Exploration 2016 for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre

Black Desert - a game in the Exploration genre

Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era, Sandbox, Exploration

Game released: PC → 3 March 2016

VGTimes: 5.7/10

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A free multiplayer open-world RPG with a focus on dynamic battles. In it, you will create your own hero using one of the most advanced customization systems...

No Man's Sky

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Space, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 75/100

No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...

Dark Souls 3

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

Game released: PC → 12 April 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Dark Souls 3 is a hardcore third-person action RPG set in the Dark Souls universe. The sequel retains the spirit, atmosphere and core mechanics of the first two...

American Truck Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 2 February 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 76/100

American Truck Simulator is a truck driver simulator in which we have to travel around the United States in various trucks. Your career as a truck driver begins...

The Witness

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The Witness is an arcade adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The action takes place on an island full of mysteries. The island is an open world where...

The Solus Project

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 7 June 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Solus Project is an action-adventure game with a first-person view, in which the player will have to confront the forces of nature, explore the terrain of an alien...

ABZU

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

ABZU is a fantastic adventure arcade game with a third-person view. As a scuba diver, you will go to conquer the depths of the seabed. There you can meet a variety...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...

True Fear: Forsaken Souls

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 19 October 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

True Fear: Forsaken Souls is a mystical point and click adventure with horror elements and a lot of puzzles. The events of the game take place in an old house that...

Event[0]

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Science fiction, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Event[0] is a sci-fi adventure with a first-person view. The game takes place on a deserted ship that drifts in deep space. The only interlocutor present on the...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 4 March 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Left Alone

Exploration, Puzzle, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 28 April 2016

Steam: 74/100

This first-person psychological horror game follows Joel Dent, a former military officer who sets out for a camping weekend in the forests of Wisconsin with his...

Back in 1995

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 April 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Back in 1995 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view, stylized as games from the 1990s. You will find poor controls, character models and...

IMSCARED

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Old school, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 February 2016

Steam: 94/100

A first-person horror game that gradually goes beyond a typical game. At first, everything seems familiar: pixelated corridors, locked doors, and the mysterious...

Mad Father

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 23 September 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Mad Father is a Japanese-style top-down horror adventure game. One night, Aya hears her father screaming. When she leaves the room, she sees two ugly creatures. She...

Rabi-Ribi

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 January 2016

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Rabi-Ribi is a Japanese-style 2D side-scrolling action platformer. In the game you will find a huge world to explore, where you will take on the role of a quirky...

Town of Light

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

Game released: PC → 26 February 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller. The events of the game will take you to Italy in the 30s of the last century, to a psychiatric hospital...

Californium

Science fiction, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 February 2016

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This first-person exploration game follows a writer trapped in shifting realities. The player explores these worlds and seeks to discover what lies behind the...

Obduction

Adventure, First-person view, Logic, Virtual Reality (VR), Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Obduction is a first-person adventure game from the creators of the popular Myst series, supporting Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality devices. A journey into...

NightCry

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 March 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 44/100

This third-person horror adventure takes place aboard a luxury cruise liner, where a murder turns the guests against one another and a threatening presence soon...

Anima: Gate of Memories

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

Game released: PC → 3 June 2016

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Anima: Gate of Memories is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about the relationship between a...

Moon Hunters

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 March 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Moon Hunters is a top-down cooperative RPG set in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with three friends and go to an ancient world that changes with each new...

Wuppo

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 29 September 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...

Stellar Tactics

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Exploration, Dungeons, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 23 September 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Stellar Tactics is a sci-fi role-playing game with tactical turn-based combat and a procedurally generated world. The game tells about genetic mutations, ancient...

Slavistan

Action, Fighting, Exploration

Game released: PC → 29 July 2016

Steam: 90/100

Slavistan is an action game with fighting and exploration elements, built around a contest to prove who is the superior Slav. It features three game modes set...

Soulless: Ray of Hope

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 18 October 2016

Steam: 71/100

Soulless: Ray of Hope — a dark puzzle-platformer in the spirit of Limbo about a "ray of hope," a lonely white creature. The game tells the story of Elin's...

Quern - Undying Thoughts

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 November 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Quern - Undying Thoughts is a first-person adventure puzzle game about exploring the island of Quern and uncovering its mysteries. The player solves puzzles to...

Pharaonic

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Side view, Exploration, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 29 April 2016

Steam: 77/100

Pharaonic is a side-scrolling action RPG that will take players to Ancient Egypt. You have to explore the cursed kingdom to solve the riddle of the Red Pharaoh. The...

Valley

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 August 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Valley is a first-person sci-fi adventure from the developers of Slender: The Arrival. The main character of the game is dressed in a special exo-suit L.E.A.F...

Don't Disturb

Side view, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 30 August 2016

Steam: 85/100

This side-scrolling puzzle adventure follows a dog searching the afterlife for its deceased owner. The story draws on traditional Asian views of death and the...

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Exploration, Space, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 August 2017; Early Access: PC → 20 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a management strategy with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to take command of an old powerful base that was...

Exoplanet: First Contact

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 9 December 2016

Steam: 73/100

Exoplanet: First Contact is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a space western setting. The game will tell the story of the brave adventurer Jack...

Near Death

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

Game released: PC → 2 August 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Near Death is an indie action adventure game with a first-person view and horror elements. The events of the game will take you to the cold corridors of a research...

Curious Expedition

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 2 September 2016

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer. Choose one of...

Ara Fell

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 2 June 2016

Steam: 94/100

Ara Fell is an indie role-playing adventure in a fantasy setting with pixel graphics. A large open world awaits you to explore with many mysteries and mystical...

Duskers

Exploration, Space, Roguelike, Tactics, Top-down view, Science fiction, Horror

Game released: PC → 18 May 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The player controls a drone and explores abandoned spaceships to find means of survival and learn how the universe turned into a giant graveyard. Dangerous...

Epistory: Typing Chronicles

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 March 2016

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Epistory: Typing Chronicles is an adventure game with action elements. The story follows a writer who asks his muse to help him write a book. Players, in the role...

The Away Team: Lost Exodus

Top-down view, Simulation, Text quest, Adventure, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 22 July 2016

Steam: 73/100

The scientific and fantastic adventure of the AI-Pilot of the last inter-star ship of the Earth, which is instructed to find a house for his team-the last remnants...

Planet Centauri

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world

Early Access: PC → 3 June 2016

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 73/100

Planet Centauri is an action RPG and sandbox adventure about developing a planet and protecting the native Chloridian species from the Night Walkers. The player...

The Last Hope

Survival, Third-person view, Fantasy, Action, Simulation, Exploration, Open world, Business / Management, Space

Game released: PC → 29 August 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 46/100

A survival simulator in an open world, where the player travels to different parts of the Earth. The main character is a scientist working on creating a time...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2016 for PC