Exploration 2021 for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 2

The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf - a game in the Exploration genre

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...

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...

Demon Turf

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 November 2021

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Demon Turf is a third-person platformer where the main character dreams of becoming a demon queen. The world of demons is inhabited by all kinds of...

Faraday Protocol

Adventure, Indie, Action, Puzzle, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sumire

Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 May 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Sumire is a fantasy adventure visual novel with anime and supernatural elements. In this charming place, a sad girl named Sumire meets a mischievous...

Nexomon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Turn-based, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2021

Steam: 88/100

An adventure RPG about collecting and raising unusual creatures that inhabit a vibrant fantasy world. The game features over 300 unique Nexomon to...

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...

DreamWorks Spirit Lucky's Big Adventure

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 June 2021

Steam: 80/100

An adventure game based on the story of Lucky, her mustang Spirit, and her best friends Abigail and Prudence. The events unfold in the open territory...

Saviors of Sapphire Wings & Stranger of Sword City Revisited

Role-playing game, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This fantasy role-playing game combines dungeon exploration with a story of war against the Overlord of Darkness, Ol=Ohma. A hundred years after his...

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...

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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2021 for Nintendo Switch (Game released)