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.
STASIS: BONE TOTEM
Isometric point-and-click horror adventure inside an underwater base
93% positive
2,675 reviews
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Pixel-art point-and-click adventure with sword fights and musical puzzles
77% positive
2,655 reviews
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Side-scrolling action platformer with monster forms that open new paths
88% positive
2,652 reviews
Arx Fatalis
First-person fantasy RPG with underground exploration and mouse-drawn spells
88% positive
2,649 reviews
La-Mulana
2D action platformer built around cryptic puzzles in ancient ruins
80% positive
2,641 reviews
Tales of Seikyu
Fantasy farming life sim with yokai shapeshifting and relationships
84% positive
2,641 reviews
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
Two classic turn-based JRPGs about rebellion, war, and recruitment
95% positive
2,634 reviews
The Solus Project
First-person sci-fi survival adventure across alien islands and caves
80% positive
2,627 reviews
The Break-In
Co-op burglary game about hauling stolen goods to your van
87% positive
2,620 reviews
Detective Grimoire
Point-and-click murder mystery with a swamp creature as suspect
96% positive
2,619 reviews
Galactic Civilizations IV
Turn-based space 4X with custom civilizations and starship design
72% positive
2,608 reviews
Hammerting
Dwarven colony sim about mining deeper to supply wartime allies
57% positive
2,602 reviews
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
Turn-based JRPG with puzzle-like crafting in a dream world
94% positive
2,602 reviews
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Side-scrolling action platformer where defeated dragons change your form
85% positive
2,595 reviews
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
Top-down survival horror with scarce supplies in World War I
90% positive
2,584 reviews
Hero of the Kingdom II
Isometric point-and-click adventure about gathering supplies to rescue your sister
94% positive
2,578 reviews
In Other Waters
Underwater sci-fi adventure guiding a scientist through an AI interface
87% positive
2,574 reviews
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Horror mystery with school exploration and deadly choices
95% positive
2,573 reviews
Survivalist
Open-world survival RPG about building a community after civilization collapses
80% positive
2,567 reviews
Grow: Song of the Evertree
Relaxed life sim about growing worlds and building towns
81% positive
2,567 reviews
Arctico
Open-world exploration and base building to recover a mentor's research
70% positive
2,553 reviews
HARVESTELLA
Farming action RPG with seasonal disasters and job-switching dungeon combat
77% positive
2,550 reviews
Little Goody Two Shoes
Fairy-tale horror adventure with village chores and dangerous nighttime exploration
95% positive
2,550 reviews
Castlevania Advance Collection
Four retro 2D action games set in Dracula's castle
92% positive
2,535 reviews