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Action, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Procedural generation, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 1 April 2024

Players: 8.2/10

A cooperative horror puzzle game in the spirit of Lethal Company. The game is about a group of bloggers trying to get viral on the local equivalent of YouTube. To...

Sunkenland

Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 26 August 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.2/10

An open world survival simulator. The game takes place in the near future, when glaciers have melted and global warming has submerged most of the land. As players...

Atomic Heart - Enchantment Under the Sea

DLC, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Combat robots, Exploration, Science fiction, Action, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 28 January 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Major Sergei Nechaev returns to Enterprise 3826, where he ends up at the Neptune underwater research center. There he will meet new opponents and unlock new weapons...

Fatekeeper

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

Early Access: PC → 2 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028

Players: 10/10

A fantasy role-playing game where it's not just the power of a sword or spell that matters, but how they combine. In this world, every encounter requires a...

The Casting of Frank Stone

Adventure, Action, Horror, Exploration, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 3 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A story-driven game in the Dead by Daylight universe. The game takes place in the town of Cedar Hills, where Frank Stone once committed many horrific crimes at...

Sonic Frontiers

Action, Third-person view, Adventure, Open world, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Sonic Frontiers is a continuation of the classic action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. Doctor Eggman once again strives...

StarRupture

Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 6 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7.1/10

A co-op game where characters explore a mysterious planet torn apart by repeated disasters. It is possible to build a complex industrial system to extract...

Dinkum

Online, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC → 23 April 2025

A colorful farming simulator in which players explore the tropical eucalyptus forests and scorching deserts of an island inspired by the wild Australian outback. As...

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 31 October 2024

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

An updated version of Horizon Zero Dawn with redesigned graphics and improved features, bringing it closer to the level of Horizon Forbidden West. The game...

Forever Skies

Role-playing game, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open world, Crafting, Indie

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2023; Game released: PC → 14 April 2025

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on Earth destroyed by an environmental disaster. To survive and understand what happened, the hero collects resources, fights dangers, searches...

Outbound

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Game released: PC → 11 May 2026

Metacritic: 66/100

A survival simulator in an open world, the main feature of which is the main character’s van, which must be improved by adding various mechanisms to it. The player...

Syberia - Remastered

Adventure, Puzzle, Steampunk, Exploration

Game released: PC → 6 November 2025

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

A remaster of the cult adventure Syberia with updated graphics, reworked gameplay and the same atmosphere that made the original a...

Journey to the Savage Planet

Adventure, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 28 January 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A vibrant action adventure in an open world. At the direction of the Kindred Aerospace corporation, the hero is sent to a distant planet. He will have to explore...

One Piece Odyssey

Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Open world, Comedy, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 January 2023

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

During their journey, the Straw Hat Pirates, led by Monkey D. Luffy, are caught in a strong sea storm. They find themselves on a mysterious island and set off on a...

Amnesia: The Bunker

Horror, First-person view, Action, Open world, Stealth, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Adventure

Game released: PC → 6 June 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game takes place during the First World War. French soldier Henri Clément finds himself locked in an abandoned military bunker, where something sinister lives...

Soulmask

Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 31 May 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Fleeing from a deadly sacrificial ritual, the main character finds an ancient mystical mask. It contains knowledge that can change the world. The character explores...

Everwind

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 17 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 6.7/10

A cooperative role-playing sandbox, the action of which takes place among islands floating in the sky. Players explore endless procedurally generated locations...

Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school, Collection

Game released: PC → 14 February 2025

VGTimes: 5.3/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Remasters of the original Lara Croft games. The collection includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: The Angel of...

Hail to the Rainbow

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 November 2025

Players: 9/10

A dark cyberpunk action game in the spirit of Half-Life 2. A young guy Ignat is trying to survive in post-apocalyptic Russia and solve a mystery. Having lost his...

INDUSTRIA 2

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 29 April 2026

Direct continuation of INDUSTRIA about a girl who ended up in a steampunk Berlin from another universe. Several years later, Nora tries to return home from the...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: PC → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 20 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028

Players: 7.6/10

Space roglite shooter with co-op for up to four people in the Deep Rock Galactic series. Players explore the abandoned mines of the planet Hawkses-4 to get to the...

Cairn

Adventure, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 29 January 2026

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A game from the authors Furi and Haven about an experienced climber Aava. You need to climb mountains and maintain balance so as not to fall down. On the way to...

Kong: Survivor Instinct

Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration, Platformer, Action

Game released: PC → 22 October 2024

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Adventure Metroidvania based on King Kong. The game tells the story of oil rig worker David as he tries to find his daughter in a collapsing city. To save his...

VEIN

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2029

Players: 8.8/10

Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...

Smalland: Survive the Wilds

Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Survival, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Construction, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 29 March 2023

Players: 8/10

The game takes place in the fantasy world of "shorties" who are trying to expand the territory of their peoples in a wild, unforgiving and ever-changing world...

Esoteric Ebb

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Exploration

Game released: PC → 3 March 2026

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The city of Norwik is preparing for the first elections, and everything goes awry-someone just blew up a tea shop. In the role of a priest, bureaucrat and expert on...

Slender: The Arrival

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2013; Early Access: PC → 26 March 2013

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...

Meltopia

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 1 May 2026

A minimalist adventure in a cold world, hidden beneath endless layers of snow and ice. Exploration is built around warmth: using a special cannon, the player...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 20 May 2025

Players: 6.5/10

An improved version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the developers have updated the graphics and visual effects. The plot tells about a character...

Ultros

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

Game released: PC → 13 February 2024

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character comes to his senses in a certain sarcophagus floating in space. The character explores areas of the ship and fights alien creatures to uncover...

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Stealth, The Lord of the Rings, Third-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 May 2023

Players: 3.4/10

Metacritic: 36/100

An atmospheric adventure about Gollum in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game tells the story of a time when a fallen hobbit wielded the One Ring. One of the...

Under The Waves

Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 August 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Set in the 1970s in the depths of the North Sea, professional diver Stan struggles to overcome the loss that has turned his life upside down and embrace a new...

Frontier Legends

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 29 May 2026; Game released: PC → 2026

A survival game set in the Wild West, where players will gather resources, engage in crafting, set up ranches, tame horses, explore abandoned mines, ruins, and...

Lightyear Frontier

First-person view, Sandbox, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 19 March 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Sandbox with an open world and elements of a farm simulator. Players build their own home on a distant planet on the edge of the galaxy. The huge robot will help...

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator

Simulation, Open world, Third-person view, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 March 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Taxi simulator in an open world. During the course of the game, players not only transport passengers, but also develop their own company. Features include the...

Winter Survival

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 6 March 2024; Game released: PC → 19 November 2025

Players: 7.8/10

Players try to survive in harsh winter conditions and wait for rescue. The plot is based on real events: a plane crash in the Andes in 1972, after which survivors...

COCOON

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 29 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

The game is a puzzle game in which gamers can manipulate worlds made in the form of spheres. Features include unique gameplay mechanics and a mysterious setting...

The Knight Witch

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

Game released: PC → 29 November 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...

Anno 1404

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Online, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Historical, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 26 July 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Anno 1404 — real-time exploration strategy for multiple players in a medieval setting. Classic city building...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC