Exploration for Linux — top best games in the Exploration genre

The Long Dark - a game in the Exploration genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Linux → 1 August 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...

Euro Truck Simulator 2

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a realistic truck-driving simulator that lets countless players experience the atmosphere of traveling along the open road...

7 Days to Die

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

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...

MISERY

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Old school, Survival, Post-apocalyptic, Online

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2025

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Post-apocalyptic action game about a nuclear disaster with old-school graphics in the spirit of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. After a nuclear disaster, the bunker...

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival

Game released: Linux → 19 December 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes...

over the hill

Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world

Game released: Linux → 14 October 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Traveling off -road with aesthetics of a secluded campaign. Instead of impassable mud - picturesque landscapes flooded with warm sunset colors. At...

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: 7.8/10

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...

Choice of Life Middle Ages 2

Collectible card game (CCG), Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 30 September 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

The player controls a fairy-tale medieval kingdom using a card system. The main character travels through the areas of his settlement, finds himself...

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...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for...

The End of the Sun

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 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...

American Truck Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 76/100

American Truck Simulator is a truck driver simulator in which we have to travel around the United States in various trucks. Your career as a truck...

Fishing Planet

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sports game, Free game, Online, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Fishing Planet is a free-to-play sport fishing simulator with a first-person view. You can choose your gear and go on an exciting fishing trip...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Exploration, Adventure, Open world

Game released: Linux → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where...

The Night of the Scissors

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 13 May 2022

Steam: 92/100

An ordinary scrap-metal hunting trip turns into a fight for survival. The main character, Adam, finds himself in a dangerous situation and becomes...

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...

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...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various...

Sunless Sea

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Exploration, Survival

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sunless Sea is a dark, H.P. Lovecraft-inspired role-playing adventure set in the universe of London Has Fallen. You have to take the helm of a...

No Murders in Grimwick

Adventure, Point & Click, Comedy, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2026

Steam: 86/100

A hand-drawn detective story set in a small town during its annual harvest festival. The protagonist is a journalist who arrives to write a piece...

Yuppie Psycho

Indie, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 25 April 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Yuppie Psycho is an adventure horror game with stealth elements and a top-down view. The game takes place in a dystopian world from the 90s, where in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Truckful

Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2026

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A vehicular adventure game about delivering cargo in the countryside and searching for an ancient mystery connected to an old forest. The main...

Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator

Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Open world, Racing, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 4 July 2022

Steam: 89/100

A realistic flight simulator with a wide selection of aircraft and detailed interactive cockpits. The game features passenger and business jets...

Anima: Gate of Memories

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

Game released: Linux → 3 June 2016

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Anima: Gate of Memories is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Isle of Jura

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

The fishing simulator, where players in the role of a girl named Jura are exploring a beautiful island, looking for artifacts, communicate with local...

Windward Horizon

Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 22 May 2025

Steam: 79/100

An open-world adventure RPG about sea voyages, trade, and life as a captain. The game builds on the ideas of the original Windward from 2015. As a...

Near Death

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil...

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...

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...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Linux (Game released)