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Best Games in the Exploration genre for Nintendo Switch

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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key - a game in the Exploration genre
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Role-playing game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 March 2023
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Continuation of the Atelier Ryza series of Japanese role-playing games. Near the hometown of the main character Riza, the Karka Islands appear in an unknown way...
Gunbrella - a game in the Exploration genre
Gunbrella
Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Action, Adventure, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2023
Players: 10/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 80/100
The main character is a stern woodcutter who finds himself in a city that is alien to himself, filled with various enemies, including a cult of sectarians, a gang...
Rusty Rabbit - a game in the Exploration genre
Rusty Rabbit
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025
Steam: 67/100
Metacritic: 72/100
The main character is a rabbit who controls a combat mech. The main action takes place in a fantasy setting thousands of years after people left the Earth. Instead...
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure - a game in the Exploration genre
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
Top-down view, Puzzle, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2024
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 81/100
The story follows Gemma, a small-town misfit on a journey of self-discovery. Together with the heroine’s movements, the rest of the world moves too. You will also...
Curious Expedition - a game in the Exploration genre
Curious Expedition
Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 April 2020
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer. Choose one of...
SkateBIRD - a game in the Exploration genre
SkateBIRD
Arcade, Third-person view, Sports game, Skateboards, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 September 2021
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 59/100
SkateBIRD is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view about birds on skateboards. Expect the familiar gameplay of skate simulators, several platforms...
Stellar Interface - a game in the Exploration genre
Stellar Interface
Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Top-down view, Side view, Exploration, Casual game
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2019
Steam: 77/100
A hardcore shooter made in the style of NES games. In a randomly generated universe and random perks, no journey will be the same. The game has over 100 perks and...
The Garden Path - a game in the Exploration genre
The Garden Path
Simulation, Business / Management, Adventure, Top-down view, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...
Blackwind - a game in the Exploration genre
Blackwind
Action, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Combat robots, Slasher, Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 January 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 52/100
Blackwind is a dynamic action-slasher about combat robots with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the mining colony...
The Gallery - a game in the Exploration genre
The Gallery
Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Detective, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 August 2022
Players: 6.5/10
Steam: 70/100
The Gallery is an interactive psychological thriller with elements of social drama. An art curator is being held hostage by a portrait artist who threatens to...
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord - a game in the Exploration genre
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Role-playing game, Exploration, Dungeons, Turn-based, Fantasy, First-person view
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024
Steam: 77/100
Remake of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1981) . The adventurer heroes once again venture into the dungeon beneath Trebor Castle to defeat the...
Pizza Possum - a game in the Exploration genre
Pizza Possum
Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Top-down view, Online, Adventure, Exploration, Strategy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 September 2023
Players: 9.7/10
Steam: 93/100
A colorful game about a possum and a raccoon with support for co-op on one screen. The heroes run around the village and try to eat everything they can reach, but...
Legrand Legacy - a game in the Exploration genre
Legrand Legacy
Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2019
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 67/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Legrand Legacy is a tactical turn-based role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a Japanese style. The main character named Finn is the leader of a bandit...
Quest Hunter - a game in the Exploration genre
Quest Hunter
Role-playing game, Puzzle, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 July 2019
Players: 10/10
Steam: 79/100
Quest Hunter is an action-adventure action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Dark World, where fire and a shovel...
QV - The Dimension Painter - a game in the Exploration genre
QV - The Dimension Painter
Adventure, Arcade, Puzzle, Action, Isometric, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 November 2020
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 75/100
QV — The Dimension Painter is an arcade action puzzle game with adventure elements. In the universe, dimensions are connected to each other. At the center of...
Gift - a game in the Exploration genre
Gift
Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Action, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2024
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 75/100
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...
Exophobia - a game in the Exploration genre
Exophobia
Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Exploration, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Arcade
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2024
Steam: 87/100
An old-school pixel shooter made in the Metroidvania format and inspired by projects from the 90s. The main action takes place on a spaceship that was captured by...
Herdling - a game in the Exploration genre
Herdling
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Casual game, Exploration, Indie
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 August 2025
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Atmospheric adventure from the creators of FAR: Lone Sails. The main character embarks on a grand Alpine expedition with a herd of cute animals, climbing a...
PAW Patrol: Dino World - a game in the Exploration genre
PAW Patrol: Dino World
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Open world
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 July 2026
Steam: 66/100
A colorful adventure in a bright world of dinosaurs, where the beloved heroes of "Paw Patrol" go to help ancient creatures in danger. After Mayor Humdinger scared...
Heartworm - a game in the Exploration genre
Heartworm
Adventure, Exploration, Old school, Survival horror
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2026
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 69/100
A survival horror game in the style of 1990s games, it follows Sam, who, after her beloved grandfather’s death, follows the trail of a mysterious online forum to a...
No Straight Roads - a game in the Exploration genre
No Straight Roads
Action, Adventure, Slasher, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2020
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 89/100
Metacritic: 71/100
No Straight Roads is a musical action-slasher game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of an independent rock band that goes up against a powerful...
No Longer Home - a game in the Exploration genre
No Longer Home
Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 October 2021
Steam: 60/100
Metacritic: 73/100
No Longer Home is an exciting adventure game with visual novel elements. Bo and Ao are graduating from university and are about to leave the apartment they've lived...
Haiku, the Robot - a game in the Exploration genre
Haiku, the Robot
Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 September 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 91/100
This adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements takes place in Arcadia, a mechanical world inhabited by corrupted robots and machinery. The player explores...
Lifeless Moon - a game in the Exploration genre
Lifeless Moon
Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Science fiction, Platformer, Exploration, Space
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2024
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 64/100
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town, just like on Earth. They soon discover that the city is the beginning of a...
The Knight Witch - a game in the Exploration genre
The Knight Witch
Side view, Metroidvania, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Exploration, Adventure, Comedy
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 November 2022
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 79/100
The Knight Witch is a fast-paced Metroidvania adventure with shooter elements, set in a hand-drawn world. The game tells about witch knights who are trying to repel...
Skull Island: Rise of Kong - a game in the Exploration genre
Skull Island: Rise of Kong
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 October 2023
Players: 7/10
Steam: 35/100
Adventure action game about King Kong from the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender - Quest for Balance. Kong embarks on a dangerous journey to avenge his...
Pine Hearts - a game in the Exploration genre
Pine Hearts
Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 May 2024
Players: 6.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 83/100
A colorful puzzle adventure set in a quiet tourist park. The player explores the surroundings of the hand-drawn world, looking for magical objects, discovering new...
Dark Quest 3 - a game in the Exploration genre
Dark Quest 3
Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Roguelike
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 May 2023
Steam: 73/100
A tactical adventure with the atmosphere of a board game, where a team of heroes sets out to face the growing threat from the Chaos Sorcerer. The journey begins in...
Wax Heads - a game in the Exploration genre
Wax Heads
Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 May 2026
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 82/100
A cozy simulation of a music store, infused with the spirit of punk culture, vinyl, and warm human stories. Among the shelves of records, conversations about music...
Timespinner - a game in the Exploration genre
Timespinner
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 June 2019
Players: 9.8/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Timespinner is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young girl named Lunais, who...
Minute of Islands - a game in the Exploration genre
Minute of Islands
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 March 2021
Steam: 78/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Minute of Islands is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game, you will take on the role of an experienced...
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise - a game in the Exploration genre
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Horror, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 July 2020
Steam: 69/100
Metacritic: 56/100
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is a continuation of an unusual third-person adventure action game with horror elements. The game is both a sequel and...
Anima: Song from the Abyss - a game in the Exploration genre
Anima: Song from the Abyss
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2027
Anticipation Rating: 6.3/10
Anima: Song from the Abyss is a third-person action RPG from the developers of Anima: Gate of Memories. The game features two main characters: a knight and a...
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2
Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Stunts, Sports game, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 March 2021
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 59/100
Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 is a continuation of the crazy arcade racing game with a third-person view, where you get behind the wheel of a rampant monster truck...
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright - a game in the Exploration genre
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright
Board / Group Game, Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Point & Click
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2022
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 74/100
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright is an unusual role-playing game that tells the story of a young developer. He creates a cool RPG, and you have to help the creator...
Shores Unknown - a game in the Exploration genre
Shores Unknown
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Exploration
Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026
Steam: 65/100
Shores Unknown is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mercenary Morten...
Silent Hope - a game in the Exploration genre
Silent Hope
Action, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Isometric, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 74/100
One day, a terrible disaster struck the peaceful kingdom. In the chaos that followed, people began to cheat and backstab each other. Their king used his powerful...
Old Skies - a game in the Exploration genre
Old Skies
Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Science fiction, Exploration, Old school
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2025
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 80/100
The main character works as a temporary tourist agent in the near future: for a substantial fee, wealthy clients book excursions to their own past or to historical...
A Space for the Unbound - a game in the Exploration genre
A Space for the Unbound
Anime / Manga, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 January 2023
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 98/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Two school friends with supernatural powers explore the Indonesian countryside to uncover its secrets. There is an opportunity to communicate with the townspeople...
Curious Expedition 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Curious Expedition 2
Role-playing game, Simulation, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 August 2021
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 84/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Curious Expedition 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling adventure role-playing game with a procedurally generated world, dedicated to expeditions in the 19th...
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