Exploration 2021 for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre / Page 2

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the...

Grime

Role-playing game, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Indie, Metroidvania, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 August 2021

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Grime is an action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. Grime takes place in a crazy world with a...

Genesis Noir

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 26 March 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Genesis Noir is a third-person noir adventure where you have to save humanity from destruction. The event itself will tell the secrets of the...

Aeon Drive

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Side view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Steam: 75/100

Aeon Drive is a side-scrolling arcade platformer in a sci-fi setting. The action takes you to the neon-lit streets of Neo-Barcelona. You will try on...

Shores Unknown

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 17 February 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 65/100

Shores Unknown is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young...

Vagrus - The Riven Realms

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Open world, Fantasy, Exploration

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021; Early Access: PC → 22 July 2020

Steam: 84/100

A role-playing game focused on storytelling, exploring an open world, and strategic management. At the center of the story is the vagrus — the leader...

Wytchwood

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

Game released: PC → 9 December 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wytchwood is an amazing isometric RPG adventure set in a land of gothic fables and fairy tales. As a mysterious old witch, you'll explore a quaint...

To Hell With It

Arcade, Action, Free game, Slasher, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 April 2021

Steam: 86/100

To Hell With It is a free action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view, where you will play as a girl, Aella, whose cat was stolen by some...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Action

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Steam: 66/100

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world...

Summertime Madness

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 June 2021

Steam: 68/100

Summertime Madness is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Prague in 1945, where you will try...

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...

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

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

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 13 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that follows the adventures of secret agents. In the...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: PC → 4 February 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient...

Traversing Traveler

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Adventure, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 May 2021

Steam: 76/100

Traversing Traveler is a free-to-play action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the interesting...

Omno

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Logic, Indie, Platformer, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Omno is a third-person, open-world puzzle-platformer adventure game. In the game you will go to conquer the ancient world of wonders with many...

Alchemic Cutie

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration, Business / Management, Open world

Game released: PC → 12 November 2021

Steam: 51/100

Alchemic Cutie is a cute top-down adventure RPG. The game takes place on the colorful island of Wimba, where you manage your own jelly farm. You will...

Lamentum

Adult game, Adventure, Action, Side view, Indie, Puzzle, Survival horror, Exploration, Horror

Game released: PC → 27 August 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Lamentum is a dark side-scrolling action adventure game set in New England in the mid-19th century. The game tells the story of a young aristocrat...

Reptiles: In Hunt

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Slasher, Stealth, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Reptiles: In Hunt is an action-adventure slasher game with a third-person view in a post-apocalyptic setting. More than 200 years have passed since...

Re: Award

Free game, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 31 May 2021

Steam: 70/100

Re: Award is a free-to-play adventure game with a third-person perspective. As you progress, you will have to search for objects using a special...

Monster Harvest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Farm Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Monster Harvest is a colorful adventure farming simulator with a top-down view. In the game you will go on an unforgettable adventure — you...

Haven Park

Isometric, Puzzle, Adventure, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 5 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A bright game about a chick named Flint. He arranges his grandmother's park and helps visiting tourists. You will have to communicate a lot with...

Out of Sight (2021)

Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: PC → 10 March 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A laid-back, unobtrusive hidden object game where players can relax and explore colorful, picturesque locations with a lo-fi soundtrack. The game...

Discoveries of the Deep

Warships / Submarines, Educational game (Education), Sports game, Simulation, Exploration, Strategy

Game released: PC → 2 April 2021

Steam: 100/100

This underwater exploration simulation sends the player on an expedition into the ocean’s unexplored depths to search for sunken vessels, aircraft...

Dream Cycle

Action, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 7 September 2021; Game released: PC → 9 August 2022

Steam: 56/100

Dream Cycle is an action-adventure game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will try on the role of aspiring sorceress...

Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

Adventure, Role-playing game, Isometric, Indie, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Nanotale — Typing Chronicles is a fantasy adventure RPG with puzzle elements. You will follow Rosalind, a novice chronicler, on her journey of...

Webbed

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

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 97/100

A game about a spider who goes on an exciting journey to save her lover from a bird. The main character can use the web to overcome obstacles and...

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Adventure, In real time, Exploration, Crafting, Turn-based, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 26 January 2021

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy is a Japanese-style role-playing adventure viewed from the third person, which is a sequel to...

Curious Expedition 2

Role-playing game, Simulation, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021; Early Access: PC → 17 June 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Curious Expedition 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling adventure role-playing game with a procedurally generated world, dedicated to expeditions in...

Away: The Survival Series

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Platformer

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Away: The Survival Series is an adventure simulator with a third-person view, where you take on the role of a sugar flying squirrel. The game takes...

SkateBIRD

Arcade, Third-person view, Sports game, Skateboards, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 16 September 2021

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

SkateBIRD is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view about birds on skateboards. Expect the familiar gameplay of skate simulators...

Jett: The Far Shore

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Space

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Jett: The Far Shore is a cinematic adventure game about world exploration. You will go on an interstellar expedition to save people haunted by...

QV - The Dimension Painter

Adventure, Arcade, Puzzle, Action, Isometric, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

QV — The Dimension Painter is an arcade action puzzle game with adventure elements. In the universe, dimensions are connected to each other. At...

Hidden Lands - Spot the differences

Indie, Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Exploration

Game released: PC → 29 January 2021

Players: 6/10

Steam: 93/100

Hidden Lands — Spot the differences is a side-view indie logic puzzle game. You will explore ancient floating worlds to find pieces of lost...

Base One

Business / Management, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Isometric, In real time, Simulation, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 May 2021

Players: 2/10

Steam: 36/100

Base One — the events of the game take place in the future, where a huge wormhole destroyed part of the moon, and a wave of natural destruction...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases

Isometric, Point & Click, Exploration, Hidden Objects, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 76/100

A game about the legendary detective Hercule Poirot, created by writer Agatha Christie. The main character attends a reception for an influential...

Dahlia View

Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

A game in which the gamer investigates the disappearance of a child in an apartment complex. A retired detective talks to neighbors and watches...

The Eternal Cylinder

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration, Survival

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The Eternal Cylinder is a survival adventure game with a third-person view and an open world in a fantasy setting. The game takes place on an amazing...

Terrene - An Evidence of Life Game

Action, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 12 February 2021

Steam: 84/100

Terrene — An Evidence of Life Game is a pixelated action roguelike with survival elements and a side view in a sci-fi setting. You will go to...

Monster Jam Steel Titans 2

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Stunts, Sports game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 2 March 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 is a continuation of the crazy arcade racing game with a third-person view, where you get behind the wheel of a rampant...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2021 for PC