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.
Cat Quest II
2D open-world action RPG with cat-and-dog local co-op
95% positive
7,231 reviews
The Silent Age
Side-scrolling point-and-click adventure with puzzles across two time periods
93% positive
7,196 reviews
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Persian-inspired Metroidvania with time powers and precision platforming
84% positive
7,156 reviews
Endless Sky
Open-world 2D space sim about trading, fighting, and fleet-building
92% positive
Free
METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version
Third-person jungle stealth action with camouflage and survival systems
89% positive
7,080 reviews
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Action RPG about rescuing shipwreck survivors and exploring an island
90% positive
7,061 reviews
Two Worlds II HD
Open-world fantasy action RPG with customizable magic and side quests
64% positive
7,033 reviews
1000xRESIST
Sci-fi adventure about a clone uncovering secrets through memories
94% positive
7,033 reviews
The Infected
First-person open-world survival crafting with enemies you can disable
84% positive
7,018 reviews
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game
Parkour simulation with rooftop trick combos and timed challenges
95% positive
6,995 reviews
Train Sim World® 2020
First-person train simulator with hands-on controls and real-world routes
78% positive
6,990 reviews
In Sound Mind
First-person psychological horror with puzzles across unsettling memories
95% positive
6,990 reviews
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Noir detective adventure about a missing boxer and consequential choices
83% positive
6,979 reviews
ELEX II
Open-world action RPG with jetpack travel and faction choices
73% positive
6,944 reviews
Jusant
Third-person climbing puzzle adventure up a mysterious, changing tower
93% positive
6,934 reviews
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Third-person action adventure with acrobatic climbing and environmental puzzles
77% positive
6,928 reviews
Journey To The Savage Planet
First-person alien exploration adventure with platforming and online co-op
87% positive
6,925 reviews
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
First-person mystery adventure uncovering secrets in a stormbound hotel
68% positive
6,906 reviews
Nobody Saves the World
2D action RPG with shapeshifting quests and dungeons
91% positive
6,904 reviews
Thief Simulator 2
First-person stealth simulation about studying routines and planning burglaries
88% positive
6,847 reviews
Zup! X
Physics puzzle game using explosions to keep a ball on platforms
96% positive
6,837 reviews
Littlewood
Pixel-art life sim about building a town after saving the world
93% positive
6,831 reviews
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Typing adventure with word-based combat in an unfolding paper world
95% positive
6,825 reviews
Planet Explorers
Open-world survival sandbox for building a colony after a crash
62% positive
Free