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Best Games in the Exploration genre for Nintendo Switch

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Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir - a game in the Exploration genre
Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 November 2019
Players: 10/10
Steam: 60/100
Metacritic: 56/100
Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir is a continuation of the action-adventure platformer with a third-person view along with Asterix and Obelix. Year 50 BC...
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust - a game in the Exploration genre
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2021
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 94/100
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a continuation of the action-adventure Anodyne. You take on the role of Nova, a nanoscavenger tasked with collecting dangerous nanodust...
Dordogne - a game in the Exploration genre
Dordogne
Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 June 2023
Players: 10/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Dordogne is a watercolor adventure game. The game takes place in France. The main character's grandmother dies and leaves her an old house as an inheritance. There...
Beasts of Maravilla Island - a game in the Exploration genre
Beasts of Maravilla Island
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 June 2021
Steam: 84/100
Beasts of Maravilla Island is a casual action-adventure game with a third-person view in the fantasy genre. The protective magic of the island of Maravilla is...
A Little Golf Journey - a game in the Exploration genre
A Little Golf Journey
Strategy, Puzzle, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 80/100
A golf adventure set on diorama courses across a variety of destinations. The player takes on challenges, uncovers secrets and finds treasure, with the journey...
Chicken Journey - a game in the Exploration genre
Chicken Journey
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 August 2023
Steam: 96/100
The player controls an adorable chicken and travels the world to uncover the biggest mystery of what came first: the egg or the chicken. Along the way, the hero...
Ebenezer and the Invisible World - a game in the Exploration genre
Ebenezer and the Invisible World
Metroidvania, Side view, Fantasy, Platformer, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2023
Steam: 73/100
A game based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge and a team of shadowy allies battle a wealthy industrialist and his private guard to...
Wuppo - a game in the Exploration genre
Wuppo
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 September 2019
Players: 8/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...
La-Mulana 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
La-Mulana 2
Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2020
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 79/100
La-Mulana 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade platformer with lots of puzzles. This time the main character is the girl archaeologist Lumisa Kosugi, who...
Resolutiion - a game in the Exploration genre
Resolutiion
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2020
Players: 7.4/10
Steam: 66/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Resolutiion is a top-down action-adventure game set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a dystopian future world where you have to collect pieces of...
Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals - a game in the Exploration genre
Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals
Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2023
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 78/100
The events of the game unfold 5 years after the original Oxenfree. Due to an accidentally opened portal, a temporal rift has occurred in the world, and now a cult...
Dungeon Encounters - a game in the Exploration genre
Dungeon Encounters
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 October 2021
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Dungeon Encounters is an adventure role-playing game with Japanese-style turn-based combat. The game takes place in a fantasy world where an otherworldly labyrinth...
9th Dawn 3 - a game in the Exploration genre
9th Dawn 3
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Adventure, Dungeons, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2020
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 87/100
9th Dawn 3 is a continuation of the classic top-down RPG set in the medieval setting of 9th Dawn. The game offers a more detailed world open to exploration, a new...
IDEA - a game in the Exploration genre
IDEA
Puzzle, Top-down view, Casual game, Indie, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 March 2023
Steam: 57/100
An art game about wonder, discovery and the exchange of ideas. The player explores various landscapes, rides along busy roads, inspects cottages and abandoned...
Bilkins' Folly - a game in the Exploration genre
Bilkins' Folly
Adventure, Exploration, Indie, Top-down view, Open world, Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 October 2023
Steam: 90/100
The main character is a young adventurer traveling across the islands in search of ancient temples with ruins, treasures and various unusual artifacts. The game has...
CLeM - a game in the Exploration genre
CLeM
Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 February 2024
Players: 10/10
Steam: 92/100
An adventure with a dark plot and riddles. The main character is a teddy bear who wakes up in a cold, dim room. He sets off to explore a huge mansion filled with...
Mika and The Witch's Mountain - a game in the Exploration genre
Mika and The Witch's Mountain
Third-person view, Fantasy, Platformer, Exploration, Adventure, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2024
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 86/100
An aspiring witch named Mika must deliver important packages to the inhabitants of a magical island using a flying broom and jumping on platforms. The girl meets...
Elrentaros Wanderings - a game in the Exploration genre
Elrentaros Wanderings
Action, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 August 2024
Steam: 6/100
Metacritic: 57/100
A Japanese role-playing game that takes players to the magical world of Elrentaros, filled with ancient secrets and magical creatures. The main character goes on an...
Catly - a game in the Exploration genre
Catly
Action, Simulation, MMO, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Construction, Online
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026
Anticipation Rating: 8.3/10
A multiplayer adventure game in which gamers take care of adorable furry cats. Players can take care of pets, explore the world and build their own ideal world...
The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone - a game in the Exploration genre
The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone
Arcade, Platformer, First-person view, Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2023
Steam: 79/100
The villain got hold of the powerful Green Stone and accidentally destroyed it. The released energy unleashed monsters. Now a team of Smurfs sets out on a dangerous...
Nightmare Boy - a game in the Exploration genre
Nightmare Boy
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 January 2018
Steam: 58/100
Nightmare Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game takes place in another world full of enemies from your worst nightmares. Only you can save...
Europa - a game in the Exploration genre
Europa
Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 October 2024
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Atmospheric adventure on the search for answers, growing up and the connection of mankind with nature. On the Luna of Europe, hidden in the shadow of Jupiter...
3 out of 10: Season One - a game in the Exploration genre
3 out of 10: Season One
Adventure, Side view, Free game, Exploration, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2021
Players: 7.8/10
3 out of 10: Season One is a shareware episodic adventure game that tells the story of the world's worst game development studio. The game is an interactive sitcom...
Oniria Crimes - a game in the Exploration genre
Oniria Crimes
Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy, Logic, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 December 2020
Steam: 76/100
Oniria Crimes is an indie adventure with "Pont & Click" mechanics set in a pixelated dream world called "The Dream". A serial killer has begun to operate in dreams...
Faraday Protocol - a game in the Exploration genre
Faraday Protocol
Adventure, Indie, Action, Puzzle, First-person view, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021
Players: 1/10
Steam: 84/100
Faraday Protocol is a first-person action-puzzle adventure set in a retro-futuristic style where you take on the role of an alien archaeologist who ends up in a...
Mondealy - a game in the Exploration genre
Mondealy
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Visual novel, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2023
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 93/100
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...
Colossal Cave 3D - a game in the Exploration genre
Colossal Cave 3D
Adventure, Exploration, Puzzle, Point & Click
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid - a game in the Exploration genre
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid
Adventure, Exploration, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 August 2024
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 81/100
Summer life in the Japanese countryside is at the heart of a story about the only son of a circus ringmaster whose troupe has arrived in a rural town. During the...
Ocean's Heart - a game in the Exploration genre
Ocean's Heart
Action, Indie, Adventure, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Puzzle
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 February 2022
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 81/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Ocean's Heart is a top-down action-adventure RPG in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the amazing story of brave Tilia, who sets off on a dangerous journey in...
Homebody - a game in the Exploration genre
Homebody
Adventure, Third-person view, Logic, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 June 2023
Steam: 93/100
Homebody is an 80's style survival horror game that follows a group of friends who are hunted by a ruthless killer. The plot tells the story of a young girl, Emily...
Harvestella - a game in the Exploration genre
Harvestella
Sandbox, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action, Simulation, Open world, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2022
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Harvestella is an open-world action-adventure RPG with sandbox and simulation elements. Our protagonist awakens in the midst of the Quietus, a catastrophe that...
Adios - a game in the Exploration genre
Adios
Walking Simulator, First-person view, Horror, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 March 2022
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 78/100
The main character is a farmer who raises pigs and helps the mafia get rid of the bodies of their victims. One day he decides to call it quits and goes for a walk...
The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf - a game in the Exploration genre
The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf
Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2021
Steam: 82/100
Metacritic: 66/100
This Smurfs adventure follows a mission to save the forest from the toxic Evileaf. Created by the evil sorcerer Gargamel, the plant attracts and captures Smurfs...
Hauntii - a game in the Exploration genre
Hauntii
Adventure, Action, Exploration, Isometric, Puzzle, Third-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The main character is a naive but brave ghost named Honti, who tirelessly tries to find answers to his questions. A mysterious race of luminous beings known as the...
Glyph (2021) - a game in the Exploration genre
Glyph (2021)
Third-person view, Exploration, Platformer
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 February 2021
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 70/100
Glyph is a 3D open-world platformer in which the player sets out to restore an ancient temple city by solving puzzles and defeating enemies. Its non-linear levels...
Everdeep Aurora - a game in the Exploration genre
Everdeep Aurora
Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2025
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 75/100
A post-apocalyptic game in which the population moved underground due to a meteor shower. The main character, a cat named Shell, went in search of her missing...
Moonrise Fall - a game in the Exploration genre
Moonrise Fall
Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 June 2022
Steam: 85/100
An atmospheric puzzle game with a top-down view and pixel graphics, telling the story of a boy who got lost in a supernatural forest. The gameplay is based on...
Epistory: Typing Chronicles - a game in the Exploration genre
Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 July 2017
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 74/100
Epistory: Typing Chronicles is an adventure game with action elements. The story follows a writer who asks his muse to help him write a book. Players, in the role...
COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND - a game in the Exploration genre
COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND
Arcade, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 December 2020
Steam: 80/100
Metacritic: 71/100
COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND is a collection consisting of the first three games of the famous role-playing series SaGa: The Final Fantasy Legend. The...
Faerie Afterlight - a game in the Exploration genre
Faerie Afterlight
Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2023
Steam: 69/100
Kradyrev smashed the light into pieces, scattering each fragment. Kimo and Whispy try to navigate this surreal world to collect the missing rays. As they discover...
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