Exploration
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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Role-playing game
Early Access: PC → 29 May 2026; Game released: PC → 2026
Steam:
41/100
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...
Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Roguelike, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Strategy
Game released: PC → 25 June 2026
Steam:
31/100
An unusual roguelike game set within a living medieval manuscript. The story tells of a loyal horse who lost its master in battle and took up arms to continue his...
Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration
Game released: PC → 25 July 2019
Steam:
95/100
An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...
Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration
Game in development: PC → 10 March 2027
A narrative adventure with elements of time management, life simulation, and horror from the creator of The Cat Lady, Downfall , and Lorelai. The main character...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration, Post-apocalyptic
Early Access: PC → 9 December 2016
Steam:
73/100
Exoplanet: First Contact is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a space western setting. The game will tell the story of the brave adventurer Jack...
Business / Management, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Isometric, In real time, Simulation, Exploration
Game released: PC → 11 May 2021
Players:
2/10
Steam:
36/100
Base One — the events of the game take place in the future, where a huge wormhole destroyed part of the moon, and a wave of natural destruction swept across...
Adventure, Action, First-person view, Simulation, Survival, Open world, Sandbox, Exploration, Crafting, Casual game, City Building
Game released: PC → 12 October 2023
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
79/100
A survival simulator in a prehistoric setting. The main character is a primitive architect who develops his tribe and takes care of the inhabitants. In...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Third-person view, Simulation, Open world, Sandbox, Construction, Crafting, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 29 April 2022; Game released: PC → 10 March 2023
Steam:
70/100
An exciting sandbox about ships and sea adventures. Features include realistic physics simulation and ocean simulation. The game will allow you to unleash your...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Casual game, Walking Simulator
Game released: PC → 28 October 2022
Steam:
86/100
Jotunn — Day of Judgment is a free first-person horror game with exploration elements, in which the goal is to escape from the mysterious Scandinavian forest...
First-person view, Sandbox, Construction, Casual game, Clicker, Crafting, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 16 October 2023
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
93/100
A colorful clicker game with base building. As players progress, they create, collect and manage resources, build their base, and purchase more islands to explore...
Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies, Exploration
Game released: PC → 23 July 2024; The project is closed: PC → 30 September 2024
Steam:
56/100
Post-apocalyptic MMO survival shooter. Events take players to a world affected by a virus that has turned most of the planet's population into zombies. The shooter...
Action, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Procedural generation
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
7.3/10
The game takes place in a frozen world after a nuclear disaster. The main character is a polar explorer and engineer who finds himself in extreme conditions. To...
Tactics, Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Top-down view, Adventure, Exploration, Indie, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 15 August 2024
Players:
10/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
86/100
A unique tactical action game where the plot is formed based on the player’s decisions. Four heroes must travel through dense forests, endless plains and scorching...
Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Shooter, Third-person view, Space, Crafting, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Science fiction, Adventure
Game released: PC → 8 May 2025
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A cooperative game in which the heroes explore distant planets, where they study the environment. There are plants to scan, creatures to capture, lakes to swim in...
