Exploration for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 16

Future? No Thanks! - a game in the Exploration genre

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 4 September 2026

Steam: 98/100

A narrative adventure set in an open world, taking place in an eco-socialist utopia of 2045. The climate crisis has been brought under control, democracy thrives...

Sherlock Holmes: Night Stalker

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Detective, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 21 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 88/100

A detective adventure set in the gloomy atmosphere of 19th century London. On the outskirts of the city, shrouded in fog, a mysterious murder of Sir Charles...

Star Control 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 April 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Star Control 2 is a top-down action game with a dash of shooter and strategy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Accolade, Inc.. Star Control...

VVVVVV

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 January 2010

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...

Jalopy

Racing, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Simulation, First-person view, Business / Management, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Jalopy is a third-person adventure racing game set in a procedurally generated world. You have to go on a long journey in an old Laika 601 car, which always breaks...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PC → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

Snake Pass

Arcade, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Simulation, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Snake Pass is a third-person arcade puzzle game with a fantasy setting. When a mysterious villain threatens the heroes' peaceful lives, Noodle the snake and Doodle...

Pathway

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 11 April 2019

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Pathway is an amazing tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The events of the game will take you to 1936, when German military...

BitCraft Online

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Sandbox, Point & Click, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 21 June 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 71/100

Multiplayer role-playing sandbox, similar to a mix of Minecraft and Genshin Impact. The game takes place in a vast, fully editable procedurally generated...

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Shooter, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Steam: 43/100

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in a science fiction setting. 2121 Nuclear winter is coming to an end on...

VELASTER

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 14 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 88/100

An adventurous soulslike action game with a side view in a dark fantasy world, where the fates of angels, demons, and humans intertwine. The story unfolds in a...

Street Artist Simulator

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, First-person view, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Parkour, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8.8/10

Street Artist Simulator is a street artist simulator with an open world, parkour and evil cops. In the game you have to try on the role of an unusual artist who is...

Ship Graveyard Simulator

Simulation, Indie, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Crafting, Adventure

Game released: PC → 11 November 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 61/100

Ship Graveyard Simulator is an indie simulator about construction and crafting with a first-person view and adventure elements. You will visit the largest ship...

Squirrel with a Gun

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

Game released: PC → 29 August 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A humorous game in which the main role is played by a squirrel armed with a firearm. In this crazy adventure, the player takes control of this small but dangerous...

Ascend: Reborn

Free game, Action, Role-playing game, Old school, Online, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Third-person view, Slasher

Game released: PC → 30 November 2022

Steam: 77/100

Ascend: Reborn is a re-release of the 2013 fantasy role-playing game Ascend: Hand of Kul. You will play as a member of a warrior race who has sworn allegiance to...

Above Snakes

Sandbox, Survival, Isometric, Simulation, Open world, Crafting, Exploration, Adventure, Construction

Game released: PC → 25 May 2023

Steam: 73/100

The player creates his own world from pieces and then explores it. More than a hundred varieties of biomes and their combinations are available. To survive, you can...

Crow Country

Survival horror, Action, Indie, Old school, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Old school survival horror, inspired by the first Resident Evil (gameplay) and Final Fantasy (visual style). The action takes place in the early 90s. In the story...

Holidays in Khrushchevsk

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

Game released: PC → 18 January 2024

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 61/100

The main character named Sasha came to visit his sick grandmother in the town of Khrushchevsk. The character walks through locations familiar from childhood, solves...

ANIMAL WELL

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

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An old school metroidvania with a focus on exploration and puzzle solving that will require the player to think outside the box to achieve results. In the game you...

The Abandoned Planet

Puzzle, Science fiction, Hidden Objects, Space, Adventure, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 29 August 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 94/100

An atmospheric adventure game that immerses the player in the world of a mysterious and forgotten planet. As the player explores abandoned ruins and wild...

Fear the Spotlight

Adventure, Survival horror, Third-person view, Stealth, Exploration, Action, Old school, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 October 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character Vivian, together with her friend Amy, decides to have a seance at Sunnyside School, but the situation gets out of control. Vivian finds herself...

Bushcraft Simulator

Action, Adventure, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Survival, Exploration, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An exciting journey through the wild, where survival depends only on your own skills and decisions. The game features a vast open world that challenges the ability...

UNDERWARD

Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Procedural generation, Futurism (Future), Online, Stealth, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 5 February 2025

Players: 7/10

Steam: 72/100

Cooperative horror for survival for 1-4 players, in which researchers descend into the depths of an abandoned underground hospital. Their goal is to find and endure...

The Age of Bhaarat

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

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...

Fish Hunters: Most Lethal Fishing Simulator

Action, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Exploration, Open world, Online, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 January 2026

Steam: 58/100

A fun adventure where fishing turns into a real action. Alone or in a company of up to four people, you can go hunting for more than 140 species of fish: from...

Supraworld

Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Comedy, Exploration, Metroidvania

Early Access: PC → 15 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A colorful first-person Metroidvania with a unique style. The action takes place in a miniature "toy" world, where the player, being the size of a figurine...

Orken

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A young warrior named Koltek must gather allies and venture into uncharted lands to catch up with the kidnappers of his best friend. In battles, the main character...

Too Deep To Quit

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Comedy, Exploration, Online

Game in development: PC → 2026

Cooperative adventure about expeditions to cursed temples, where each expedition turns into a risky hunt for ancient artifacts. A company of adventurers descends...

Mother Zina

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

A psychological horror-thriller from the first-person perspective, set in the post-Soviet space. The main character is a foreign journalist who has come to Russia...

D-topia

Adventure, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

An adventure puzzle about the future, where artificial intelligence has taken on the care of human happiness. At the center of the utopian community is a new...

Gate Zero

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Historical, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2027

An adventure action game that combines dynamic battles, exploration, puzzles, and a story that depends on decisions. The action begins in the dystopian year 2072...

Dragon Shelter

Adventure, Simulation, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy, Farm Simulator, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 24 September 2026

Steam: 70/100

A cozy fantasy life simulator about restoring an abandoned farm and bringing harmony back to a town where people have long lost their connection with magical...

Facing the Rain

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Free game, Old school, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 December 2024

Steam: 100/100

An adventure RPG without combat, where much depends on the choices you make. You play as Billy, a young woman working her first job as a maid at a hotel in the...

Way to the Woods

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 8/10

Way to the Woods is a third-person adventure game developed by sixteen-year-old Anthony Tan. The game tells a cute story about the journey of a fawn and his mother...

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

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

Game released: PC → 17 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...

Tell Me Why

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tell Me Why is a new project from the creators of Life is Strange, which will tell about the study of the difficult childhood of two twins. Tyler and Alison Ronan...

Forest Ranger Simulator

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

Early Access: PC → 24 April 2023; Game released: PC → 19 June 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 35/100

A realistic forester simulator in which you need to save the forest by any means possible. As you progress, the hero tries to clear a vast area of all kinds of...

Seed of Life

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Action, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 August 2021

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Seed of Life is an adventure puzzle platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the amazing planet Lumia, whose...

Luna Abyss

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 21 May 2026

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A dark narrative shooter with a first-person view. The story unfolds in an abandoned colony built deep within the Moon. The player will take on the role of a...

Riven

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 June 2024

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Remake of the original 1997 quest Riven: The Sequel to Myst . The remake features modern graphics and controls. The events of the game take place in the world of...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC