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.
- Frequent travel through new areas
- Optional paths and hidden locations
- Progress through learning the environment
Related: Open World, Sandbox, Survival, RPG
7,410 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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GRIS
A 2D platform adventure through sorrow and returning color
96% positive
89K reviews
Elite Dangerous
Open-world space simulation with a full-scale Milky Way sandbox
75% positive
87K reviews
Escape From Duckov
A single-player extraction shooter about scavenging and surviving as a duck
87% positive
86K reviews
Green Hell
Open-world survival simulation with detailed health, crafting, and jungle dangers
84% positive
85K reviews
Demo FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Story-driven fantasy MMORPG with flexible jobs and solo-friendly dungeons
85% positive
85K reviews
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
Third-person Star Wars adventure with lightsaber combat and open exploration
68% positive
85K reviews
Fallout 76
Open-world multiplayer RPG about rebuilding post-nuclear West Virginia
73% positive
84K reviews
Conan Exiles Enhanced
Open-world survival crafting with city building and siege warfare
78% positive
84K reviews
Fishing Planet
First-person online fishing simulator with detailed tackle and global waterways
86% positive
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DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition
Third-person action RPG with tough bosses and interconnected areas
91% positive
82K reviews
Grounded
First-person backyard survival crafting at the size of an ant
89% positive
80K reviews
RV There Yet?
First-person co-op driving adventure with one RV and two winches
90% positive
79K reviews
Content Warning
Online co-op horror where friends film monsters for viral views
93% positive
78K reviews
Demo Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Third-person jungle adventure mixing exploration, stealth, combat, and tomb puzzles
84% positive
77K reviews
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Open-world pirate adventure with naval combat, stealth, and parkour
87% positive
77K reviews
Far Cry® 4
Open-world first-person shooter with stealth, mountain warfare, and rideable elephants
84% positive
75K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
First-person survival horror across a vast animatronic-filled entertainment complex
86% positive
74K reviews
SPORE™
Single-player evolution sandbox spanning cells, civilizations, and space
92% positive
73K reviews
Dune: Awakening
Open-world survival RPG of crafting, base building, and Arrakis exploration
73% positive
72K reviews
Demo The Planet Crafter
Open-world survival crafting where base building transforms a barren planet
95% positive
72K reviews
No Rest for the Wicked
Isometric action RPG with Souls-style combat and online co-op
76% positive
70K reviews
Black Desert
Sandbox MMORPG combining combo combat, life skills, and guild wars
74% positive
69K reviews
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Open-world samurai action with sword combat, stealth, and exploration
93% positive
69K reviews
OneShot
Pixel-art puzzle adventure where the world knows you exist
98% positive
65K reviews