Exploration 2020 for Xbox One — top best games in the Exploration genre

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - a game in the Exploration genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements set in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game...

SnowRunner

Racing, Simulation, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Online, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 28 April 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The continuation of the off-road driving simulator Spintires: MudRunner. You can expect realistic control mechanics, a well-developed gameplay process, as well as...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 5 June 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

Haven

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox One → 3 December 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Haven is an atmospheric third-person adventure where you take control of the characters Yu and Kay, who have been exiled to a mysterious planet called the Source...

Tell Me Why

Adventure, Third-person view, Interactive movie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 27 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tell Me Why is a new project from the creators of Life is Strange, which will tell about the study of the difficult childhood of two twins. Tyler and Alison Ronan...

Supraland

Action, Shooter, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Adventure

Game released: Xbox One → 22 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Supraland is an exciting action platformer with a first-person view. In the game you have to solve fun puzzles, explore the environment, find secrets and fight...

The Red Lantern

Adventure, Roguelike, First-person view, Sports game, Exploration, Role-playing game

Game released: Xbox One → 22 October 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Red Lantern is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game takes place in Alaska in the city of Nome. You will find...

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 6 March 2020

Steam: 95/100

An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Adventure, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 15 October 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Raji: An Ancient Epic is an isometric action role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The setting is based on Hindu and Balinese mythologies. The game takes you into...

Beyond Blue

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond Blue is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Never Alone. Beyond Blue takes place in the near future...

Journey to the Savage Planet

Adventure, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Comedy, Exploration, Open world

Game released: Xbox One → 28 January 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A vibrant action adventure in an open world. At the direction of the Kindred Aerospace corporation, the hero is sent to a distant planet. He will have to explore...

Those Who Remain

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

Game released: Xbox One → 28 May 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Those Who Remain is a psychological horror adventure with a first-person view. You have to go to the fictional American town of Dormont, which is engulfed in...

Touhou Luna Nights

Metroidvania, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 3 September 2020

Steam: 97/100

A pixel game in which the main character finds herself in another world. It's full of strange places and demon youkai. You can use different weapons and learn...

Monster Sanctuary

Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 8 December 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Monster Sanctuary is a side-scrolling pixel Metroidvania in a fantasy setting, in which you become monster trainers and can fight in 3v3 tactical battles...

The Falconeer

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox One → 10 November 2020

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Falconeer is an open-world fantasy RPG featuring unconventional combat featuring aerial combat and acrobatics. The action takes place in a world called The...

Relicta

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 4 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Relicta is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a chief physicist stuck on an abandoned lunar base...

No Straight Roads

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Music game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 25 August 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

No Straight Roads is a musical action-slasher game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of an independent rock band that goes up against a powerful...

Obduction

Adventure, First-person view, Logic, Virtual Reality (VR), Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 10 April 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Obduction is a first-person adventure game from the creators of the popular Myst series, supporting Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality devices. A journey into...

Merchant of the Skies

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 30 July 2020

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Merchant of the Skies is a real-time management strategy with a side view. In the game, you will act as the captain of an airship, who will have to trade, collect...

Carto

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 27 October 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Carto is an unusual adventure game built around a unique world-changing puzzle. Locations consist of blocks, and the player can change their places at his...

Morkredd

Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Platformer, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 11 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 71/100

Morkredd is a co-op puzzle adventure with an isometric camera view. In the game you will have to answer the call of the Sphere together with a friend or prove your...

The Touryst

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

Game released: Xbox One → 30 July 2020

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Touryst is an action-adventure game with a third-person view, made in pixel style. In the game you will go to conquer the Monument Islands, where a lot of fun...

Cave Digger

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Exploration, Hidden Objects

Game released: Xbox One → 20 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Cave Digger is a free-to-play action adventure game with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality. In this...

60 Seconds!

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Xbox One → 6 March 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

60 Seconds! — an arcade survival simulator in times of post-apocalypse. Ted has only 60 seconds to take everything he needs and hide in the bunker before the...

Curious Expedition

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Roguelike

Game released: Xbox One → 3 April 2020

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Curious Expedition is a procedurally generated adventure role-playing game set in the 19th century. You can feel like a real explorer and discoverer. Choose one of...

Mask of Mists

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Action, Puzzle, Metroidvania, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 2 September 2020

Steam: 85/100

Mask of Mists is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and various puzzles. You will explore fabulous locations full of magical artifacts and all kinds...

Quern - Undying Thoughts

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 24 April 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Quern - Undying Thoughts is a first-person adventure puzzle game about exploring the island of Quern and uncovering its mysteries. The player solves puzzles to...

The Suicide of Rachel Foster

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

Game released: Xbox One → 9 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The Suicide of Rachel Foster is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character ends up in her childhood home after her...

Quest Hunter

Role-playing game, Puzzle, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 24 April 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Quest Hunter is an action-adventure action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the Dark World, where fire and a shovel...

Manifold Garden

Puzzle, Logic, Indie, First-person view, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 18 August 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Manifold Garden is an atmospheric puzzle game from independent developer William Chir. The game is imbued with the creativity of the surrealist artist Escher. The...

Welcome to Elk

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 17 September 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Welcome to Elk is an atmospheric side-scrolling adventure set on a fictional island, filled with whimsical stories and tall tales. You will take on the role of...

Micetopia

Side view, Adventure, Action, Platformer, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: Xbox One → 20 November 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 37/100

Micetopia is a classic side-scrolling Metroid set in a medieval mouse kingdom with magic and dragons. The main character, a brave mouse, lived quietly in his...

9th Dawn 3

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Adventure, Dungeons, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 6 October 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

9th Dawn 3 is a continuation of the classic top-down RPG set in the medieval setting of 9th Dawn. The game offers a more detailed world open to exploration, a new...

La-Mulana 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 27 June 2019

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

La-Mulana 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling arcade platformer with lots of puzzles. This time the main character is the girl archaeologist Lumisa Kosugi, who...

Oniria Crimes

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy, Logic, Exploration

Game released: Xbox One → 3 December 2020

Steam: 76/100

Oniria Crimes is an indie adventure with "Pont & Click" mechanics set in a pixelated dream world called "The Dream". A serial killer has begun to operate in dreams...

Feather

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox One → 30 September 2020

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Feather is a cozy game about exploring and immersing yourself in a beautiful landscape. You will become a bird and feel the flight, dissolving in a Zen flow and...

Exploration

Best Games in the Exploration genre of 2020 for Xbox One (Game released)