Games Game Genres Exploration

Exploration

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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2012 for PC

Euro Truck Simulator 2

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

Game released: PC → 18 October 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Realistic truck driver simulator Euro Truck Simulator 2 has allowed many players to feel the atmosphere of traveling on the road in a large truck, when there is not...

Botanicula

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 May 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Botanicula is an adventure arcade puzzle game with a third-person view. In this game you will find a relaxing atmosphere, a huge number of detailed locations that...

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 August 2012

VGTimes: 4.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is a re-release of an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting for PC. The game takes place in the...

Miasmata

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Miasmata is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. Take on the role of Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist who embarks on a...

Kairo

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

Game released: PC → 24 April 2013

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...

Galaxy on Fire 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Exploration

Game released: PC → 21 August 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Galaxy on Fire 2 - The game follows the adventures of Keith T. Maxwell as he is sent forward in time after his hyperdrive malfunctions due to damage from a skirmish...

Dear Esther

Adventure, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 26 April 2012

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Dear Esther is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The main character is a man staying on an island in the Hebrides archipelago. The island is...

Thirty Flights of Loving

Arcade, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 20 August 2012

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A short first-person story about a heist gone wrong, involving schemers and criminals entangled in romance. The player explores the world and encounters its...