Exploration for Mac — top best games in the Exploration genre

Crimson Desert - a game in the Exploration genre

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 19 March 2026

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A large-scale adventure action game with an open world, where the harsh reality of war intertwines with the personal story of mercenaries. At the center of the...

7 Days to Die

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

Early Access: Mac → 13 December 2013; Game released: Mac → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Dave the Diver

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 28 June 2023

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Pixel sea adventure in the mysterious Blue Hole. Players dive deep into the Blue Hole to find the most exotic species of fish and create the best sushi in the...

DREDGE

Adventure, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Mac → 27 February 2025

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The mysterious archipelago hides many secrets that are best not remembered. Taking the helm of a fishing trawler, a brave fisherman sets sail across islands lost in...

Sun Haven

Indie, Farm Simulator, Online, Adventure, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 11 March 2023

Players: 8.9/10

A fantasy farm simulator with dragons, magic, an interesting story and a final boss. The game offers a huge world full of opportunities for development and...

Frontier Hunter: Erza's Wheel of Fortune

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Anime / Manga, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 26 July 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. Erza is a legendary huntress who has become a spearhead in the Empire's military campaigns. With its help, the majestic...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Mac → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Drova - Forsaken Kin

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 15 October 2024

Players: 8.2/10

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...

Omega Crafter

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

Early Access: Mac → 29 March 2024; Game released: Mac → 15 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

The events take place in a virtual gaming world that is under development and has been attacked by a mysterious malware. The player goes on an exciting adventure to...

Haste

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

Game released: Mac → 1 April 2025

Players: 9.7/10

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 through the level...

Bugsnax

Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy, Open world, Comedy, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 12 November 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Explorer Elizabert Megafig invites the main character to the sunny Snaktooth Island, which is inhabited by unusual creatures. The researcher has disappeared, and...

Slender: The Arrival

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 28 October 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Sunset Hills

Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 21 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Towers of Aghasba

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

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Players: 1/10

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...

Flutter Away

Exploration, Adventure, Walking Simulator, First-person view, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 3 August 2023

An atmospheric adventure through the Amazon rainforest. The player takes on the role of a butterfly researcher who goes on a five-day hike. As you progress, you can...

Coromon

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

Game released: Mac → 1 April 2022

Players: 9.6/10

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...

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: Mac → 13 November 2024

Metacritic: 85/100

The story is about a hunter for a powerful artifact, which, according to legend, can change the world. The game takes place in the 70s, where the gamer investigates...

Wired Tokyo 2007

Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Exploration, Parkour

Game in development: Mac → 2027

A vertical platformer where moving upwards becomes not just a goal, but the foundation of the entire gameplay. The action takes place in Tokyo, where the path to...

Ultros

Side view, Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 13 February 2024

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character comes to his senses in a certain sarcophagus floating in space. The character explores areas of the ship and fights alien creatures to uncover...

Terra Memoria

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 27 March 2024

Six heroes travel through a vibrant fantasy world. The characters must find out the reason for the attack of the ancient machines. As they progress, the heroes...

Mineko's Night Market

Adventure, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 26 September 2023

Metacritic: 66/100

The main character is an inquisitive girl named Mineko, who has just moved to a new home on a hapless Japanese island at the foot of Mount Fugu. Superstitious...

Isle of Jura

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

Game released: Mac → 11 February 2022

Players: 6.8/10

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

Choice of Life Middle Ages 2

Collectible card game (CCG), Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 30 September 2022

Players: 8.8/10

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

Koira

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 1 April 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

The adventure, whose main character travels through the musical forest with a puppy. You need to get acquainted with the local inhabitants and solve puzzles to find...

Layers Deep

Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game in development: Mac → 2026

A small onion, just sprouted in late autumn, finds itself in a world that is rapidly fading. The gothic atmosphere is saturated with destruction and secrets, and...

Sentience: The Android's Tale

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Mac → 2 June 2017

A narrative adventure where the story begins at the moment of the android's "activation." Consciousness is formed right before your eyes, and the world unfolds...

Poco

Free game, Exploration, Puzzle, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2025

Players: 9.6/10

The protagonist is a tiny clown, only two inches tall, cast out of a giant traveling circus. Finding himself in the underworld, he encounters forgotten objects...

Dark Quest 4

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 5 November 2025

Step-by-step adventure in the spirit of classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, where a party of heroes descends into dark dungeons filled with traps, monsters...

Oopz-Oofs

Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Third-person view, Action, Indie

Game released: Mac → 2 September 2024

Adventure action in the spirit of Little Kitty, Big City, but about a dog. The game's plot tells the story of an owner and his border collie who switch bodies on...

BABBDI

First-person view, Casual game, Simulation, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 22 December 2022

Players: 9.9/10

A short adventure in which you need to escape from an abandoned area. You need to use different found objects and collect...

Seance

Detective, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 29 May 2021

Seance is a mystical visual novel with anime and puzzle elements. In this game, detective duo Kennedy (a 33-year-old retired agent) and Mia (a 16-year-old girl with...

Gift

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

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2024

Players: 8.5/10

A colorful action platformer in which the main character tries to escape from a giant ship before it sinks into the sea. The tilt of the ship and the water level in...

Moonstone Island

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

Game released: Mac → 20 September 2023

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...

Too Deep To Quit

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Comedy, Exploration

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Cooperative adventure about expeditions to cursed temples, where each expedition turns into a risky hunt for ancient artifacts. A company of adventurers descends...

DEMON COMPASS

First-person view, Action, Adventure, Horror, Exploration, Free game, Indie, Third-person view

Game released: Mac → 22 November 2024

The characters in the game try to remember how they got into this world, but their memories are foggy and fragmented. In everyone's hand there is only a damned...

ENA: Dream BBQ

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

Game released: Mac → 26 March 2025

A surreal adventure that expands the ENA universe in an interactive format. Ena embarks on a quest to find the mysterious Boss, around whom the ambitions and...

Fear the Spotlight

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

Game released: Mac → 22 October 2024

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...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Crowsworn

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

Game in development: Mac → 2026

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 creatures into the...

Project Origin

Role-playing game, MMO, Third-person view, Free game, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Mac → 12 August 2025

The game takes you to a shattered world where an ancient betrayal has destroyed the balance and plunged the lands into chaos. Once ruled by four deities, this world...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for Mac