game released: Linux → 16 December 2025
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 75/100
A turn-based role-playing game about a wanderer traveling through the lands of New Draconia. One day, a mysterious artifact falls into the hands of the hero, which...
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok - a game in the Exploration genre
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game
Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2022; Game released: Linux → 26 April 2024
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 88/100
After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...
Lorn's Lure - a game in the Exploration genre
Lorn's Lure
Action, Platformer, Parkour, Adventure, Exploration, First-person view, Horror
Game released: Linux → 20 September 2024
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 87/100
A story-driven retro game with climbing mechanics. You can climb almost any surface using equipment. The main character is an android who leaves his colony and goes...
Kvark - a game in the Exploration genre
Kvark
Action, Shooter, Science fiction, First-person view, Horror, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024
VGTimes: 4.0/10
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 85/100
The game takes place in a fictional version of the Czech Republic in the 1980s. The main character finds himself in an underground structure, which falls apart as...
BioGun - a game in the Exploration genre
BioGun
Side view, Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Open world, Exploration, Adventure
Early Access: Linux → 16 April 2024; Game released: Linux → 31 July 2024
Players: 9.9/10
Steam: 87/100
The main character, named Beck, goes on a journey to save all dogs from extinction caused by an ominous virus. The character explores the crazy hand-drawn world of...
SCHiM - a game in the Exploration genre
SCHiM
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle
Game canceled: Linux → 18 July 2024
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 72/100
An unusual 3D platformer in which the player controls an entity that resembles a shadow. This is the soul, which in the game is called Shim. One day she is somehow...
7Groves - a game in the Exploration genre
7Groves
Adventure, Casual game, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Walking Simulator, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 1 June 2024
Steam: 67/100
A relaxing game in which the gamer leisurely strolls through beautiful and surreal forests that look like paintings come to life. Along the way, you can collect...
Miniatures - a game in the Exploration genre
Miniatures
Visual novel, Casual game, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2024
Steam: 90/100
A collection of four graphic adventures about childhood. The player follows the story and interacts with certain objects. The stories merge imagination and reality...
Please, Touch The Artwork 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Please, Touch The Artwork 2
Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Comedy, Exploration, Hidden Objects
Game released: Linux → 19 February 2024
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 78/100
A relaxing game in which you have to look for objects in paintings. A gamer helps a lost skeletal artist find his way home in a surreal, hand-drawn universe. This...
Storm the Swan - a game in the Exploration genre
Storm the Swan
Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Casual game, Comedy, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 31 October 2024
Steam: 98/100
A game made in the spirit of retro Gameboy adventures. The main character moves to a cute village inhabited by animal characters. You can explore locations and...
Star Shift Rebellion - a game in the Exploration genre
Star Shift Rebellion
Top-down view, Tactics, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Japanese role-playing game, Strategy
Game released: Linux → 9 February 2024
Steam: 93/100
The game takes place in a mining colony on the Outer Rim that is under occupation. With the help of a hacked android, the rebels are trying to gain freedom. There...
The Garden Path - a game in the Exploration genre
The Garden Path
Simulation, Business / Management, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 30 July 2024
Steam: 70/100
A meditative life simulator with unusual graphics, where time flows the same way as in the real world. As the player progresses, he extracts resources, trades...
The Abandoned Planet - a game in the Exploration genre
The Abandoned Planet
Puzzle, Science fiction, Hidden Objects, Space, Adventure, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: Linux → 29 August 2024
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 93/100
An atmospheric adventure game that immerses the player in the world of a mysterious and forgotten planet. As the player explores abandoned ruins and wild...
BioGun: Clinical Trial - a game in the Exploration genre
BioGun: Clinical Trial
Adventure, Side view, Action, Platformer, Metroidvania, Free game, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 26 January 2024
Steam: 84/100
A colorful metroidvania where, according to the plot, all dogs began to die out en masse due to an unknown virus. One of the scientists decided to introduce a...
The Legend of Lumina - a game in the Exploration genre
The Legend of Lumina
Top-down view, Metroidvania, Indie, Puzzle, Logic, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 9 July 2024
Steam: 98/100
A Sokoban style game with non-linear progression. The gameplay is inspired by early Zelda games, with an emphasis on puzzle solving rather than combat. There are...
Tibor: Tale of a Kind Vampire - a game in the Exploration genre
Tibor: Tale of a Kind Vampire
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 23 December 2024
Steam: 100/100
This fantasy jump-and-run platformer follows Tibor, a young artist turned into a vampire by an evil countess. Still kind, Tibor sets out to reunite with his beloved...
Hive Jump 2: Survivors - a game in the Exploration genre
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Exploration, Arcade
Early Access: Linux → 29 May 2024; Game released: Linux → 10 September 2024
Steam: 81/100
After a squad of brave paratroopers is killed in an intergalactic ambush, the only surviving member of the team embarks on a path of retribution and engages in...
Dungeon Divers - a game in the Exploration genre
Dungeon Divers
Top-down view, Logic, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 30 August 2024
Steam: 78/100
The player explores random pixel dungeons, solving puzzles. There may be unique conditions for completing the level. Also, items with mysterious powers are...
Самый дорогой человек - a game in the Exploration genre
Самый дорогой человек
Free game, Visual novel, Adventure, Exploration, Text quest
Game released: Linux → 26 June 2024
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 94/100
The visual novel is not only about the emergence of artificial self-awareness, but also about the true essence of loneliness. This is a game about...
Mortimer: First Launch - a game in the Exploration genre
Mortimer: First Launch
Adventure, Casual game, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Stealth, Open world, Free game
Game released: Linux → 18 December 2024
Steam: 88/100
An adventure set in a whimsical version of a Florida park located near the Kennedy Space Center. Mortimer the Raccoon explores the world around him, solves puzzles...