Exploration
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Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2025 for PC (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PC → 4 February 2025
VGTimes:
9.7/10
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
88/100
First-person role-playing action in the vast open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct sequel to the 2018 game, taking players back to fifteenth-century...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Zombies, Online
Game released: PC → 18 September 2025
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The story-driven spin-off of the Dying Light 2 Stay Human series with an open world and drivable vehicles. The game takes place in an entirely new location...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC → 29 October 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The game takes place on the new colony of Arcadia, where rifts threaten the destruction of all humanity. An agent of the Earth Authority finds himself at the center...
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Exploration, Action, Combat robots
Game released: PC → 27 November 2025
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
87/100
A dark cyberpunk action game in the spirit of Half-Life 2. A young guy Ignat is trying to survive in post-apocalyptic Russia and solve a mystery. Having lost his...
DLC, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Combat robots, Exploration, Science fiction, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: PC → 28 January 2025
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Major Sergei Nechaev returns to Enterprise 3826, where he ends up at the Neptune underwater research center. There he will meet new opponents and unlock new weapons...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: PC → 15 May 2025
Players:
10/10
Steam:
59/100
Metacritic:
72/100
In the addition, Henry will meet a mysterious artist who is trying to find inspiration and become one of the greatest masters of his time. You can find him in...
Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Puzzle
Game released: PC → 28 July 2025
Players:
7/10
Steam:
93/100
An adventure puzzle-horror game based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The main character is a blacksmith who has never seen any grief, who sets off to...
Action, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Exploration, Online, Adventure
Game released: PC → 21 October 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
89/100
A cooperative game about travelers returning home from vacation in an old RV. The heroes must solve problems along the way, such as using winches to overcome...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 20 May 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
64/100
An improved version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the developers have updated the graphics and visual effects. The plot tells about a character...
Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Casual game, Dungeons, Crafting, Procedural generation, Exploration, Horror
Game released: PC → 7 February 2025
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
The main character bought a house and now digs a hole in his garden. In the process, different values come across, for example, silver and even bags with money...
Adventure, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Open world, Detective, Puzzle
Game released: PC → 29 January 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
97/100
An adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology and ancient culture. By exploring the world during major festivals that change with the seasons, you can immerse...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC → 4 December 2025
Players:
4.7/10
Steam:
62/100
A tactical survival shooter set on a mysterious tropical island in the Pacific Ocean. It was from there that a distress signal came from journalists, whom the main...
First-person view, Simulation, Walking Simulator, Open world, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Virtual Reality (VR)
Game released: PC → 15 April 2025
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
76/100
The main character travels with a camera to various picturesque locations and takes pictures. Throughout the levels you can find many objects and landscapes to...
Survival horror, Dungeons, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Demons, Medieval era, Mysticism / Supernatural
Game released: PC → 13 May 2025
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
71/100
A dark game with PS1 style graphics, which takes place in feudal Japan overrun by demons. The main character is a soldier who must find the main villain who killed...
Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Shooter, Third-person view, Space, Crafting, Exploration, Educational game (Education), Science fiction, Adventure
Game released: PC → 8 May 2025
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A cooperative game in which the heroes explore distant planets, where they study the environment. There are plants to scan, creatures to capture, lakes to swim in...
Adventure, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox, First-person view, Action, Space, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 14 May 2025
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
75/100
A colorful open-world sandbox in which the player confronts a galactic infection called the Red Darkness, which threatens the entire galaxy. As you progress, you...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Detective
Game released: PC → 11 November 2025
Steam:
58/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A story expansion that takes the action to the gloomy Sedlec Monastery, engulfed in a deadly epidemic. An atmosphere of anxiety and despair permeates every hall of...
Online, Business / Management, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Construction, Farm Simulator, Crafting
Game released: PC → 23 April 2025
Steam:
93/100
A colorful farming simulator in which players explore the tropical eucalyptus forests and scorching deserts of an island inspired by the wild Australian outback. As...
