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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC
Simulation, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Open world, Space, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Combat robots
Game released: PC → 9 March 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
87/100
The player explores the surface of a dead planet and tries to create life on it. They will need to gather resources, automate production processes, and craft useful...
Action, Horror, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Procedural generation, Online, Survival horror
Early Access: PC → 18 October 2022; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
89/100
Cooperative horror with photorealistic graphics, designed for solo play or with up to six people. Exploring procedurally generated levels gradually takes you deeper...
![Event[0] - a game in the Exploration genre](https://files.vgtimes.com/games_previews/51031/event0_vgdb_list.webp)
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 29 October 2025
Steam:
45/100
A sci-fi strategy game about survival on the dark side of the Moon, where every step could be your last. After a mysterious shutdown of all equipment, the crew...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC → 1 June 2015
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
80/100
Waste Walkers Deliverance is a post-apocalyptic survival RPG created in RPG Maker. The game features leveling, a day/night cycle, randomized weather conditions, a...
Action, Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Third-person view, Medieval era, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 29 February 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
68/100
Players take on the role of Robin Hood, who robs the rich, gives money to the poor and builds his camp in Sherwood Forest. The game is a mixture of RPG and city...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction
Frozen: PC → 27 April 2022
Anticipation Rating:
8.8/10
An adventure sandbox where familiar "cubic" aesthetics are combined with a modern voxel engine and a bright fantasy setting. The world here lives and breathes...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Combat robots, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
8.2/10
What Lives Below is a first-person action-adventure game about sea monster hunters. In the game, a lone fisherman will have to face giant underwater monsters and...
Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Steampunk, Point & Click, , Exploration, Dungeons, Metroidvania
Game released: PC → 28 June 2022
Steam:
94/100
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise is a side-scrolling action-adventure roguelike set in a fantasy setting. As Noah, you will travel to ancient ruins to uncover their...
MMO, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Open world, Anime / Manga, Crafting, Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration
Game canceled: PC → 12 August 2022
A colorful multiplayer role-playing game with turn-based combat and an open world in a fantasy setting where players can catch monsters, fight, explore dungeons and...
Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 24 March 2023
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Continuation of the Atelier Ryza series of Japanese role-playing games. Near the hometown of the main character Riza, the Karka Islands appear in an unknown way...
Strategy, Construction, City Building, Sandbox, Crafting, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Online, Simulation, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 18 July 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2024
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
63/100
The events of the game take place in an underground alien world, to which the main character goes to extract minerals and vital products. As he progresses, he...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting
Game in development: PC → Q1 2027
Anticipation Rating:
8.6/10
The game takes place in a colorful fantasy world where the main character goes on an epic journey. After the destruction of his world, he finds himself in an...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, MMO, Anime / Manga, Casual game, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
A vibrant fantasy multiplayer game. A gamer can create a unique hero and upgrade him to one of hundreds of classes. There is also a large selection of weapons and...
