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
1,972 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Ale & Tale Tavern
First-person fantasy tavern simulation with cooperative cooking and exploration
89% positive
10K reviews
Her Story
Crime mystery built from searchable, out-of-order police interview clips
89% positive
10K reviews
Internet Cafe Simulator
First-person business sim about running and expanding an internet café
73% positive
10K reviews
Enigma of Fear
Open-world paranormal mystery with detective puzzles and survival horror
97% positive
10K reviews
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE
Party-based fantasy RPG with programmable combat and open-world exploration
89% positive
10K reviews
The Survivalists
Island survival crafting with monkeys that gather, build, and fight
76% positive
10K reviews
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Third-person action RPG mixing street brawls with pirate ship combat
88% positive
9,962 reviews
Voidtrain
First-person survival crafting aboard a train crossing a surreal void
73% positive
9,952 reviews
Reventure
A 2D platform adventure where choices lead to 100 endings
95% positive
9,886 reviews
Hand Simulator: Survival
First-person island survival with manual hand controls and multiplayer
86% positive
9,853 reviews
Pentiment
Historical adventure investigating murders across decades in a Bavarian town
95% positive
9,827 reviews
Pumpkin Jack
Spooky 3D platformer starring a pumpkin-headed villain fighting good
91% positive
9,822 reviews
Spaceflight Simulator
2D space sandbox for building rockets and mastering orbital flight
97% positive
9,789 reviews
Drova - Forsaken Kin
Open-world pixel-art action RPG with faction choices and tough combat
94% positive
9,773 reviews
AdventureQuest 3D
Free-to-play third-person MMORPG with class switching and cross-platform co-op
82% positive
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Railway Empire
Historical railroad strategy across five eras of North American industry
83% positive
9,724 reviews
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
Open-world driving simulator with varied jobs, racing, and multiplayer
94% positive
9,710 reviews
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Turn-based space 4X strategy with custom civilizations and generated galaxies
81% positive
9,608 reviews
Deliver Us The Moon
Story-driven space adventure investigating a silent lunar colony through puzzles
88% positive
9,579 reviews
INDIKA
Third-person adventure following a nun and the devil through surreal Russia
89% positive
9,571 reviews
SUNLESS SEA
Gothic horror RPG about surviving voyages across an underground sea
83% positive
9,565 reviews
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Top-down horror adventure solving puzzles while hunting a witch
95% positive
9,544 reviews
Aviassembly
Plane-building sandbox with cargo missions and open-world island exploration
97% positive
9,533 reviews
Bugsnax
First-person creature-collecting adventure about trapping edible bug-snack hybrids
97% positive
9,526 reviews