Exploration

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

May 7, 2026

Metacritic: 62/100

The protagonist sets sail on a yacht to find his missing son and unravel family secrets. He is a lighthouse keeper who abandons his home island after receiving...

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...

SKALD: Against the Black Priory

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy

May 31, 2024

A pixel game set in a dark fantasy world. The player leads a squad of broken heroes and fights in turn-based battles using dice. There are different classes...

Anno 1404

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Online, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Historical, Medieval era

July 26, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Anno 1404 — real-time exploration strategy for multiple players in a medieval setting. Classic city building...

SCP: Secret Files

Indie, Exploration, Simulation, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view, Role-playing game, Adventure

September 13, 2022

Players: 10/10

SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation. You take a job as a research assistant and go through an induction program that will...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie

January 25, 2019

Players: 9.7/10

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

Inside the Backrooms

Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Survival horror

June 20, 2022

Players: 5.8/10

A co-op game in which gamers explore various utility rooms and solve puzzles. The team's goal is to find a way out and escape. In locations you can encounter...

Mirthwood

Fantasy, Medieval era, Open world, Simulation, Role-playing game, Exploration, Sandbox, Crafting

November 6, 2024

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A life simulator with a living open world, a huge number of random events and skill leveling. The world consists of six diverse regions and three large cities. In...

Space Prison

Side view, Science fiction, Simulation, Roguelike, Exploration, Crafting, Survival, Dungeons

July 18, 2024

Players: 8.5/10

The game takes place in the harshest prison in the galaxy. The main character must rise through the prison hierarchy and survive to escape. When creating a...

Dust & Diesel: Deadland Delivery

Action, Racing, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Exploration, Open world

2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.7/10

Post-apocalyptic car simulator about cargo transportation in the open world. The game takes place in the Deadlands wasteland, which is inhabited by raiders. Players...

Poveglia: The Island of Non Return

Exploration, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural

December 21, 2024

The game takes place in one of the darkest places in Italy. The main character is former private detective William Miller, who takes on his latest case. The...

Space Engineers 2

Simulation, Action, Sandbox, Adventure, Exploration, Third-person view, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world, Science fiction

January 27, 2025

Training simulator, whose events develop in outer space. In the game, it is necessary to design, build and serve spaceships. As you pass, you can build space...

PHASE ZERO

Action, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Oldskoyal horror for survival in the spirit of the first parts of Resident Evil. The main action unfolds in 1994 in the post-industrial port city of Flint Pick, in...

Hela: of Mice & Magic

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Open world

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A cozy adventure about a small but very brave mouse who sets out on a journey to save the life of his mistress. A kind sorceress has fallen ill, and her familiar...

Beholgar 2

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Demons, Metroidvania, Gothic

December 1, 2025

Players: 5.4/10

Old-school metroidvania, inspired by projects from the 90s for Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. During the gameplay, players will explore a...

Mutter

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Exploration, Fantasy

2026

An atmospheric adventure game with elements of exploration and puzzles, set in the English countryside of 1940. The player controls a nine-year-old boy, Maddox...

D-topia

Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration

July 14, 2026

Metacritic: 72/100

An adventure puzzle about the future, where artificial intelligence has taken on the care of human happiness. At the center of the utopian community is a new...

[Chilla's Art] Parasocial

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

August 25, 2023

A psychological horror about a Japanese streamer whose life gradually becomes more and more unsettling. The realistic environment and believable atmosphere create a...

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...

Miniland Adventure

Top-down view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

April 10, 2023

Players: 5.5/10

An exciting sandbox in which you can build your own world from scratch. The player assembles a world from pieces of the biome, gradually increasing his territory...

Void Crew

Adventure, Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Science fiction, Futurism (Future), Space

September 7, 2023

Players: 8.5/10

The future has arrived, and humanity must unite to survive the fight against a mysterious enemy — the Devastated. And only players, in a team of up to 4 brave...

Wildmender

Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Sandbox, Crafting, Simulation, Exploration

September 28, 2023

Players: 9.6/10

A colorful co-op game in which gamers grow a garden in the desert. The heroes explore locations to learn the secrets of ancient civilization and find new plants...

Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story

Top-down view, Sandbox, Farm Simulator, Crafting, Fantasy, Exploration

February 21, 2024

Metacritic: 76/100

Spin-off League of Legends in the spirit of Stardew Valley. The game's action takes place in a mysterious world inhabited by miniature creatures called...

Graveyard Shift

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

December 2, 2023

A dark game about cemetery security guard Gary, who, during his night shift, encounters supernatural things that threaten his life. The hero hears strange sounds...

Bendy: Secrets of the Machine

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

April 14, 2024

Players: 9/10

Free standalone horror game in the Bendy series. Players are sent to explore an old building where they must throw cans of soup and beans at certain objects to...

M.I.N.S.K.

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival horror

2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.3/10

Atmospheric post -apocalyptic adventure about the robot that examines the toxic ruins of the city. According to the plot, he is the last hope of his creator, who is...

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...

Astrobotanica

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Survival, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

February 16, 2026

Players: 7.5/10

The events unfold on a prehistoric Earth, where the story of the alien botanist Xel unfolds among glaciers and primitive creatures. His ship crashed, and now the...

DreadOut Remastered Collection

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

January 16, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

A collection of remasters of two iconic Indonesian horror games — DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. The games feature an improved lighting system with...

Backrooms Lost Runners

Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Survival horror

June 17, 2026

Cooperative horror, where the endless corridors of Backrooms turn into a survival challenge, and teamwork becomes the main chance to escape. Together with other...

DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain

Action, Adventure, Horror, Roguelike, Side view, Survival, Exploration

July 21, 2026

A dark adventure game with survival elements, where you will explore the sunken ruins of the Bottomless Abyss, inhabited by ancient idols and mutated creatures. At...

The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

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

March 7, 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Reissue of the 2019 role-playing game The Outer Worlds. The events of the game unfold in an alternate reality, in a world where corporatocracy has triumphed...

Svarog's Dream

Open world, Action, Role-playing game, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy, Exploration

December 4, 2023

Players: 7.8/10

The main action takes place in a fantasy setting inspired by ancient Slavic myths and legends. There is a fierce war between the gods. The main character will be...

Forgotten Seas

Survival, Third-person view, Adventure, Action, Exploration, Open world, Sandbox, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Online

June 7, 2024

Players: 6.7/10

Pirate survival simulator in an open world with a third-person view. Players alone or with other gamers will be able to sail ships, explore islands, build bases...

Escape First Alchemist

Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Online, First-person view

March 2, 2023

Players: 8.7/10

A multiplayer game in which a team of apprentices of an alchemist sorcerer explores his workshop in search of artifacts. The owner of the house locked himself in a...

Pseudoregalia

Metroidvania, Platformer, Third-person view, Action, Exploration, Fantasy, Old school

July 28, 2023

Players: 7.7/10

The main character is Sybil, who finds herself in a dream world and is trying to find a way out. She explores Sansa's mysterious castle — a gloomy place with...

Homeless

Horror, Survival horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

August 4, 2024

Players: 10/10

Atmospheric horror set in Brooklyn in the 1990s. The main character is a certain Albert, who works as a security guard in the subway. One day during his night...

Out of Sight

Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Puzzle, Indie,

March 10, 2021

A laid-back, unobtrusive hidden object game where players can relax and explore colorful, picturesque locations with a lo-fi soundtrack. The game features...

Dust Raiders

Action, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Adventure, Strategy, Tactics, In real time, Exploration, Top-down view

July 17, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

A post-apocalyptic strategy game where you need to survive in the wastelands. Players, driving a car, can explore the post-apocalyptic world, fight gangs of raiders...

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...

Best Games in the Exploration genre