Exploration for PlayStation 5 — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 5

Eternal Strands - a game in the Exploration genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 28 January 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character is the young and fearless Brynn, who is determined to return home to her people. She has many powerful spells and an entire arsenal of magical...

The Age of Bhaarat

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Fantasy

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

A fantasy game set in ancient India. The main character defends his homeland from the invasion of demons, using traditional weapons, powerful artifacts and the...

Empyreal

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 May 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...

Dark Quest 4

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 5 November 2025

Step-by-step adventure in the spirit of classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, where a party of heroes descends into dark dungeons filled with traps, monsters...

Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch

Action, Adventure, Sports game, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 3 November 2022

Cozy ranch simulator with an open world, where horseback riding, racing, horse breeding, and developing your own farm combine with exploring Emerald Valley. Riding...

Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

Sandbox, Adventure, Top-down view, Construction, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Exploration, Strategy, In real time

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 May 2025

A colorful strategy in the automation genre. Players go to explore a fairy-tale world inhabited by hard-working creatures — sparks. With the help of these...

PAW Patrol: Dino World

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 July 2026

A colorful adventure in a bright world of dinosaurs, where the beloved heroes of "Paw Patrol" go to help ancient creatures in danger. After Mayor Humdinger scared...

Awaken - Astral Blade

Role-playing game, Action, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy, Exploration, Metroidvania, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 October 2024

Players: 7.5/10

The main character is a certain Loretta, who is called upon to defeat demons and save the world. Among the features of the game are a wide selection of weapon...

Kona 2: Brume

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Wayward Strand

Adventure, Exploration, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 September 2022

Metacritic: 80/100

Wayward Strand is a narrative exploration game with humor and adventure. It's the summer of 1978, and Casey Beaumaris is doing everything to make this vacation the...

The Knight Witch

Side view, Metroidvania, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Exploration, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 December 2022

Metacritic: 79/100

The Knight Witch is a fast-paced Metroidvania adventure with shooter elements, set in a hand-drawn world. The game tells about witch knights who are trying to repel...

Rebel Transmute

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Koira

Adventure, Casual game, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 1 April 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

The adventure, whose main character travels through the musical forest with a puppy. You need to get acquainted with the local inhabitants and solve puzzles to find...

Redemption of Liuyin

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

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

The story takes place in a world devastated by wars over fragments of a mystical spirit capable of healing and restoring life. The slaves of greed have unleashed...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - Mysteria Ecclesiae

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 11 November 2025

Metacritic: 85/100

A story expansion that takes the action to the gloomy Sedlec Monastery, engulfed in a deadly epidemic. An atmosphere of anxiety and despair permeates every hall of...

Gylt

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 July 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is a little girl, Sally, who one day, fleeing from a group of bullies, finds herself in a distorted version of her city, where her fears and...

Cosmonious High

Virtual Reality (VR), Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Sandbox, Exploration, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Cosmonious High is an exciting adventure sandbox with a first-person view in a science fiction setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve...

Dracula: The Disciple

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Fantasy

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2027

An adventure game from the first person perspective with elements of mysticism, horror, and puzzles, set in the gloomy castle of Count Dracula. The main character...

Voidling Bound

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A science fiction role-playing action game where battles are combined with the cultivation and development of mysterious creatures known as voidlings. The action...

Arctic Awakening

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 18 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 61/100

The game takes place in the harsh Arctic of 2062. The main character is an airplane pilot who suffered a disaster and was left alone with his drone. He is trying to...

The Axis Unseen

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 December 2025

The player takes on the role of a monster hunter from ancient legends. To find them, you need to look for smells and traces of blood, and also take into account the...

Aztech Forgotten Gods

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 March 2022

Metacritic: 58/100

Aztech Forgotten Gods is an adventure platformer with elements of exploration and a third-person view. Together with young Achtli, you will have to fight the...

Terra Memoria

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 27 March 2024

Six heroes travel through a vibrant fantasy world. The characters must find out the reason for the attack of the ancient machines. As they progress, the heroes...

Herdling

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 August 2025

Metacritic: 73/100

Atmospheric adventure from the creators of FAR: Lone Sails. The main character embarks on a grand Alpine expedition with a herd of cute animals, climbing a...

Lost Islands

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Online, Exploration, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 8 November 2023

A survival RPG with an open world to explore. The player gets his own food and looks for supplies to create various items. For example, to explore dark dungeons...

My Little Puppy

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 May 2026

A touching adventure game about Corgi named Bon-Gu, who, after death, found peace in a dog paradise. However, the once familiar smell of the beloved owner calls him...

The Florist

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Survival horror

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

The protagonist goes to a small town to deliver a bouquet of flowers. The settlement is engulfed in an unknown plague that turns people into monsters. She must...

Wolfhound

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Metroidvania

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Old-school metroidvania with a side view, set on a mysterious island in the Bermuda Triangle, where a secret Nazi base is hidden. The player takes on the role of...

Cairn - On the Trail: Deep Water

Adventure, DLC, Third-person view, Indie, Free game, Survival, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026

The free expansion expands the world of Cairn with new locations and challenges, allowing you to search for optimal paths, master unfamiliar routes, and follow...

Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Phantom Blade: Executioners

Adventure, Action, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Exploration, Metroidvania, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 2 November 2023

Players: 9.3/10

A dynamic game in which the gamer can make decisions that change the course of events. Various combinations of Phantoms' skills and powers are used in battles. They...

Exophobia

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

HappyFunland

Virtual Reality (VR), Horror, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 March 2024

A game for virtual reality glasses in which the gamer explores a dark amusement park. Once upon a time, terrible events took place here, but now the place is...

Carmen Sandiego

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 4 March 2025

Metacritic: 70/100

The main character is the greatest thief in the world, who must track down a criminal syndicate before it can carry out its next big heist. Missions will take place...

The Origin: Blind Maid

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 May 2024

A dark horror adventure in which the story of sin and punishment intertwines with an ancient evil. The protagonist is a corrupt politician hiding from justice in...

Tortuga: A Pirate's Tale

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 31 January 2024

Metacritic: 75/100

The boy Nunu and the yeti Willump set off on a journey through the icy expanses of Freljord. A young hero is looking for his missing mother. While wandering through...

Mundaun

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

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 29 June 2023

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...

NAIAD

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 December 2024

A relaxing adventure with minimalistic graphics. The main character, named Naiad, floats down a mysterious river and interacts with animals and plants to get to the...

Athenian Rhapsody

Role-playing game, Action, Exploration, Comedy, Tactics, Adventure, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 May 2024

A humorous game in which the main character explores the world of Athens. The gamer must create a unique story by making important decisions. There are 16...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for PlayStation 5