Exploration 2011 for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre

Cave Story+ - a game in the Exploration genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 22 November 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 October 2011

Steam: 90/100

This isometric action-adventure follows Twinsen, a young Quetch on the planet Twinsun, as he sets out to stop dictator Dr. FunFrock and save the planet. Imprisoned...

Star Control 2

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 21 April 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Star Control 2 is a top-down action game with a dash of shooter and strategy from the masters at Toys for Bob. The game is published by Accolade, Inc.. Star Control...

Eden Eternal

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 16 June 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 52/100

Eden Eternal is a third-person role-playing game with online, massively multiplayer, anime/manga, and fantasy elements from the masters at X‐ Legend...

Star Control Collection

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 April 2011

Steam: 83/100

This space collection brings together two games about humanity’s conflict with alien forces and the exploration of the galaxy. In Star Control, humanity faces the...

Twinsen's Odyssey

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 October 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

Twinsen's Odyssey — action adventure with quest elements. The graphic component is inherited from the previous part. Players also view the world from an...

Nancy Drew: Shadow at Water's Edge

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

Game released: PC → 16 June 2011

Steam: 81/100

This first-person adventure mystery follows Nancy Drew as she investigates a traditional Japanese inn, or ryokan. She arrives with Bess and George, but reports of a...

Tales of Monkey Island: Collector's Edition

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

Game released: PC → 8 April 2011

Steam: 88/100

Set in the pirate-infested Caribbean, this episodic adventure follows Guybrush Threepwood after he accidentally spreads a voodoo curse released from the demon...

Nancy Drew: The Captive Curse

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

Game released: PC → 28 June 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows Nancy Drew as she investigates a mystery at Castle Finster, an old German castle threatened by a mysterious monster...

Star Control 3

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Exploration, Space

Game released: PC → 15 September 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

This space strategy game with diplomacy elements centers on a threat to the universe. Deep in space, in the Kessari Quadrant, the player discovers an impending...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2011 for PC (Game released)