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
8,069 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Timespinner
Side-scrolling action RPG with time-stopping powers and a connected world
86% positive
2,933 reviews
The Curse of Monkey Island
Cartoon pirate point-and-click adventure about lifting a ring's curse
97% positive
2,931 reviews
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Open-world fantasy RPG following a prisoner's quest to rescue an emperor
79% positive
Free
Dimraeth
Pixel-art action RPG with stamina-based combat and a home to build
79% positive
2,924 reviews
Arise: A Simple Story
Story-driven 3D puzzle-platformer about crossing obstacles by manipulating time
91% positive
2,922 reviews
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Shao Song I
Live-action narrative game with branching choices and imperial court politics
82% positive
2,920 reviews
Platform 8
First-person horror walking simulator on an endless, anomaly-filled train
87% positive
2,912 reviews
Contradiction: Spot The Liar
Live-action detective mystery built around catching suspects in contradictions
95% positive
2,905 reviews
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
Third-person stealth action in a world where war is business
96% positive
2,903 reviews
Shelter
A survival adventure about keeping badger cubs fed and safe
86% positive
2,902 reviews
Metal Unit
Side-scrolling action roguelite with mech combat and permanent upgrades
83% positive
2,902 reviews
Minit
A minimalist adventure with puzzles and sixty-second days
89% positive
2,901 reviews
Demo Caravan SandWitch
Third-person exploration adventure searching a desert planet for your sister
88% positive
2,900 reviews
Demo Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Downhill bike racing through mountain trails with off-road shortcuts
89% positive
2,889 reviews
Martha Is Dead
First-person psychological thriller about a twin's death in wartime Italy
78% positive
2,888 reviews
Feel The Snow
Pixel-art survival adventure with co-op, crafting, and snowy exploration
86% positive
2,880 reviews
You Will (Not) Remain
A narrative horror game about isolation during an eldritch invasion
92% positive
Free
The Midnight Walk
Stop-motion dark fantasy adventure evading monsters with a lantern creature
92% positive
2,871 reviews
Demo Emissary Zero
Co-op horror with monsters, puzzles, and a building that changes
83% positive
2,870 reviews
Guacamelee! 2
2D Metroidvania with wrestling combat and chicken-form platforming
91% positive
2,869 reviews
Demo Lorn's Lure
First-person platformer about climbing through a vast, dangerous structure
84% positive
2,865 reviews
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
Third-person action RPG with two stories inside a dangerous chasm
78% positive
2,863 reviews
100 Istanbul Cats
A hidden-object cat hunt through a hand-drawn Istanbul scene
86% positive
Free
The Flame in the Flood
Roguelike survival on a procedurally generated river through post-collapse America
75% positive
2,851 reviews