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

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo - a game in the Exploration genre

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: PC → 16 December 2021

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is an interactive adventure game with a third-person perspective. The mysterious story of writer Ed Miller, who survived a car accident...

Pronty: Fishy Adventure

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

Game released: PC → 19 November 2021

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to help Pronty and his faithful assistant Bront...

Sumire

Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 26 May 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Sumire is a fantasy adventure visual novel with anime and supernatural elements. In this charming place, a sad girl named Sumire meets a mischievous spirit who...

Seed of Life

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Action, Exploration

Game released: PC → 11 August 2021

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Seed of Life is an adventure puzzle platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the amazing planet Lumia, whose...

Hoa

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hoa is an indie platformer with a side view and elements of the puzzle. You are waiting for breathtaking drawings, hand -drawn, excellent music and a pacifying...

Ephesus

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2021; Game released: PC → 17 February 2023

Steam: 51/100

The game takes place on the western coast of the Aegean Sea during the majestic Roman Empire. The main character is an adventurer named Hector Rem, who lives in the...

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 village, collect...

Glyph (2021)

Third-person view, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: PC → 9 August 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Glyph is a 3D open-world platformer in which the player sets out to restore an ancient temple city by solving puzzles and defeating enemies. Its non-linear levels...

Noch

Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, First-person view, Horror, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Post-apocalyptic, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 19 May 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Noch is a mystical adventure with horror elements and a first-person view. Together with a friend or alone, you have to go in search of the girl who destroyed the...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

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 surreal...

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 Morgan Carter...

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 place 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 temples, meet...

Vesper

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 30 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Vesper is an atmospheric side-scrolling platformer. A little android travels across a desert planet, where he is hunted by merciless robots. The android's weapon...

Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

Role-playing game, Side view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...

Opus Castle

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Free game, Exploration, Historical

Game released: PC → 9 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Opus Castle is a free-to-play indie horror adventure game with a first-person view, based on the true story of a murder that took place in the Brazilian castle of...

Omno

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

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Steam: 91/100

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 interesting riddles...

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 explore...

Beasts of Maravilla Island

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 12 June 2021

Steam: 84/100

Beasts of Maravilla Island is a casual action-adventure game with a third-person view in the fantasy genre. The protective magic of the island of Maravilla is...

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, several platforms...

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 named Victor. He...

Sands of Aura

Role-playing game, Isometric, Action, Indie, Adventure, Fantasy, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: PC → 27 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 21 October 2021

Steam: 77/100

Action role-playing game in an open world buried under sand dunes after a cataclysm occurred there. Most of the local inhabitants have lost their minds and are...

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 mercenary Morten...

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Shooter, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 August 2021

Steam: 43/100

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in a science fiction setting. 2121 Nuclear winter is coming to an end on...

Titan Chaser

Adventure, Walking Simulator, Open world, Exploration, Indie

Game canceled: PC → 24 February 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

The main character drives a car around the territory where various scientific stations are located, and drives away titans (huge monsters) using a powerful...

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 the 19th...

Jett: The Far Shore

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

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

Steam: 65/100

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 oblivion. You have to...

Alchemist Adventure

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Isometric, Puzzle, Medieval era, Exploration

Game released: PC → 10 June 2021

Steam: 71/100

Alchemist Adventure is an isometric action adventure game set in the abandoned region of Isur. Once upon a time, famous master alchemists lived here, but now only...

Mighty Vikings

Arcade, Adventure, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 17 February 2021

Steam: 62/100

Mighty Vikings is an arcade action adventure game with a first-person view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to take on the role of the brave captain Bjorn...

Lost Islands

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Online, Exploration, Open world, Role-playing game, Logic

Game released: PC → 3 May 2021

Steam: 32/100

A survival RPG with an open world to explore. The player gets his own food and looks for supplies to create various items. For example, to explore dark dungeons...

Arid

Simulation, First-person view, Action, Adventure, Free game, Survival, Exploration, Online

Early Access: PC → 26 May 2021; Game released: PC → 29 June 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Arid is a free action-adventure game with survival elements and a first-person view. The game will take you to the driest place in the world and face loneliness...

Zombie Craft

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

Game released: PC → 21 November 2021

Steam: 33/100

Zombie Craft — an adventure zombie survival game with a first-person view, crafting, and graphics in the spirit of Minecraft. In the game, you will find yourself...

Marsupilami: Hoobadventure

Side view, Exploration, Platformer

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This 2.5D platformer follows three Marsupilamis—Punch, Twister, and Hope—who live in Palombia. While playing on a beach, they accidentally open a sarcophagus and...

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 monster truck...

Til Nord

Free game, Arcade, Third-person view, First-person view, Sports game, Motorcycle racing, Open world, Exploration, Racing

Game released: PC → 29 June 2021

Players: 1/10

Steam: 84/100

Til Nord is a free-to-play racing arcade game with a first- and third-person view in an open world, where you get behind the wheel of a snowmobile and go on a...

You Must

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

Game released: PC → 3 September 2021

Steam: 75/100

You Must is an adventure horror game with survival elements and a first-person perspective. In the game you have to take on the role of a guy named Misha, who...

Dahlia View

Puzzle, Adventure, Detective, Exploration, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 2 November 2021

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 through the window...

The Shore

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

Game released: PC → 19 February 2021

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Atmospheric indie horror that takes you to the shore, where reality gradually gives way to nightmare. The story tells about a fisherman who finds himself on a...

Sovietpunk: Chapter one

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Exploration, Old school, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 2 April 2021

Steam: 70/100

A cyberpunk adventure in an alternative future of the Soviet Union, which has survived a global nuclear catastrophe. The surviving humanity has built underground...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2021 for PC