Exploration 2024 for PC — top best games in the Exploration genre

God of War: Ragnarok - a game in the Exploration genre

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

VGTimes: 8.6/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 92/100

The Scandinavian adventure arc of Kratos has come to a grand conclusion in God of War: Ragnarok — an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with...

Sons of the Forest

Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Survival horror, Crafting, Online, Open world, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 24 February 2023; Game released: PC → 22 February 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Continuation The Forest about survival in the woods. The main character sets out to search for a missing billionaire on a remote island and ends up in a...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 9 December 2024

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an immersive first-person adventure simulator, where an engaging story is woven into a well-developed game world with freedom...

Silent Hill 2

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

Game released: PC → 8 October 2024

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Third-person horror with survival and adventure elements Silent Hill 2 is a remake of the cult classic from 2001. The new game largely follows the canon...

The Killing Antidote

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

Early Access: PC → 6 October 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.7/10

The game takes place in the future, where under the influence of a special microbe, people began to mutate. The main character, Jodie, is a brave journalist who...

Enshrouded

Role-playing game, Action, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 24 January 2024; Game in development: PC → 15 October 2026

Players: 8.4/10

The main character is Born of Flame, the last hope of a dying race. In a bloody struggle for power, the ancestors caused a plague that consumed the world and...

The Casting of Frank Stone

Adventure, Action, Horror, Exploration, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 3 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A story-driven game in the Dead by Daylight universe. The game takes place in the town of Cedar Hills, where Frank Stone once committed many horrific crimes at...

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy, Adventure, Exploration, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 31 October 2024

VGTimes: 6.3/10

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Dynamic third-person role-playing action with a slasher combat system, Dragon Age: The Veilguard transports players to the magical fantasy world of Thedas, in the...

7 Days to Die

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 13 December 2013; Game released: PC → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

Mouthwashing

Horror, First-person view, Old school, Walking Simulator, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 September 2024

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Space indie horror in the style of games from the PlayStation One era. The game tells the dark story of the crew of the Tulpar ship, drifting in outer space...

Pacific Drive

Action, Racing, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 21 February 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A racing survival game in which the main emphasis is on control and interaction with the car. The game takes place in the northwestern regions of the United States...

Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Horror, Exploration, Old school

Game released: PC → 8 August 2024

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

The official spin-off to the Five Nights at Freddy's universe, made in 2D pixel style. Oswald is bored with his city and his life. But everything changes when he...

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

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

Game released: PC → 13 November 2024

Players: 8.7/10

The main character found himself in a dense forest, and during bad weather he hid in a strange hut to wait it out. In the room there is a computer with a game that...

Core Keeper

Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022; Game released: PC → 27 August 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...

Content Warning

Action, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Procedural generation, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 1 April 2024

Players: 8.2/10

A cooperative horror puzzle game in the spirit of Lethal Company. The game is about a group of bloggers trying to get viral on the local equivalent of YouTube. To...

DON'T SCREAM

Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Adventure, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 October 2024; Early Access: PC → 27 October 2023

Players: 7.2/10

A short horror game based on unusual game mechanics. The player explores the dark Pineview Forest for 18 minutes. During this, terrible screamers are expected...

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Old school

Game released: PC → 14 February 2024

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Remasters of the original Lara Croft games. The collection includes Tomb Raider I + The Unfinished Business Expansion, Tomb Raider II + The Gold Mask Expansion and...

Drova - Forsaken Kin

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 15 October 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The main action takes place in a dark fantasy world in which people have discovered the power of a dead empire, which allows them to receive the powers of spirits...

9 Days

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

Game released: PC → 8 March 2024

Players: 5.5/10

An action role-playing game in which players find themselves in a fantasy world where the character has nine days to level up his divine skills and find top...

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Open world, Role-playing game, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 31 October 2024

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

An updated version of Horizon Zero Dawn with redesigned graphics and improved features, bringing it closer to the level of Horizon Forbidden West. The game...

The Inn-Sanity

Walking Simulator, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 10 January 2025; Early Access: PC → 22 October 2024

Players: 10/10

The main character finds himself in a luxurious hotel, which becomes a trap against the background of the impending apocalypse. In one night, the city is immersed...

Metro Awakening

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

Game released: PC → 7 November 2024

Players: 5.9/10

A spin-off in the Metro series for virtual reality headsets. The game takes place in the Moscow metro five years before the events of Metro 2033. The main...

Winter Survival

Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 6 March 2024; Game released: PC → 19 November 2025

Players: 7.8/10

Players try to survive in harsh winter conditions and wait for rescue. The plot is based on real events: a plane crash in the Andes in 1972, after which survivors...

Skull and Bones

Online, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Online, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 16 February 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 60/100

A multiplayer action game dedicated to the Golden Age of piracy in the exotic and unruly Indian Ocean. To become the leader of all the pirates, you will have to...

Little Kitty, Big City

Third-person view, Adventure, Action, Exploration, Open world, Sandbox, Platformer

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The player controls a little black kitten who goes on an adventure to find his way home. You can explore the city and make new friends among homeless animals, some...

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game

Open world, Racing, Exploration, Simulation, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 5 March 2024

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Continuation of the off-road driving simulator in the MudRunner series. You will find realistic control mechanics, sophisticated gameplay, as well as many...

KAKU: Ancient Seal

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Dungeons, Exploration

Early Access: PC → 4 May 2023; Game released: PC → 12 July 2024

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character, Kaku, travels through the ancient world with his pig companion. The locations are filled with puzzles and are based on the four main elements...

Caribbean Legend

Adventure, Role-playing game, Warships / Submarines, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 15 February 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Remake of the pirate RPG Sea Dogs: To Each His Own from 2012. The main character is the sea wolf Charles de Mor. He engages in seafaring with a numerous fleet of...

The Thing: Remastered

Action, Adventure, Exploration, Survival horror, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PC → 5 December 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Re-release of the shooter Thing (2002) . The game is a direct sequel to John Carpenter's cult horror "The Thing". The shooter's plot starts immediately after the...

REVEIL

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

Game released: PC → 6 March 2024

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A narrative thriller about Walter Thompson and his dark past at the Nelson Brothers Circus. The main character sorts out fragments of memories, explores the...

Survival: Fountain of Youth

Action, First-person view, Adventure, Simulation, Survival, Open world, Exploration, Crafting, Construction

Early Access: PC → 19 April 2023; Game released: PC → 21 May 2024

Players: 8.1/10

The main character of the “survivor” is a member of an expedition who went in search of the source of eternal youth. After a shipwreck, the explorer wakes up on the...

Kong: Survivor Instinct

Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration, Platformer, Action

Game released: PC → 22 October 2024

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Adventure Metroidvania based on King Kong. The game tells the story of oil rig worker David as he tries to find his daughter in a collapsing city. To save his...

Copycat

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PC → 19 September 2024

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

An adventure cat simulator where you can explore different locations, hunt birds and interact with the world around you. The plot tells the story of a cat named...

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Exploration, Collection

Game released: PC → 21 March 2024

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Complete Edition Horizon Forbidden West, which includes the original game and the expansion Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores. You will immerse yourself in...

Mirthwood

Fantasy, Medieval era, Open world, Simulation, Role-playing game, Exploration, Sandbox, Crafting

Game released: PC → 6 November 2024

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A life simulator with a living open world, a huge number of random events and skill leveling. The world consists of six diverse regions and three large cities. In...

Reka

Third-person view, Sandbox, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Fantasy, Construction

Early Access: PC → 12 September 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.5/10

A sandbox about the adventures of a Slavic witch, a student of Baba Yaga, and her hut on chicken legs. Players create their own witch, build and enchant a hut, and...

Voidwrought

Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 24 October 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The main action takes place in a hand-rendered cosmic horror world, in which the player explores the ruins of the First Civilization and battles the gods who live...

Neon Blood

Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Side view, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Detective, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 November 2024

An adventure role-playing game set in the cyberpunk future of 2053. The main character is former police detective Axel McCoin, who must uncover a terrible...

Soulmask

Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 31 May 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Fleeing from a deadly sacrificial ritual, the main character finds an ancient mystical mask. It contains knowledge that can change the world. The character explores...

Dread Dawn

Survival, Action, Shooter, Zombies, Open world, Exploration, Isometric, Construction, Crafting

Game released: PC → 1 October 2024

Players: 4.6/10

The game takes place in an open post-apocalyptic world. The gamer explores a closed city filled with zombies. We need to gather with other survivors to defend the...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2024 for PC