Exploration
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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: PC → 26 August 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
67/100
A dynamic action platformer based on the anime and manga "Cobra's Space Adventures". The player takes on the role of space pirate Cobra and faces a mysterious...
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Visual novel
Game in development: PC → 5 November 2026
A sequel to the adventure puzzle game where players must master the art of escape. This time, the academy becomes a full open world, with a new campus filled with...
Simulation, Futurism (Future), Educational game (Education), Sandbox, Science fiction, Online, Exploration, Space
Game released: PC → 24 February 2023
Players:
5.4/10
Steam:
25/100
Continuation of a fun sci-fi simulator based on real laws of physics. In the game you need to create a space program, build a powerful spaceship, design colonies to...
Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration
Game released: PC → 27 May 2021
Steam:
83/100
Weaving Tides is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer the wonderful world of...
Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: PC → 24 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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Science fiction, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 14 October 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
30/100
The main action takes place in a gloomy post-apocalyptic future, in which, due to a nuclear disaster, quantum anomalies began to occur and the ability to travel in...
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Walking Simulator
Game in development: PC → 2027
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...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC → 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...
Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...
Adventure, Action, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Exploration, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Fighting, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 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...
Top-down view, Crafting, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Survival, Construction, Procedural generation, Exploration
Game released: PC → 12 April 2024
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
94/100
An intro to Tinkerlands, set on magical islands. The first survivors learn to extract resources and fight opponents. You can invite characters to your settlement to...
Free game, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Casual game, Puzzle, Platformer, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 15 July 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
87/100
A free co-op adventure about two little otters. The game tells the story of a crazy initiation ceremony in which the main characters participate. The tasks are not...
Action, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Adventure, Strategy, Tactics, In real time, Exploration, Top-down view
Game released: PC → 17 July 2025
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
64/100
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...
Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Survival horror
Early Access: PC → 8 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
93/100
A cooperative horror game where a board game becomes a portal to a series of nightmares. Each roll of the dice opens a new wave of threats: from a cursed house, the...
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration, Anime / Manga
Game released: PC → 19 August 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
74/100
A remastered version of the sequel to the first Shantae, released for the Game Boy Advance, the project of which was suspended in 2004 due to problems with the...