Exploration
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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for PlayStation 4
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 June 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
86/100
A storyline expansion that continues the adventures of Dave and his team beyond the familiar ocean depths. This time, the explorers venture into the heart of the...
Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Detective, Walking Simulator, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 July 2015
Players:
7/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
80/100
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...
Adventure, First-person view, Role-playing game, Open world, Exploration, Comedy, Science fiction, Action
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 March 2023
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
74/100
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...
Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2020
Steam:
95/100
An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, In real time, Exploration, Crafting, Turn-based, Puzzle
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2020
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure viewed from the third person, which is a sequel to Atelier Ryza: Ever...
Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 December 2022
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a surreal...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 March 2018
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
82/100
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...
Side view, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Metroidvania
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2020
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
37/100
Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...
Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Shooter, Third-person view, Space, Crafting, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Science fiction, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 May 2025
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A cooperative game in which the heroes explore distant planets, where they study the environment. There are plants to scan, creatures to capture, lakes to swim in...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 July 2017
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is an action-adventure action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will play as the main character who is...
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure, Historical, Exploration
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 March 2022
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
68/100
The complete edition of the role-playing action game Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which includes the original game and expansions Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath...
Adventure, Action, Exploration, Third-person view, Slasher, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 March 2025
Steam:
73/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 May 2025
Steam:
92/100
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...
