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
8,037 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo The Planet Crafter
Open-world survival crafting where base building transforms a barren planet
95% positive
72K reviews
No Rest for the Wicked
Isometric action RPG with Souls-style combat and online co-op
76% positive
70K reviews
Black Desert
Sandbox MMORPG combining combo combat, life skills, and guild wars
74% positive
69K reviews
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Open-world samurai action with sword combat, stealth, and exploration
93% positive
69K reviews
OneShot
Pixel-art puzzle adventure where the world knows you exist
98% positive
65K reviews
Diablo® IV
Isometric action RPG about slaughtering demons and collecting loot
69% positive
65K reviews
PROJECT: PLAYTIME
Multiplayer horror with puzzle-solving survivors and a player-controlled monster
78% positive
64K reviews
Dying Light: The Beast
First-person open-world zombie action with parkour and beast powers
86% positive
64K reviews
Lies of P
Third-person Souls-like action RPG with weapon assembly and truth-or-lie choices
90% positive
62K reviews
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Open-world fantasy RPG rebuilt with new visuals and refined gameplay
76% positive
62K reviews
Wuthering Waves
Open-world action RPG with fast combat and freeform traversal
87% positive
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Mad Max
Open-world wasteland action built around driving and vehicular combat
92% positive
61K reviews
Goat Simulator
Open-world sandbox where a goat scores points for destruction
90% positive
61K reviews
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Open-world vehicle-building sandbox with programmable air and sea rescues
90% positive
59K reviews
ICARUS
First-person survival crafting across persistent worlds and timed missions
73% positive
59K reviews
Chained Together
Co-op 3D platformer where chained climbers share every mistake
89% positive
59K reviews
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The Long Drive
First-person desert driving sandbox with survival and car maintenance
88% positive
54K reviews
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Third-person delivery adventure about reconnecting a post-apocalyptic America
91% positive
54K reviews
Core Keeper
Underground mining sandbox with crafting, base building, and online co-op
92% positive
54K reviews
Ori and the Blind Forest
2D action platformer with ability-based exploration through a dying forest
93% positive
53K reviews
Rain World
Difficult 2D survival platformer about escaping predators and deadly rain
93% positive
51K reviews
SOMA
First-person sci-fi horror about identity in an isolated underwater facility
96% positive
50K reviews
What Remains of Edith Finch
First-person narrative adventure exploring a family's home and final stories
95% positive
50K reviews
Windrose
Pirate survival adventure with base building and ship-to-ship combat
85% positive
50K reviews