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: 8.2/10

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...

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...

Sons of the Forest

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2024

Players: 8.1/10

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...

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 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...

7 Days to Die

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

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...

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...

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: 8.1/10

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...

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...

Core Keeper

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

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...

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...

DREDGE - The Iron Rig

DLC, Indie, Hunting / Fishing, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Simulation

Game released: PC → 15 August 2024

Players: 9.6/10

The add-on tells a completely new story related to the Iron Harbor company. Players deliver cargo to an oil platform containing a secret laboratory. By assisting...

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...

Карнавал Иллюзий

Free game, Adventure, Role-playing game, Exploration

Game released: PC → 12 July 2024

Players: 9.8/10

Adventure role-playing game about a creepy amusement park. The magnificent amusement park of Confettia is plagued and riddled with anomalies seeking to devour the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Caribbean Legend

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

Game released: PC → 15 February 2024

Players: 8.2/10

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...

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...

KeepUp Survival

Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 5 March 2024

Survival in an open world with a focus on base building, exploring the island, and gradually uncovering its story. Players need to gather resources, create tools...

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...

Little Kitty, Big City

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

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 8.1/10

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...

Dungeonborne

Role-playing game, Online, First-person view, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 19 July 2024

Players: 5.7/10

A free online action role-playing game in which players explore dark dungeons inhabited by fantasy creatures and monsters. There are a variety of classes to choose...

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...

Homeless

Horror, Survival horror, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 4 August 2024

Players: 10/10

Atmospheric horror set in Brooklyn in the 1990s. The main character is a certain Albert, who works as a security guard in the subway. One day during his night...

KAKU: Ancient Seal

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

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...

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...

Chained Together

Action, Cooperative (co-op), Platformer, Third-person view, Exploration

Game released: PC → 19 June 2024

Players: 6.1/10

A cooperative action-platformer about friends connected by a chain. In the story, players begin their journey in the depths of Hell and try to climb from there to...

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...

Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator

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

Game released: PC → 7 March 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Taxi simulator in an open world. During the course of the game, players not only transport passengers, but also develop their own company. Features include the...

Сатурн

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Free game, Tactics, Exploration, Space

Game released: PC → 29 October 2024

Players: 8.7/10

An isometric tactical role-playing game with a non-linear plot, set in 2062. People are exploring the solar system using technology for remote control of machines...

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...

Tchia

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

Game released: PC → 21 March 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

An adventure platformer inspired by the culture of New Guinea. A young heroine named Chia goes on an amazing journey through a bright world, explores the underwater...

The Thaumaturge

Isometric, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Exploration

Game released: PC → 4 March 2024

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The action takes place in an alternative Russian Empire, namely in Warsaw in 1905. The world is populated by both ordinary people and mysterious otherworldly...

DON'T SCREAM

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2024

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...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2024 for PC (Game released)