Exploration for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 5

Cubic Odyssey - a game in the Exploration genre

Adventure, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox, First-person view, Action, Space, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 14 May 2025

Players: 8.2/10

A colorful open-world sandbox in which the player confronts a galactic infection called the Red Darkness, which threatens the entire galaxy. As you progress, you...

Postal 2 Redux

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration, Old school

Game in development: PC → весна 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remaster of the controversial shooter Postal 2 from 2003. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his problems in the most...

Labyrinth Of The Demon King

Survival horror, Dungeons, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Demons, Medieval era, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 13 May 2025

Metacritic: 71/100

A dark game with PS1 style graphics, which takes place in feudal Japan overrun by demons. The main character is a soldier who must find the main villain who killed...

Ertugrul of Ulukayin

Medieval era, Action, Open world, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 12 June 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 6.2/10

A pseudo-historical open-world action game based on Turkish mythology. Players explore medieval Asia Minor, full of secrets and legends. Along the journey, you will...

Into the Fire

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Survival, Exploration, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Action adventure with survival elements. The main threat in the game is the deadly forces of nature - raging fires, molten lava and powerful earthquakes. The player...

YAPYAP

First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Comedy, Exploration, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 3 February 2026

Cooperative survival horror where you can test your magical abilities with friends. In the story, the player and their allies are wizards summoned by a powerful...

The 18th Attic - Paranormal Anomaly Hunting Game

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 23 January 2026

An adventure horror game where the player finds themselves trapped in a closed time loop in an attic full of paranormal distortions. The only means of interacting...

Strange Horticulture

Puzzle, Exploration, Detective, Adventure

Game released: PC → 21 January 2022

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Welcome to Andermir — a quiet town surrounded by dense forests inhabited by witches and impenetrable mountains. The player plays the role of a florist who...

Beholgar 2

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Fantasy, Demons, Metroidvania, Gothic

Game released: PC → 1 December 2025

Players: 5.4/10

Old-school metroidvania, inspired by projects from the 90s for Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. During the gameplay, players will explore a...

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 7 March 2024

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Kong: Survivor Instinct

Action, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

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...

Prologue: Go Wayback!

Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Survival, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Early Access: PC → 20 November 2025; Game released: PC → 17 June 2026

An open world survival simulator. The game takes place in the heart of the forest, where the main character survives. You must explore the vast wilderness, armed...

Vikings Dynasty

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Sandbox about Vikings with a large open world, battles, hunting, crafting and construction. The game takes place on an archipelago with unique islands, fjords and...

Собакистан

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game based on the comic "Sobakistan" takes place in a totalitarian dystopian empire inhabited by anthropomorphic dogs. Heads of several countries and...

The Mortuary Assistant

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game takes place in a morgue, where the character is urgently called to work one night. However, the hero could not even imagine what was waiting for him there...

Sun Haven

Indie, Farm Simulator, Online, Adventure, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 11 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 26 June 2021

Players: 8.7/10

A fantasy farm simulator with dragons, magic, an interesting story and a final boss. The game offers a huge world full of opportunities for development and...

Revenge of the Savage Planet

Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Shooter, Third-person view, Space, Crafting, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 8 May 2025

Players: 7.7/10

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...

M.I.N.S.K.

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.3/10

Atmospheric post -apocalyptic adventure about the robot that examines the toxic ruins of the city. According to the plot, he is the last hope of his creator, who is...

Truck Mechanic: Dangerous Paths

Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The simulator of the truck driver, in which the player travels along dangerous but fascinating roads of South America. As you pass, it is necessary to cross dirty...

Railborn

Adventure, Simulation, Sandbox, Trains, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.8/10

An open-world survival simulator where players customize their own train and travel through different locations. Gamers start with nothing and gradually build a...

The Twilight Project

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An atmospheric survival horror inspired by the Resident Evil and Silent Hill franchises. Players find themselves in the role of a tourist lost in an abandoned...

SCP – Containment Breach

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Free game, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Old school, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 20 February 2026

Players: 10/10

The events of the game unfold in one of the secret complexes of the Foundation — an organization that researches and contains anomalous objects and artifacts that...

Deliria

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2026

An adventure sandbox with a procedurally generated world, inspired by Terraria. Players will encounter a vast open world without the usual cubic blocks, where they...

Ghost Buster: Village

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

Game released: PC → 20 August 2026

Players: 5.5/10

Atmospheric horror inspired by Slavic mythology. The main character is an extreme blogger who goes to an abandoned village, where, according to legend, the...

Into the Wind

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

Game in development: PC → 2027

A cozy adventure about a courier whose partner is Hermes — an intelligent motorcycle-plane that confidently rolls on the roads and takes to the skies. The action...

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: 7.7/10

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...

La Mer La Guerre

Action, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.6/10

A realistic ship control simulator. As players progress, they transport cargo, participate in battles, and engage in privateering. Among the features are the...

The Dark Rites of Arkham

Adventure, Point & Click, Exploration, Fantasy, Old school, Detective

Game released: PC → 3 February 2026

Players: 7.5/10

A detective quest inspired by the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The game tells the story of detective Jack Foster, who returned to the police department after...

Valorborn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

Early Access: PC → 15 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

DAVY x JONES

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration, Fantasy, Indie

Early Access: PC → 28 August 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

A shooter about a headless pirate. The game takes place in the afterlife, where Davy Jones, after his death, is divided into a sentient skull and a headless body...

NEDRA

Shooter, First-person view, Survival horror, Action, Exploration, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: PC → 23 June 2025

Players: 10/10

The main action takes place in Antarctica, where an abandoned Soviet station hides traces of an extraterrestrial presence. After the expedition crashes, the player...

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Exploration, Collection

Game released: PC → 21 March 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Complete Edition Horizon Forbidden West, which includes the original game and the expansion Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores. You will immerse yourself in...

Gedonia 2

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Open world, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Sandbox, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 9 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7.4/10

A co-op adventure where up to 4 players explore a vibrant fantasy world. A character can be upgraded using different skills to get a unique class. Items, weapons...

Satellite Odyssey: Jupiter

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Survival horror set in space, with events unfolding on a space station located on an icy moon of Jupiter. The grand opening of the complex turned into a disaster...

Tenebris Somnia

Action, Adventure, Exploration, Old school, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 16 October 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Atmospheric survival horror inspired by classics of the genre like Silent Hill and Resident Evil, but made in the retro style of 8- and 16-bit games. The dark...

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...

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...

SCP: Secret Files

Indie, Exploration, Simulation, Horror, Puzzle, First-person view, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 13 September 2022

Players: 10/10

SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation. You take a job as a research assistant and go through an induction program that will...

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Adventure, Side view, Comedy, Exploration, Platformer, Puzzle, Open world

Game released: PC → 1 August 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

An absurd comedy game set in the quaint town of Barnsworth. The main character works as a traveling salesman, and in his free time he goes sightseeing and gets to...

Ice World

Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Crafting, Exploration, Indie

Early Access: PC → 30 September 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.6/10

A cooperative survival simulator in which players settle into a post-apocalyptic winter. The range includes building bases, taming animals, hunting and fishing...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC