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.
Hero of Not Our Time
Top-down dungeon action with assembled weapons and blood magic
72% positive
158 reviews
Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
First-person horror stealth with a monster that pursues you
44% positive
158 reviews
Spellfarers
Multiplayer farming sim with spells and a missing researcher
41% positive
Free
Sea Chronicles
First-person puzzle adventure on a sinking ship with multiple endings
91% positive
157 reviews
PENGUIN HOTEL -Chapter 1-
First-person horror adventure with camera puzzles and penguin threats
88% positive
Free
?? Movie Theater
Story-led first-person horror in a movie theater with strange screenings
97% positive
155 reviews
Tiny Kingdom
Card-based city builder where neighboring tiles shape a medieval kingdom
79% positive
154 reviews
Sandbox World
Multiplayer action sandbox for building vehicles and fighting other players
75% positive
153 reviews
An Amazing Wizard
2D action roguelite built around combining spells across changing worlds
85% positive
153 reviews
Playing History - The Plague
Historical point-and-click adventure about family in plague-stricken medieval Florence
72% positive
152 reviews
Welcome To The Backrooms
First-person survival horror in an endless, procedurally generated maze
47% positive
Free
HunterX: code name T
Side-scrolling action RPG with exploration and devil fights
84% positive
148 reviews
Sub Command
Submarine simulation with sonar tracking and three playable vessels
75% positive
146 reviews
Dig Deep
Casual mining game with hired diggers and local co-op
68% positive
146 reviews
Subspace Discovery
Space MMO where players mine, build, and fight invaders together
74% positive
Free
Road Maintenance Simulator 2 - Winter Services
Road maintenance simulation with changing seasons and winter service jobs
46% positive
144 reviews
Sail the Seas
Open-world sailing simulation with hands-on ship controls and trading
76% positive
143 reviews
Super Roboy
Hand-drawn sci-fi Metroidvania where defeated enemies grant new skills
93% positive
142 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Tomb of the Lost Queen
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents at an Egyptian tomb
88% positive
141 reviews
Surviving Ceres
Survival base builder with terraforming and hostile alien attacks
87% positive
141 reviews
Boiling Point: Road to Hell
Open-world first-person shooter with rival factions and shifting loyalties
73% positive
140 reviews
Wander Hero
Deckbuilding strategy RPG with turn-based marble battles and mercenary recruitment
77% positive
140 reviews
鋼鉄戦記C21
Online robot action RPG with customizable machines and planetary exploration
68% positive
Free
Virtual Sailor NG
Open-world sailing simulator with customizable boats and creation tools
90% positive
136 reviews