Exploration 2020 for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - a game in the Exploration genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 November 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements set in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game...

SnowRunner

Racing, Simulation, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Online, Adventure

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The continuation of the off-road driving simulator Spintires: MudRunner. You can expect realistic control mechanics, a well-developed gameplay process, as well as...

The Outer Worlds

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 23 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Outer Worlds – a single-player first-person sci-fi RPG with elements of shooter, action, and stealth. The focus is on role-playing and the dialogue system in...

Outer Wilds

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

Game released: PC → 18 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The main character is a recruit of the research organization Outer Wilds Ventures, who goes on exploration into space, but ends up in a time loop. To get out of it...

Journey

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

Haven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Haven is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take control of the characters Yu and Kay, who have been exiled to a mysterious planet called the Source...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

CrossWorlds: Escape

Survival, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 20 March 2020

Steam: 64/100

This hardcore survival game takes place in an open world where the protagonist has been stranded against their will and must find a way out. The world changes with...

Tell Me Why

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tell Me Why is a new project from the creators of Life is Strange, which will tell about the study of the difficult childhood of two twins. Tyler and Alison Ronan...

The Unexpected Quest

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy, Exploration, City Building

Game released: PC → 27 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A colorful strategy in a fantasy world inspired by Warcraft 3 and The Settlers series. In the game, you need to construct buildings, participate in battles...

Among Trees

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 10 November 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Among Trees is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a first-person view. You will travel through a colorful forest, where a small house is located in...

The Red Lantern

Adventure, Roguelike, First-person view, Sports game, Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 22 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Red Lantern is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game takes place in Alaska in the city of Nome. You will find...

The Pathless

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Music game

Game released: PC → 12 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Pathless — a first-person fantasy adventure from the creators of ABZU. You will become a hunter on a mystical island and dispel a certain curse. In the...

Interstellar Rift

Construction, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 24 September 2020

Steam: 66/100

This open-world space simulator centers on exploring a hostile galaxy and building custom starships. Ships are assembled deck by deck in an editor, from small...

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Raji: An Ancient Epic is an isometric action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The setting is based on Hindu and Balinese mythologies. The game takes you into...

Beyond Blue

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond Blue is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Never Alone. Beyond Blue takes place in the near future...

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Adventure, Stealth, Isometric, Indie, Historical, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an adventure with stealth elements and an isometric camera view in the spaghetti western genre. Events will send you to conquer the...

Journey to the Savage Planet

Adventure, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 28 January 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A vibrant action adventure in an open world. At the direction of the Kindred Aerospace corporation, the hero is sent to a distant planet. He will have to explore...

Not Our Home: Platinum Edition

Free game, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Indie, Stealth, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 6 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 71/100

A free horror game in which the hero tries to find seven keys to save his brother. Along the way, he will encounter various monsters. The game has multiple endings...

Spirit of the North

Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Simulation, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 7 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Spirit of the North is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take on the role of a red fox and take inspiration from the landscapes of Iceland. The life...

Bugsnax

Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy, Open world, Comedy, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 November 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Explorer Elizabert Megafig invites the main character to the sunny Snaktooth Island, which is inhabited by unusual creatures. The researcher has disappeared, and...

Those Who Remain

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Those Who Remain is a psychological horror adventure with a first-person view. You have to go to the fictional American town of Dormont, which is engulfed in...

Doom & Destiny Worlds

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2020

Steam: 78/100

Doom & Destiny Worlds is a turn-based fantasy RPG with an isometric view. Stranded naked on the shores of an unknown planet, four friends wake up with the most...

SCP: The Foundation

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Free game, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 September 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 46/100

An adventure horror about survival within a top-secret organization studying paranormal phenomena. By mistake, the hero sentenced to death receives a "second...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: PC → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

Lawless Lands

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Open world, Exploration

Game released: PC → 14 August 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Lawless Lands is a pixel RPG with turn-based combat and a Japanese-style top-down view. The game takes place in the once great kingdom of Crossia, which is plunged...

The Falconeer

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 10 November 2020

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Falconeer is an open-world fantasy RPG featuring unconventional combat featuring aerial combat and acrobatics. The action takes place in a world called The...

Avorion

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Sandbox, Exploration, Construction

Game released: PC → 9 March 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 89/100

This cooperative space sandbox follows an expedition across a galaxy divided by a cataclysm. A ring of torn hyperspace fabric blocks access to its center, where the...

Alwa's Legacy

Metroidvania, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: PC → 17 June 2020

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A non-linear adventure with modern retro styling, Alwa's Legacy centers on exploring dangerous dungeons, magical items and ancient secrets. As the player...

Re:Turn - One Way Trip

Exploration, Horror, Trains

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This 2D side-scrolling horror puzzle-adventure takes place aboard a ghostly train. Saki searches the past and present for her friends, trying to find and save them...

Inmost

Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...

Arise: A Simple Story

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 December 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Arise: A Simple Story is an adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell an atmospheric story of two people in a world...

Summer in Mara

Simulation, Adventure, Business / Management, Farm Simulator, Exploration, Crafting

Game released: PC → 16 June 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Summer in Mara is an adventure action game with farmer simulator elements and a third-person view from the creators of Deiland. The game tells the story of a...

Paradise Killer

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Open world, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 4 September 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Paradise Killer is an atmospheric adventure with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The events of the game take place in a surreal reality, in which...

House of Da Vinci 2

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 May 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Continuation [url=https://vgtimes.ru/games/house-of-da-vinci/] House of Da Vinci[ /url]. The main character's name is Giacomo, he is a student of the genius...

Relicta

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

Game released: PC → 3 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Relicta is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a chief physicist stuck on an abandoned lunar base...

No Straight Roads

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration

Game released: PC → 25 August 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

No Straight Roads is a musical action-slasher game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of an independent rock band that goes up against a powerful...

Calmed by the Dark Neon

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Role-playing game, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: PC → 9 July 2020

Players: 5.6/10

Calmed by the Dark Neon is an open-world, top-down adventure RPG set in the year 2046. The main character is a certain Tommy, who hunts monsters. In combat, he can...

Paper Beast

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

Game released: PC → 24 July 2020

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Paper Beast is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. The game will tell about the world inside the vast...

Merchant of the Skies

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 April 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Merchant of the Skies is a real-time management strategy with a side view. In the game, you will act as the captain of an airship, who will have to trade, collect...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2020 for PC (Game released)