Exploration for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 2

Trifox - a game in the Exploration genre

Arcade, Isometric, Platformer, Shooter, Adventure, Action, Comedy, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 November 2022

An action-adventure platformer where players, in the role of a fearless hero, try to pass trials and save the hero's home from a deadly invasion. As you progress...

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view, Exploration, Remake

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A remake of the colorful Disney Epic Mickey for Wii in 2010. Mickey Mouse embarks on an epic journey across the Wasteland, the realm of forgotten Disney characters...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2025

Players: 7.5/10

An updated version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, which has improved textures, lighting, reflections and much more. The main character is Major Degtyarev, who...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - Enhanced Edition

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2025

Players: 6.5/10

An updated version of the post-apocalyptic game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. The developers have improved the graphics and various effects. The main character is a...

The Thing: Remastered

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 December 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Re-release of the shooter Thing (2002) . The game is a direct sequel to John Carpenter's cult horror "The Thing". The shooter's plot starts immediately after the...

Rue Valley

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 November 2025

Metacritic: 70/100

An adventure role-playing game in the spirit of Disco Elysium, in which the main character gets stuck in a time loop along with people with a difficult fate. The...

Nova Lands

Construction, Business / Management, Action, Top-down view, Crafting, Sandbox, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 June 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The hero finds himself on a colorful planet full of secrets, amazing creatures, people and interesting activities. His task is to build a new house using automation...

Little Kitty, Big City

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 May 2025

Players: 8/10

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...

Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 September 2023

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

In the small province of Ennakamuy, on the border of the great Yamato Empire, there lived a young man with his mother and sister. One day, at the behest of a local...

Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 January 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...

Kona 2: Brume

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 October 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...

Rebel Transmute

Metroidvania, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 March 2024

The main character sets off on a dangerous journey to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance. You can learn abilities that change your playing style to a...

The Mortuary Assistant

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 August 2024

Players: 7.1/10

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...

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Adventure, Action, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Slasher, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 February 2025

Metacritic: 82/100

Adventure action game set in the Yakuza universe and a direct sequel to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, however, the plot is dedicated to Goro Majima. The hero is...

Jack Move

Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 September 2022

Metacritic: 75/100

Jack Move is a top-down cyberpunk adventure JRPG. Her name is Noah Solares, she is a legendary hacker whose name is spoken only in whispers on the streets. Even...

Monster Hunter Stories

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 June 2024

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The main character and his friends, Cheval and Lilia, are looking for a monster egg. They find a nest with one of them, and Rathalos hatches from it, who almost...

Clock Tower: Rewind

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 October 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...

Mineko's Night Market

Adventure, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 October 2023

Metacritic: 66/100

The main character is an inquisitive girl named Mineko, who has just moved to a new home on a hapless Japanese island at the foot of Mount Fugu. Superstitious...

Exophobia

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Exploration, Metroidvania, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2024

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...

Mundaun

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

An atmospheric horror adventure set in a remote alpine village. The main character, a young man named Kurt, goes there to find out the circumstances of the...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

The Forest Quartet

Puzzle, Isometric, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 December 2022

Metacritic: 71/100

A narrative puzzle game about the ghost of a dead singer. The player must visit several locations to gather all the band members for the farewell concert. Each...

Omno

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Logic, Indie, Platformer, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

Omno is a third-person, open-world puzzle-platformer adventure game. In the game you will go to conquer the ancient world of wonders with many interesting riddles...

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Role-playing game, Exploration, Dungeons, Turn-based, Fantasy, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 May 2024

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...

Hauntii

Adventure, Action, Exploration, Isometric

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 May 2024

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The main character is a naive but brave ghost named Honti, who tirelessly tries to find answers to his questions. A mysterious race of luminous beings known as the...

EBOLA VILLAGE

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 January 2026

Players: 6.8/10

A dark game inspired by classic survival horror games from the 90s, set in Russia. The main character named Maria is investigating mysterious events in the village...

PAW Patrol World

Adventure, Online, Exploration, Sandbox, Action, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2023

Players: 5.5/10

A fun adventure with a squad of puppies with super powers. The Paw Patrol Day Festival is almost here. Everyone in Adventure Bay is already excited. Everyone except...

Edge of Sanity

Survival horror, Exploration, Action, Crafting, Detective, Adventure, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 September 2024

Players: 10/10

A hand-drawn 2D psychological survival horror game set in the ruthless wilds of Alaska with the intense atmosphere of the Cthulhu Mythos. The main character is a...

Submerged: Hidden Depths

Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Survival, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 March 2022

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Submerged: Hidden Depths is the continuation of the atmospheric third-person adventure Submerged. You will explore a mysterious flooded city with Miku and Taku...

Neon Blood

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 November 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...

Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 July 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The events of the game unfold 5 years after the original Oxenfree. Due to an accidentally opened portal, a temporal rift has occurred in the world, and now a cult...

Postal 2 Redux

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

Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Sunset Hills

Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2024

Players: 5.5/10

The game takes place in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. After the army, the main character named Niko became a writer and went on a train journey. In...

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 October 2024

Players: 8/10

A direct sequel to the original The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation. The game has many secrets and riddles that the player solves as the story progresses. The game...

Farlands

Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Science fiction, Casual game, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game in development: PlayStation 4 → 2026

Colorful sandbox in the spirit of Stardew Valley. The player gets an entire planet at their disposal, which the character buys at a very favorable price. The main...

Catmaze

Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 September 2022

Players: 10/10

Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...

Bluey: The Videogame

Casual game, Adventure, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 November 2023

Players: 10/10

An educational game for boys and girls of all ages, based on the animated series Bluey. Bluey and his family explore colorful locations, collect items for a sticker...

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 March 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

The story of the journey in which Yumi and her companions are faced with their own memories and continue to go forward, despite the tests. The world of the game is...

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 May 2025

Metacritic: 84/100

A colorful role-playing game where everything revolves around freedom of choice and a variety of activities. In the game, you can choose from 14 professions...

Bilkins' Folly

Adventure, Exploration, Indie, Top-down view, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 October 2023

The main character is a young adventurer traveling across the islands in search of ancient temples with ruins, treasures and various unusual artifacts. The game has...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for PlayStation 4