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.
Tangle Tower
Point-and-click detective adventure about a murder in a strange mansion
95% positive
6,804 reviews
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Third-person pirate RPG about exploring islands and stopping sea monsters
80% positive
6,802 reviews
Mad Father
Pixel-art horror adventure uncovering secrets in a family's mansion
97% positive
6,800 reviews
GRIME
2.5D Metroidvania built around parrying and absorbing enemies
85% positive
6,783 reviews
Ion Fury
Fast-paced retro first-person shooter with sprawling levels and secrets
93% positive
6,777 reviews
Starbase
Multiplayer space sandbox centered on building ships bolt by bolt
55% positive
6,768 reviews
Botanicula
Point-and-click adventure about five tree creatures saving a seed
95% positive
6,714 reviews
Marie's Room
First-person story exploration uncovers an old friendship's secrets in one room
93% positive
Free
POOLS
First-person horror exploration through empty, maze-like pool spaces
95% positive
6,707 reviews
Laika: Aged Through Blood
Side-scrolling action adventure built around motorbike combat and exploration
91% positive
6,704 reviews
Katamari Damacy REROLL
Casual rolling game about growing a ball to rebuild stars
93% positive
6,688 reviews
FOREWARNED
Co-op survival horror in shifting Egyptian tombs haunted by mummies
90% positive
6,664 reviews
Axiom Verge
2D action platformer about exploring an alien labyrinth with glitches
90% positive
6,632 reviews
ANNO: Mutationem
Cyberpunk action RPG mixing 3D exploration and 2D combat
81% positive
6,629 reviews
Spirit of the North
Third-person fox adventure with wordless storytelling and environmental puzzles
84% positive
6,628 reviews
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Real-time stealth tactics with undead pirates and coordinated attacks
91% positive
6,583 reviews
DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS
Asymmetrical survival matches with seven civilians against one evolving villain
49% positive
6,579 reviews
Serena
Short point-and-click mystery told through objects in a remote cabin
77% positive
Free
Keep Driving
Road-trip management RPG with hitchhikers and turn-based roadside challenges
94% positive
6,535 reviews
Sonic Origins
Fast-paced 2D platforming across four remastered 16-bit classics
77% positive
6,491 reviews
Sable
Open-world desert adventure exploring ruins on a hoverbike
86% positive
6,484 reviews
Risen 3 - Titan Lords
Open-world action RPG with guild choices and nonlinear quests
74% positive
6,480 reviews
Word Game
Word puzzle adventure where editing sentences changes the world
93% positive
6,443 reviews
Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
First-person psychological horror about a fire lookout's unsettling new post
92% positive
6,433 reviews