Exploration 2021 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Exploration genre

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game - a game in the Exploration genre

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 October 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 September 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...

Dreaming Sarah

Metroidvania, Puzzle, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 March 2021

Steam: 90/100

The girl Sarah got into an accident and is in a coma. You need to explore the dream world, collect objects and communicate with strange characters to help her wake...

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 September 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Kena, a young spiritual counselor, goes to a godforsaken village in search of a sacred mountain altar. She is trying to find out the secrets of a lost settlement...

Sumatra: Fate of Yandi

Point & Click, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 March 2021

Steam: 95/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows Yandi, a logging worker stranded in the Sumatran jungle after a landslide. He sets out to find his friend and...

Airborne Kingdom

Business / Management, Strategy, Steampunk, Isometric, In real time, City Building, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 November 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Airborne Kingdom is a real-time management strategy with an isometric camera in a steampunk setting. In the game you will go on a fantastic journey — fly...

Mundaun

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 2021

Steam: 93/100

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...

Happy's Humble Burger Farm

Adventure, Action, Horror, First-person view, Simulation, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Happy's Humble Burger Farm is an atmospheric horror game with simulator elements and a first-person view. In the game you will try on the role of a fast food...

Haven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 February 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Haven is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take control of the characters Yu and Kay, who have been exiled to a mysterious planet called the Source...

The Forgotten City

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events revolve around...

Praey for the Gods

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Praey for the Gods is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character will have to survive on a snowy island full of dangers and huge titans...

DEEEER Simulator

Simulation, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Shooter, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 November 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

DEEEER Simulator is a simulator of a deer, but not an ordinary one, but one capable of flying on dragons and doing many other unusual things. Deer can install...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Steampunk, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Adventure role-playing game, which is a direct sequel to Sunless Sea. The setting is not murky water-filled spaces like in Sunless Sea, but the sunlit sky. The...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 March 2021

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an adventure with stealth elements and an isometric camera view in the spaghetti western genre. Events will send you to conquer the...

The Smurfs: Mission Vileaf

Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 October 2021

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This Smurfs adventure follows a mission to save the forest from the toxic Evileaf. Created by the evil sorcerer Gargamel, the plant attracts and captures Smurfs...

Castlevania Advance Collection

Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...

Skeletal Avenger

Arcade, Roguelike, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Action, Exploration, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 September 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 82/100

Skeletal Avenger is an arcade action RPG with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. A huge arsenal of weapons and capabilities awaits you — you can...

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

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...

Aeon Drive

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Steam: 75/100

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on the role of...

Aeterna Lucis

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 December 2021

Continuation of Aeterna Noctis, but with a new character. After the events of the first part, the Queen of Light must stop the destruction of the world by...

Project Winter

Online, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 February 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Project Winter is an isometric competitive action game with survival elements for up to 8 people. In the game, you will take on the roles of survivors who will have...

The Falconeer

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 August 2021

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Falconeer is an open-world fantasy RPG featuring unconventional combat featuring aerial combat and acrobatics. The action takes place in a world called The...

Hoa

Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Wytchwood

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Crafting, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 December 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wytchwood is an amazing isometric RPG adventure set in a land of gothic fables and fairy tales. As a mysterious old witch, you'll explore a quaint village, collect...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

Away: The Survival Series

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Away: The Survival Series is an adventure simulator with a third-person view, where you take on the role of a sugar flying squirrel. The game takes place in the...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 July 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Vesper

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Vesper is an atmospheric side-scrolling platformer. A little android travels across a desert planet, where he is hunted by merciless robots. The android's weapon...

Opus Castle

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Free game, Exploration, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Opus Castle is a free-to-play indie horror adventure game with a first-person view, based on the true story of a murder that took place in the Brazilian castle of...

Omno

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

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...

Summer in Mara

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Farm Simulator, Exploration, Crafting

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 January 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Summer in Mara is an adventure action game with farmer simulator elements and a third-person view from the creators of Deiland. The game tells the story of a...

A Short Hike

Adventure, Indie, Logic, Arcade, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 November 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A Short Hike is an adventure arcade game with a top-down view. The game will take you to the expanses of the colorful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park. You...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat named Victor. He...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

Jett: The Far Shore

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Space

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 October 2021

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Jett: The Far Shore is a cinematic adventure game about world exploration. You will go on an interstellar expedition to save people haunted by oblivion. You have to...

Alchemist Adventure

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Puzzle, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2021

Steam: 71/100

Alchemist Adventure is an isometric action adventure game set in the abandoned region of Isur. Once upon a time, famous master alchemists lived here, but now only...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Indie, Adventure, Arcade, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...

Marsupilami: Hoobadventure

Side view, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 November 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This 2.5D platformer follows three Marsupilamis—Punch, Twister, and Hope—who live in Palombia. While playing on a beach, they accidentally open a sarcophagus and...

Monster Jam Steel Titans 2

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Stunts, Sports game, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 March 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 is a continuation of the crazy arcade racing game with a third-person view, where you get behind the wheel of a rampant monster truck...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2021 for PlayStation 4