Exploration 2017 for Xbox One — top best games in the Exploration genre

The Long Dark - a game in the Exploration genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Exploration, Adventure, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...

What Remains of Edith Finch

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

Game released: Xbox One → 19 July 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

What Remains of Edith Finch is a mystical detective adventure with a first-person view. A collection of short stories awaits you, dedicated to a cursed family that...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 13 December 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Wuppo

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Wuppo is a side-scrolling pixel arcade action platformer with RPG elements. You have to help a cute round creature who has lost his home. And now he has to go on a...

Snake Pass

Arcade, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Simulation, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 29 March 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Snake Pass is a third-person arcade puzzle game with a fantasy setting. When a mysterious villain threatens the heroes' peaceful lives, Noodle the snake and Doodle...

Rime

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

Game released: Xbox One → 26 May 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Rime is an action-adventure puzzle game played from a third-person perspective. You have to go to a fantastic and harsh world that holds many secrets and mysteries...

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 17 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a side-scrolling action platformer. You have to go explore the dark lands where the curse has fallen. Evil is penetrating...

Moon Hunters

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 19 July 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Moon Hunters is a top-down cooperative RPG set in a fantasy setting. You have to team up with three friends and go to an ancient world that changes with each new...

Mr. Pumpkin Adventure

Exploration, Hidden Objects, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 17 May 2017

Steam: 79/100

This point-and-click puzzle adventure follows Mr. Pumpkin, who has lost his memory. The player explores the surroundings and solves puzzles to help him piece...

Town of Light

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

Game released: Xbox One → 6 June 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller. The events of the game will take you to Italy in the 30s of the last century, to a psychiatric hospital...

AER Memories of Old

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 25 October 2017

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

AER Memories of Old is an adventure arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game tells the story of a girl who can turn into a bird...

Stellar Interface

Shooter, Indie, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Top-down view, Side view, Exploration, Casual game

Game released: Xbox One → 30 March 2017

Steam: 77/100

A hardcore shooter made in the style of NES games. In a randomly generated universe and random perks, no journey will be the same. The game has over 100 perks and...

We Are the Dwarves

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie, Adventure, Action, Stealth, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 24 February 2017

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 60/100

We Are the Dwarves is a fantasy real-time tactical strategy game. In the company of three dwarf astronauts, players will have to go after the new Sun — a...

Nightmare Boy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 25 October 2017

Steam: 58/100

Nightmare Boy is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. The game takes place in another world full of enemies from your worst nightmares. Only you can save...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2017 for Xbox One (Game released)