Exploration for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 53

Feather - a game in the Exploration genre

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 5 April 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Feather is a cozy game about exploring and immersing yourself in a beautiful landscape. You will become a bird and feel the flight, dissolving in a Zen flow and...

Misc. A Tiny Tale

Indie, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 July 2025

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This 3D platformer follows two robots built from miscellaneous items on a journey through a familiar world seen from a new perspective. Buddy and Bag Boy explore...

Notre-Dame de Paris: Journey Back in Time

Virtual Reality (VR), Free game, Educational game (Education), Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 September 2020

Steam: 72/100

Notre-Dame de Paris: Journey Back in Time — a conditionally free exciting tour for virtual reality, offering to admire the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the model of which...

Flat Earth Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Exploration, Educational game (Education)

Game released: PC → 12 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Flat Earth Simulator — a first-person view simulator. You will explore the reason for the falsification of space programs, learn about the great Antarctic ice wall...

Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand

Adventure, Virtual Reality (VR), Simulation, Indie, First-person view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 12 May 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 80/100

Wakamarina Valley, New Zealand is an indie adventure simulator with a first-person view and virtual reality elements. This is a small exploration/photography...

Ellisar

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Third-person view, Free game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 May 2022

Steam: 77/100

Ellisar is a third-person fantasy action-adventure game with puzzle elements. Your character will be able to explore the ocean using two types of bodies: humanoid...

Dune Strider

Free game, Indie, Adventure, Strategy, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 6 June 2022; Game released: PC → 21 June 2022

Steam: 60/100

Dune Strider is a free role-playing strategy with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting, where you will play the role of a merchant selling various...

Deceased

Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Puzzle, Historical, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 10 December 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 52/100

Deceased is an adventure horror game with a first-person perspective, featuring item searches and an open world. The action of this game takes place in a real...

13 Candles

Exploration, Puzzle, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Horror

Game released: PC → 13 December 2022

Players: 1/10

Steam: 33/100

Young Sarah wakes up in an abandoned hospital, completely alone. Everything she has — candle. She has to find clues to figure out how to get out. And not...

Malfunction 2

Puzzle, Science fiction, Exploration, Action

Game released: PC → 28 December 2022

Steam: 76/100

A puzzle game with minimalistic graphics, which takes place on an unknown infected planet. The main character is trying to uncover the causes of the plague and stop...

Last Dawn

Casual game, Adventure, Exploration, Hidden Objects, First-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: PC → 14 February 2023

Steam: 50/100

A short first-person exploration game set in the year 2082. The main character's ship was shot down while trying to escape from a dystopian city. Now he must escape...

Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

Top-down view, Puzzle, Arcade, Logic, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 August 2023

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 96/100

A game about a girl who catches rabbits in a maze. If you get close, the animal will run away, so you need to drive it into a dead end. The main character has...

Self-Portrait

Puzzle, Casual game, First-person view, Comedy, Free game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 August 2023

Steam: 78/100

A short game set on an island with chickens. The gamer observes the life of birds at different times of the year. The location is full of hidden secrets and hidden...

Наружу

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

Game released: PC → 12 September 2023

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

A free adventure set in a post-Soviet setting of 1990-2010. The main character is Yegor Zimin, who as a child was the first to take part in a special personality...

Joy-N Help Me

Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 August 2023

Steam: 70/100

The storm transported the main character, Joy-N, to an unknown place — it is a gloomy and dark world, reminiscent of a nightmare. Now the character must find...

A Steamboat Willie

Simulation, Business / Management, Third-person view, Open world, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 March 2024

Steam: 72/100

The player controls the ship and transports cargo to make a profit. Goods can be bought and sold at different ports. Transporting goods between some locations is...

Randy And Teddy Adventure Road

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Action, Exploration, Comics

Game released: PC → 3 September 2021

Steam: 89/100

The main character named Randy and his puppy Teddy go through levels with challenges and puzzles. There are 5 different worlds: training, stone, sand, metal and...

Pizzapocalypse

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Exploration, Free game

Game released: PC → 8 October 2024

Steam: 96/100

A short game about a chef who goes up against a corporation that makes pizza. The main character runs across the city rooftops and confronts robots to deliver food...

Purrates

Top-down view, Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Point & Click, Puzzle, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 22 July 2025

Steam: 100/100

A colorful adventure about a team of pirate cats. The story begins with a great dream: to find the secret of the Red Dot. Harbors, city squares, taverns - every...

Ødeborg

Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 4 August 2025

Steam: 66/100

The game takes place in a dark castle, from where the main character is trying to escape. You need to explore the territory, look for keys, solve puzzles, and...

100 Cats Lost In Canada Find & Color

Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: PC → 22 August 2025

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

The player must find 100 cats on a huge image dedicated to Canada and its symbols. In cooperative mode, you can search with a friend. You can zoom in on selected...

Whisper Of Anima

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 October 2025

Steam: 100/100

A game about an exorcist named Pudtan, who explores dark locations in search of materials for a ritual. He must also fend off spirits and keep an eye on the timer...

The Free Shepherd

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Puzzle

Game in development: PC → 2027

The main character of the game is a shepherd dog that manages a flock. You need to help lost sheep, protect them from dangers, and lead them to safety. You will...

Hourfall

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: PC → 6 February 2026

Steam: 85/100

A dynamic game where the main character wields three unique blades shaped like clock hands. You must fight fantastic creatures to climb to the top of the clock...

The Random Game

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Free game, Comedy, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 March 2025

Steam: 93/100

An adventure game focused on absurd storytelling and unpredictable events, where the player explores a surreal world, interacting with "comics" that influence the...

Dream of Mirror Online

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 November 2007

Steam: 59/100

This anime-styled MMORPG is set in a world of myth and legend, linked by fate to another world that mirrors the chaos engulfing mankind. Heroes join forces against...

Last Half of Darkness (2000)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2000

Steam: 85/100

Last Half of Darkness (2000) is a first-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from WRF Studios. The main publisher of the game is WRF...

Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 1 October 2003

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This first-person point-and-click adventure follows Nancy Drew as she investigates a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. During her vacation, Nancy discovers...

Tales of Monkey Island (Deluxe Edition)

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → June 2010

Steam: 88/100

This puzzle adventure follows pirate Guybrush Threepwood after he accidentally spreads across the Caribbean a voodoo curse expelled from the demon pirate LeChuck...

Elegy for a Dead World

Adventure, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 December 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 65/100

An adventure about exploring three dead worlds and writing stories about their long-vanished societies. The settings draw inspiration from the poetry of Keats...

TukTuk

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

Game released: PC → 15 April 2022

Steam: 92/100

A little alien is looking for her mother on an alien planet, who disappeared after an emergency landing. This is a dynamic and challenging platformer that welcomes...

Illusoria

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 30 May 2017

Steam: 47/100

Illusoria is an indie side view game with platformer, adventure and fantasy elements from the studio Under The Bridge. The game is published by BadLand...

My Daughter is a Cultist

Action, Horror, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 19 October 2019

Steam: 73/100

My Daughter is a Cultist is a first-person horror game that combines elements of Japanese and Lovecraftian horror. The game has several endings, and you can control...

1917: The Prologue

Adventure, First-person view, Horror, Historical, Indie, Logic, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Steam: 53/100

1917: The Prologue is a first-person psychological horror game set in the midst of the October Revolution of 1917. The game is based on the memories of those people...

Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland

Adventure, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 4 November 2025

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A pixel-art adventure about Lemon, a polyglot who dreams of learning Icelandic and sets out to save a distant land from a threat that devours memories and endangers...

Yume Nikki: Dream Diary

Exploration, Puzzle, Platformer

Game released: PC → 23 February 2018

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This adventure follows a young girl exploring the mysterious, unreal world of her dreams. With no story or guidance at the outset, she discovers different places...

Viltnemda

Free game, Exploration, Adventure, Simulation, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PC → 23 June 2022

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Viltnemda is a free-to-play horror adventure game with a first-person view in the style of the original PlayStation games. The main character's goal is to walk...

Apollo's Adventure

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Exploration, Arcade

Game released: PC → 10 August 2022

Steam: 92/100

Apollo's Adventure is an educational adventure game with elements of exploration. This is a game where you take on the role of a wanderer searching for the Wise...

Backfirewall_

Comedy, Adventure, Casual game, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 30 January 2023

Players: 6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place inside a smartphone. The main character installs updates and maintains the system's functionality. Not all applications are happy with their...

Helpless

Free game, Walking Simulator, Casual game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Third-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 March 2023

Steam: 88/100

A post-apocalyptic quest about a child trying to survive in a world where the sun “destroyed” civilization. The hero explores locations, looks for items necessary...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre for PC