Exploration
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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: PC → 5 October 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a new game in the Assassin's Creed stealth-action series, set in Ancient Greece. Take fate into your own hands and write your own epic...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Exploration
Game released: PC → 26 April 2023
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Adventure role-playing action game from the creators of Genshin Impact. The game tells the story of the passengers of the space train "Astral Express". The player...
Action, Adventure, Online, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 14 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
87/100
Cooperative PvE adventure in a world of pirates, pioneers, and treasure hunters. The game combines a classic formula of building, crafting, and battles with...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world, Survival
Game released: PC → 31 August 2007
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Post-apocalyptic shooter with role-playing elements and first-person view. The events take place in an alternative universe, where on April 12, 2006 at 14:33, an...
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Survival horror
Game released: PC → 23 October 2026
Steam:
85/100
The game takes place in the late 80s in an alternative USSR. The story tells of a cybernetic scientist who lost his wife and daughter after the Chernobyl disaster...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 18 April 2024; Game in development: PC → March 2027
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
86/100
Game from the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. King Harold is dying, and his power passes to his son Magnus. The plague...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 13 December 2013; Game released: PC → 25 July 2024
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
41/100
Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...
Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, DLC, Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 2 August 2023
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
70/100
The expansion tells about the events after the ending of Atomic Heart. Major Sergey Nechaev embarks on a journey through the "Mendeleev" complex and the...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 10 September 2026
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
87/100
The locals behave unusually, ancient entities watch from the shadows, and the news becomes more absurd with each passing day. The game combines elements of life...
Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Puzzle
Game released: PC → 28 July 2025
Players:
7/10
Steam:
93/100
An adventure puzzle-horror game based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The main character is a blacksmith who has never seen any grief, who sets off to...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 9 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
71/100
The game takes place in 2035. A certain cataclysm turned the planet into a frozen wasteland. The gamer, alone or in co-op, is trying to survive in this harsh world...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: PC → 3 March 2016
VGTimes:
5.7/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A free multiplayer open-world RPG with a focus on dynamic battles. In it, you will create your own hero using one of the most advanced customization systems...
DLC, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Combat robots, Exploration, Science fiction, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 28 January 2025
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
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...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Horror, First-person view, Action, Open world, Stealth, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Adventure, Survival horror
Game released: PC → 6 June 2023
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
94/100
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...
Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Open world
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
8.9/10
A cooperative game set on a post-apocalyptic European continent. The mission is to search for and contain paranormal phenomena hidden from the public eye. You have...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PC → 15 May 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
59/100
Metacritic:
72/100
In the addition, Henry will meet a mysterious artist who is trying to find inspiration and become one of the greatest masters of his time. You can find him in...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Exploration, Old school, Survival
Game released: PC → 30 September 2026
VGTimes:
5.8/10
Steam:
40/100
A post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat, set in a world that has lost all memory of its own past. The protagonist wakes up with no memories and...
