Exploration
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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC
First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Detective, Survival horror, Horror, Online
Early Access: PC → 6 November 2025
Steam:
51/100
A co-op horror game about supernatural investigations, where every mission turns into a test of endurance and composure. The player assumes the role of an...
Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Science fiction, Comedy, Parkour, Exploration
Game released: PC → 11 September 2026
Steam:
83/100
A colorful platformer with a semi-open world set in the city of Yohobakoto, designed in the style of Japanese metropolises from the early 2000s. The player needs to...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Exploration, Space
Game released: PC → 15 September 2011
Players:
10/10
Steam:
67/100
This space strategy game with diplomacy elements centers on a threat to the universe. Deep in space, in the Kessari Quadrant, the player discovers an impending...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 7 February 2017
Players:
10/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Nights of Azure is a third-person action role-playing game in Japanese style. The game is developed by the creator of Fatal Frame, in which players will play as two...
Metroidvania, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Side view
Game released: PC → 25 May 2018
Players:
10/10
Steam:
83/100
Catmaze is an action adventure game in the Metroidvania genre with elements of anime and fantasy. Cats have always been the link between the worlds of Yav and Navi...
Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 17 October 2019
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
57/100
Stranded Sails — Explorers of the Cursed Islands is a top-down sandbox adventure where you, as a young adventurer, set sail on your father's exploration...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Exploration
Game released: PC → 5 November 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
67/100
Space Commander: War and Trade is a fantasy-style tactical action RPG with real-time management elements and an isometric view. You will have to create your fleet...
Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...
Horror, Survival, Exploration, First-person view, Action, Adventure, Arcade, Mysticism / Supernatural, Free game, Survival horror
Game released: PC → 1 July 2022
Players:
4.6/10
Steam:
90/100
Fungiman is a survival horror adventure with elements of exploration and mystery. You find yourself in the forest. You admire nature, beautiful flowers and mines...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, City Building, Exploration, Construction
Game released: PC → 5 November 2024; Early Access: PC → 17 January 2023
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
64/100
The game takes place in 1976 at the height of the Cold War. The gamer must build a deep-sea research center working on human cloning. It is important to monitor the...
Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Online, First-person view
Game released: PC → 2 March 2023
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
82/100
A multiplayer game in which a team of apprentices of an alchemist sorcerer explores his workshop in search of artifacts. The owner of the house locked himself in a...
Action, Online, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Construction, Crafting, Adventure, Exploration
Game in development: PC → 4 February 2027
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
The last remaining people left Earth to find a new home. The heroes of the expedition go to an uncharted planet full of wonders and dangers. The player reveals the...
Simulation, First-person view, Survival, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Horror, Survival horror, Open world
Early Access: PC → 19 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
72/100
The main character explores a mysterious foggy island where giant monsters live. You can build your base and protect it with traps and siege weapons. It is also...
Walking Simulator, First-person view, Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure, Exploration, Indie, Demons
Game released: PC → 29 March 2024
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
92/100
A horror adventure in which players travel across the Kazakh steppes and yell at a witch. One of the key features is the mechanics of fighting the witch. To do...
Side view, Science fiction, Simulation, Roguelike, Exploration, Crafting, Survival, Dungeons, Comics, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 18 July 2024
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
84/100
The game takes place in the harshest prison in the galaxy. The main character must rise through the prison hierarchy and survive to escape. When creating a...
Detective, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Adventure, Isometric, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 29 January 2025
Steam:
45/100
Action adventure in a cyberpunk setting with an isometric camera. The main action takes place in 2112, namely in the England of the future. The main character is...
