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Best Exploration games on PC

Games centered on moving through environments and discovering locations, paths, and secrets, often with freedom to take detours or choose where to go next.

Related: Open World, Sandbox, Survival, RPG

7,410 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

7,410 games

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Terraria
Terraria
2D sandbox adventure built around digging, crafting, and boss fights
97% positive 1.4M reviews
Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod
Physics sandbox for building contraptions and playing community-made modes
97% positive 1.2M reviews
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077
Open-world first-person RPG set in a futuristic cyberpunk city
84% positive 967K reviews
Euro Truck Simulator 2 Demo
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Open-world trucking simulation with cargo routes and company management
97% positive 848K reviews
The Forest
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
95% positive 634K reviews
Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight
Challenging 2D Metroidvania through a ruined underground bug kingdom
96% positive 537K reviews
Valheim
Valheim
Norse open-world survival crafting with co-op building and bosses
93% positive 501K reviews
Lethal Company
Lethal Company
First-person co-op horror about scavenging deadly moons for quota
97% positive 439K reviews
Palworld
Palworld
Open-world survival RPG combining creature collecting, crafting, and base automation
94% positive 432K reviews
BeamNG.drive
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive 421K reviews
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong
An exploration platformer with acrobatic combat across an insect kingdom
86% positive 402K reviews
Subnautica
Subnautica
First-person underwater survival crafting on a dangerous alien ocean
97% positive 364K reviews
R.E.P.O.
R.E.P.O.
Online co-op horror about hauling fragile valuables past monsters
96% positive 363K reviews
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
Shared-world pirate adventure built around sailing, treasure, and rival crews
89% positive 352K reviews
Monster Hunter: World
Monster Hunter: World
Third-person action RPG about tracking and hunting giant monsters
87% positive 338K reviews
No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky
Open-world space sandbox across a procedurally generated galaxy
80% positive 335K reviews
PEAK
PEAK
First-person co-op climbing where each mistake threatens the whole ascent
94% positive 322K reviews
Deep Rock Galactic
Deep Rock Galactic
Class-based co-op FPS about mining procedural caves and fighting aliens
97% positive 320K reviews
Fallout 4
Fallout 4
Open-world post-apocalyptic RPG with gunplay, choices, and settlement building
81% positive 311K reviews
Sons Of The Forest
Sons Of The Forest
Open-world survival horror with base building and cooperative exploration
88% positive 308K reviews
DARK SOULS™ III
DARK SOULS™ III
Third-person dark fantasy RPG built around punishing combat and exploration
93% positive 299K reviews
7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die
Open-world zombie survival sandbox built around crafting and base defense
86% positive 296K reviews
Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy
Open-world action RPG about spellcasting and exploring 1800s Hogwarts
89% positive 291K reviews
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5
Open-world arcade racing across Mexico with hundreds of cars
88% positive 280K reviews