Exploration

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration

March 3, 2026

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The city of Norwik is preparing for the first elections, and everything goes awry-someone just blew up a tea shop. In the role of a priest, bureaucrat and expert on...

Little Kitty, Big City

Third-person view, Adventure, Action, Exploration, Open world, Sandbox, Platformer

May 9, 2024

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The player controls a little black kitten who goes on an adventure to find his way home. You can explore the city and make new friends among homeless animals, some...

Copycat

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

September 19, 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

An adventure cat simulator where you can explore different locations, hunt birds and interact with the world around you. The plot tells the story of a cat named...

La Mer La Guerre

Action, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

A realistic ship control simulator. As players progress, they transport cargo, participate in battles, and engage in privateering. Among the features are the...

Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear Quest

Survival, Open world, Action, Free game, Third-person view, Exploration, Crafting, Hunting / Fishing, Online, Post-apocalyptic

November 12, 2024

Players: 7.1/10

A free survival simulator about a post-apocalypse with an open world and MMO elements. Events take place in 2061, when radioactive fallout has destroyed almost all...

Nested Lands

Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Crafting

February 25, 2026

Players: 5.8/10

The events of the game unfold in the gloomy world, tormented by plague and bandits. Players need to develop a settlement and manage its inhabitants. You can send...

Vampires: Bloodlord Rising

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

January 30, 2026

A dark vampire sandbox with a large open world that takes players to the fictional medieval Balkan region of Sangavia. Gamers take on the role of a vampire who is...

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game

Open world, Racing, Exploration, Simulation, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

March 5, 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the off-road driving simulator in the MudRunner series. You will find realistic control mechanics, sophisticated gameplay, as well as many...

Chained Together

Action, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration

June 19, 2024

Players: 6.1/10

A cooperative action-platformer about friends connected by a chain. In the story, players begin their journey in the depths of Hell and try to climb from there to...

The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Puzzle, Exploration, Demons

October 13, 2023

Players: 9.5/10

A brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a satanic ritual go wrong. Finding themselves in an extremely toxic relationship, the heroes try to get...

Sector Unknown

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration, Space

July 16, 2025

Players: 7.7/10

The plot tells the story of a prisoner who has escaped from a transport ship and is sent into space to explore the zero sector. This is a mysterious area with six...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration

September 4, 2025

Metacritic: 72/100

The action of the add-on takes place on the streets and in the dark catacombs of Rome. Indiana Jones confronts the followers of the ancient cult of Mithras and...

Burglin' Gnomes

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

June 10, 2026

A cooperative action game about dwarven thieves who desperately need a rare mineral for the Supreme Dwarf. Each raid is a run into human homes, where everything...

Journey to the Savage Planet

Adventure, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Exploration, Open world

January 28, 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A vibrant action adventure in an open world. At the direction of the Kindred Aerospace corporation, the hero is sent to a distant planet. He will have to explore...

The Mortuary Assistant

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

August 2, 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game takes place in a morgue, where the character is urgently called to work one night. However, the hero could not even imagine what was waiting for him there...

Sun Haven

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

June 26, 2021

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...

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered

Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Exploration, Old school, Medieval era

зима 2026-2027

The game brings back the iconic stealth-action Thief: The Dark Project from 1998 in a refreshed form, preserving the atmosphere and features of the original. As...

Crowsworn

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

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...

Ancient Farm

Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Exploration, Construction

January 8, 2026

A first-person farmer simulator set in Ancient Greece. The story begins with a small plot of land, where life revolves around labor, seasonal tasks, and simple...

Metro Awakening

Virtual Reality (VR), Shooter, First-person view, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Exploration

November 7, 2024

Players: 5.9/10

A spin-off in the Metro series for virtual reality headsets. The game takes place in the Moscow metro five years before the events of Metro 2033. The main...

The Joy of Creation

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

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Atmospheric horror inspired by the Five Nights at Freddy's game series. The action takes place in a house where the player finds himself face to face with animated...

Light of Motiram

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Combat robots, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An online action game about survival among mechanical animals in the spirit of Horizon Zero Dawn. The events of the game take place after a mysterious disaster...

Amenti

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

January 5, 2025

Players: 8.7/10

A photorealistic horror story set inside an ancient Egyptian tomb inhabited by the evil spirits of the pharaoh and his family. The main character is a photographer...

The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

January 23, 2026

An adventure horror game where the player finds themselves trapped in a closed time loop in an attic full of paranormal distortions. The only means of interacting...

Conquistadorio

Adventure, Side view, Science fiction, Dungeons, Exploration

October 20, 2023

Players: 10/10

The game is about a conquistador who, after many trials, decided to retire. The coffin in which the main character slept disappeared. To find it, you will have to...

Clock Tower: Rewind

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Old school, Gothic, Survival horror

October 28, 2024

Metacritic: 68/100

Re-release of the 16-bit horror [url=https://vgtimes.ru/games/clock-tower-1997/] Clock Tower[ /url]. The game tells the story of orphan Jennifer. She ended up in...

Otherskin

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Exploration, Metroidvania

September 2, 2025

The game takes place on a distant planet called Vandermire with various biomes, which is the source of the ever-expanding Corruption that threatens the entire...

Cozy Caravan

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Farm Simulator

May 16, 2024

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Players set off on a journey in an old caravan, completing tasks for the residents of Harvestville and preparing for the annual Whistlebark fair. During the...

PAW Patrol: Dino World

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

July 31, 2026

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...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

November 26, 2024

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

Necrophosis

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Demons, Walking Simulator

April 25, 2025

Players: 10/10

Adventure horror set in a surreal universe where the environment is a nightmare. The story unfolds billions of years after the demise of the universe. A curse...

SCP – Containment Breach

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Free game, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Old school, Procedural generation

February 20, 2026

Players: 10/10

The events of the game unfold in one of the secret complexes of the Foundation — an organization that researches and contains anomalous objects and artifacts that...

Valorborn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

April 15, 2026

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

SpaceCraft

Adventure, Online, Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Space, Construction

June 11, 2026

Players: 10/10

A space online simulator that combines exploration, construction, and economy in a single open galaxy. The game world is built around the freedom of action...

Slender: The Arrival

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

March 26, 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...

ALOFT

Action, First-person view, Open world, Survival, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

January 15, 2025

Players: 10/10

Players try to survive on islands floating around an eternal hurricane. To do this, it is tedious to rebuild a base, discover new islands and find resources...

Trash Day

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Exploration

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An unusual action game where players take on the role of raccoons collecting trash. The game offers both solo and cooperative adventures, where gamers must work...

Dinkum

Online, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Farm Simulator

July 14, 2022

A colorful farming simulator in which players explore the tropical eucalyptus forests and scorching deserts of an island inspired by the wild Australian outback. As...

Silent Hill Remake

Adventure, Action, Horror, Survival horror, Third-person view, Exploration

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A third-person survival horror remake of the 1999 cult classic. Harry Mason travels to the lost town of Silent Hill in search of his missing adopted daughter...

Hawthorn

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Crafting

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A fairy-tale role-playing sandbox that tells about forest animals who are trying to unite and build their own settlement. The player masters farming, construction...

Best Games in the Exploration genre