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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2009 for PC

EVE Online - a game in the Exploration genre
EVE Online
Role-playing game, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Exploration, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PC → 16 February 2009
Players: 7.1/10
Steam: 72/100
Metacritic: 69/100
A space MMO set in a shared sandbox universe, EVE Online lets players choose their own pursuits and shape the history of New Eden. Everyone plays on the same...
Mirror's Edge (2008) - a game in the Exploration genre
Mirror's Edge (2008)
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Parkour, First-person view, Exploration
Game released: PC → 12 January 2009
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 80/100
This first-person action-adventure is set in a city where information is closely monitored and couriers known as Runners secretly carry sensitive data. Runner Faith...
Anno 1404 - a game in the Exploration genre
Anno 1404
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Online, Exploration, Cooperative (co-op), Historical, Medieval era
Game released: PC → 26 July 2009
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 76/100
Anno 1404 — real-time exploration strategy for multiple players in a medieval setting. Classic city building...
Crash Time 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Crash Time 2
Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 27 August 2009
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 63/100
Crash Time 2 is a continuation of the exciting racing simulator, where you have to get used to the role of a traffic policeman. The game has many different goals...
Samorost 2 - a game in the Exploration genre
Samorost 2
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Casual game, Exploration
Game released: PC → 21 November 2008
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 88/100
Samorost 2 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers Samorost, Machinarium and Botanicula. A surreal story awaits you about the space...
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull - a game in the Exploration genre
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: PC → 20 November 2009
Players: 9/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 79/100
This first-person point-and-click adventure follows the search for a crystal skull in New Orleans. Nicknamed the Whisperer, the relic belonged to Bruno Bolet and...
Tales of Monkey Island - a game in the Exploration genre
Tales of Monkey Island
Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: PC → 10 November 2010
Players: 10/10
Steam: 88/100
Tales of Monkey Island is an adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. By robbing the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood...
Precursors - a game in the Exploration genre
Precursors
Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Racing, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 21 December 2010
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 76/100
This science-fiction role-playing game blends shooter and space-simulation elements. It follows a young pilot from the Amarno race who returns to the planet Goldin...
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice - a game in the Exploration genre
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click
Game released: PC → 20 November 2009
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 69/100
This first-person point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew as she joins an international undercover investigation during Venice’s Carnevale. With the...
Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy - a game in the Exploration genre
Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Exploration
Game released: PC → 13 January 2010
Players: 10/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 76/100
A first-person point-and-click mystery adventure in which Nancy Drew goes undercover as a student at a prestigious girls’ boarding school. Threatening notes and...
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches - a game in the Exploration genre
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects
Game released: PC → 3 July 2009
Steam: 70/100
Metacritic: 67/100
This first-person adventure with puzzles and horror elements unfolds at a Welsh estate where ancient myths begin to intrude on modern life. The player is asked to...
Glum Buster - a game in the Exploration genre
Glum Buster
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: PC → 26 April 2009
Steam: 100/100
This adventure platformer follows a protagonist trapped in a mysterious alternate reality, where the goal is to cleanse the world of gloom and find a way back to...
Creatures Village - a game in the Exploration genre
Creatures Village
Simulation, Educational game (Education), Collection, Casual game, Adventure, Exploration
Game released: PC → 19 November 2009
Steam: 81/100
A virtual-life simulation combining exploration with caring for Norns, creatures with digital DNA, brains and biochemistry. The adventure begins when a baby Norn...
Tank Universal - a game in the Exploration genre
Tank Universal
Action, First-person view, Tanks, Cyberpunk, Exploration
Game released: PC → 13 March 2009
Steam: 61/100
Metacritic: 67/100
This first-person tank action game unfolds in a vast virtual world resembling the digital realm of Tron. After a visit to the doctor, George puts on a VR helmet and...
Lunnye Devitsy - a game in the Exploration genre
Lunnye Devitsy
Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Side view
Game released: PC → 1 July 2009
Steam: 69/100
This adventure platformer follows an alien who falls from the moon onto a mountainside on a strange planet and must find a way home. The player explores unusual...