Exploration

Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction

April 10, 2025

Players: 9.3/10

A continuation of Crashlands, in which the main character ends up on another planet due to a mysterious explosion. The game features curious creatures, friendly...

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...

Gold Mining Simulator 2

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world

2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.2/10

A gold mining simulator set in the harsh but picturesque Alaskan wilderness. Start with simple tools and a tent and end up with a full-fledged mining empire. Every...

Postal 2 Redux

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration, Old school

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remaster of the controversial shooter Postal 2 from 2003. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his problems in the most...

The Siege and the Sandfox

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Fantasy, Medieval era, Exploration

May 20, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A combination of stealth and metroidvania in the setting of an oriental fairy tale. The main character is a sand fox, a master of stealth, who must escape from a...

Kona 2: Brume

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

October 18, 2023

Players: 8.6/10

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

Vendir: Plague Of Lies

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

February 21, 2023

Players: 8.8/10

A game with a deep plot and turn-based combat, set in the land of Vendir. The royal family makes money from slavery, and wars are common. The majority of citizens...

Gedonia 2

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Open world, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Sandbox, Exploration

April 9, 2025

Players: 7.4/10

A co-op adventure where up to 4 players explore a vibrant fantasy world. A character can be upgraded using different skills to get a unique class. Items, weapons...

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...

CHERNOBYL

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Exploration, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure shooter in the spirit of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series with an open world and a non-linear plot, the events of which unfold in the Exclusion Zone of the...

Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale

Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Adventure, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Exploration

January 19, 2023

Players: 6.5/10

The player commands a pirate fleet and tries to become the terror of the Caribbean. You can level up your character by acquiring new skills and expanding your...

Satellite Odyssey: Jupiter

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Survival horror

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Survival horror set in space, with events unfolding on a space station located on an icy moon of Jupiter. The grand opening of the complex turned into a disaster...

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...

Railborn

Adventure, Simulation, Sandbox, Trains, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.7/10

An open-world survival simulator where players customize their own train and travel through different locations. Gamers start with nothing and gradually build a...

The Twilight Project

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric survival horror inspired by the Resident Evil and Silent Hill franchises. Players find themselves in the role of a tourist lost in an abandoned...

The RPG

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration, Open world

August 7, 2025

Players: 9.7/10

A humorous RPG inspired by Skyrim, West of Loathing and Supraland, where a battle wound can be patched with a piece of bread, loot is sold by weight, and dragons...

Darkwood 2

Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Survival horror

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A sequel to the original 2017 game Darkwood , players are transported to a post-Soviet anomalous zone around the dying Aral Sea. Players must explore abandoned...

No man's Island

Crafting, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Construction, Sandbox, Adventure, Fantasy, Dungeons, Action, Role-playing game

May 4, 2023

The game takes place in an unknown world full of strange creatures, dangers and surprises. Collect resources to create items and structures that suit your survival...

Dread Dawn

Survival, Action, Shooter, Zombies, Open world, Exploration, Isometric, Construction, Crafting

October 1, 2024

Players: 4.6/10

The game takes place in an open post-apocalyptic world. The gamer explores a closed city filled with zombies. We need to gather with other survivors to defend the...

Into the Fire

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration, Old school

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Action adventure with survival elements. The main threat in the game is the deadly forces of nature - raging fires, molten lava and powerful earthquakes. The player...

Vikings Dynasty

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Sandbox about Vikings with a large open world, battles, hunting, crafting and construction. The game takes place on an archipelago with unique islands, fjords and...

Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile

Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Detective

September 25, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Detective adventure in the Agatha Christie series. The main action takes place in the 1970s. The plot tells how detectives Hercule Poirot and Jane Royce track down...

Tides of Tomorrow

Online, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Exploration

April 22, 2026

Metacritic: 74/100

A game from the creators of the adventure Road 96, the action of which takes place on the planet Elind, where a great flood occurred. You can explore floating...

Equinox: Homecoming

Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Exploration, MMO

May 8, 2025

The main character explores Alderwood Island and tries to find her missing mother. You can ride a horse and race with other players. You also need to take care of...

The Legend of Khiimori

Adventure, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration

March 3, 2026

The player explores the wild lands of 13th-century Mongolia as a brave horseman and courier. They'll have to plan routes and survive in the harsh climate. They can...

INCISION

Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Old school, Zombies

September 16, 2022

Players: 6.8/10

The game takes you to a world where reality itself has become a monstrous interweaving of flesh and metal. Corridors resemble living organs, mechanisms combine with...

Above Snakes

Sandbox, Survival, Isometric, Simulation, Open world, Crafting, Exploration, Adventure, Construction

May 25, 2023

The player creates his own world from pieces and then explores it. More than a hundred varieties of biomes and their combinations are available. To survive, you can...

Soulmask

Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

May 31, 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Fleeing from a deadly sacrificial ritual, the main character finds an ancient mystical mask. It contains knowledge that can change the world. The character explores...

ORDER 13

Adventure, Survival horror, First-person view, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural

March 10, 2025

Players: 7.7/10

The packer's cupulator in a giant warehouse, where the main task is not only to fulfill orders, but also to preserve the life of himself and his only pet. At first...

Haste

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

April 1, 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...

Empyreal

Action, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Dungeons, Exploration

May 8, 2025

Metacritic: 65/100

The game takes place on an unexplored planet where a huge Monolith was found, built by a vanished civilization. Inside are trials, secrets and discoveries that...

Truck World: Australia - First Haul

Free game, Simulation, Open world, Exploration, Business / Management, Third-person view, First-person view

June 3, 2025

Players: 6.4/10

A free prologue for Truck World: Australia, which offers the first experience of life as a truck driver in the harsh Australian climate. The road leads through the...

Whisper Mountain Outbreak

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Tactics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror

August 11, 2025

The action takes place in 1998 on the fog-shrouded Mount Bisik, where an ancient evil has awakened, forcing players to search for a way to salvation. Gamers explore...

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...

End of Eden

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

2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game is in the spirit of the Gothic series, where the main character explores the mysterious island of Eden. There are three guilds to which one can join, but...

Pyromaniac

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Survival horror

January 30, 2026

Atmospheric survival horror, where an abandoned city becomes the setting for the mysterious journey of young Nicholas. Finding himself among the cold empty streets...

Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration

March 23, 2018

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The plot tells the story of the young king Evan, in whose state a coup was carried out, and because of which he was forced to flee. Now, in the company of friends...

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Stealth, The Lord of the Rings, Third-person view, Exploration

May 25, 2023

Players: 3.4/10

Metacritic: 36/100

An atmospheric adventure about Gollum in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game tells the story of a time when a fallen hobbit wielded the One Ring. One of the...

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...

Return From Core

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Crafting

December 16, 2023

Players: 10/10

A pixel game in which you need to explore different locations and dungeons, as well as build your own camp. Using the collected resources in the settlement, you can...

Best Games in the Exploration genre