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.
Crash Drive 2
Open-world stunt driving with random events and tank battles
90% positive
1,487 reviews
StarDrive
Real-time space strategy with custom ships and galactic conquest
45% positive
1,485 reviews
Scoot
Open-world scooter simulation with tricks, street spots, and park building
90% positive
1,479 reviews
Thief Simulator VR
VR burglary simulator with open neighborhoods and planned break-ins
69% positive
1,474 reviews
Submachine: Legacy
Hand-drawn point-and-click puzzle adventure in a deserted machine network
98% positive
1,463 reviews
MewnBase
Top-down survival and base building as a space cat
93% positive
1,456 reviews
The Fisherman - Fishing Planet
Fishing simulation with varied techniques, tackle, and online competitions
63% positive
1,453 reviews
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
Third-person action adventure with Egyptian tombs, puzzles, and traps
85% positive
1,450 reviews
Escape From Mystwood Mansion
First-person escape room puzzles inside a locked mansion
93% positive
1,445 reviews
Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story
Crafting RPG about restoring portals across five magical islands
79% positive
1,445 reviews
Cozy Caravan
Cozy open-world adventure with crafting and caravan market stalls
94% positive
1,443 reviews
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
Isometric detective adventure about connecting clues in a snowbound manor
76% positive
1,441 reviews
Bootstrap Island
VR survival roguelike with changing threats on a 17th-century island
82% positive
1,440 reviews
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator
Flight simulator with interactive cockpits and worldwide flight routes
89% positive
1,438 reviews
Figment 2: Creed Valley
Action-adventure through a mind with puzzles and musical boss fights
94% positive
1,437 reviews
ETHYRIAL
Open-world fantasy MMORPG with switchable classes and crafting
57% positive
Free
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
2.5D platformer with changing levels and a difficult final lair
81% positive
1,436 reviews
Shortest Trip to Earth
Space roguelike about managing a ship through randomized sectors
77% positive
1,435 reviews
Riven (1997)
First-person point-and-click adventure where exploration reveals clues to difficult puzzles
89% positive
1,432 reviews
Trigon: Space Story
Top-down space roguelike with tactical ship battles and permanent death
68% positive
1,423 reviews
Hospital 666
Horror game about spotting anomalies to escape endless hospital floors
72% positive
1,418 reviews
Spirit Realm
Third-person mythology action RPG with flight and permadeath
76% positive
1,415 reviews
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Point-and-click adventure RPG with Norse mythology and class-specific puzzles
88% positive
Free
SCP: Fragmented Minds
First-person survival horror in a Mars facility with escaped anomalies
91% positive
1,410 reviews