Exploration
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Statuses
Best Games in the Exploration genre for Xbox Series X/S
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Adventure, Open world
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 21 February 2023
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
73/100
The main character is Major Sergey Nechaev, nicknamed P-3, a KGB special agent assigned a particularly dangerous mission. The factory's robot control system has...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 20 August 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A sequel to the action RPG that combines a dark atmosphere with tactical battles and open-world exploration. The events unfold in a dilapidated universe full of...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Role-playing game
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 April 2026
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
89/100
The expansion completes the story of Atomic Heart. Sergey Nechaev and the Twin will head to the "Crystal" complex to challenge the KRAZ in a relentless bloody...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, MMO, In real time, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Medieval era, Sandbox, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 26 June 2025
VGTimes:
5.7/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A free multiplayer open-world RPG with a focus on dynamic battles. In it, you will create your own hero using one of the most advanced customization systems...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Zombies, Online
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Open world, Remake, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 9 July 2026
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The remake reinterprets the pirate chapter of the series, bringing back the story of Edward Kenway with an updated visual style and smoother gameplay. The Caribbean...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 April 2024
Players:
8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
86/100
A continuation of the iconic post-apocalyptic role-playing game series. The game features a completely redesigned character progression system and gameplay, changes...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → spring 2027
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
87/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world, Space, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 10 November 2020
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view set in a futuristic environment. You will embark on a journey to explore space and planets, some of...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 July 2024
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
85/100
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...
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 27 August 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
94/100
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...
Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, DLC, Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 2 August 2023
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
71/100
The expansion tells about the events after the ending of Atomic Heart. Major Sergey Nechaev embarks on a journey through the "Mendeleev" complex and the...
DLC, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Combat robots, Exploration, Science fiction, Action, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 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, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Crafting, Slasher, Open world, Exploration
Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → March 2027
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
86/100
Game from the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. King Harold is dying, and his power passes to his son Magnus. The plague...
