The Best Exploration Games - Page 2

Update : Forgotten Journey added at rank #1.
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Caravan Sandwitch (2024)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Embark on a journey across vast landscapes in Caravan SandWitch, a captivating narrative-driven exploration adventure.

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  • exploration
  • 3d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • metroidvania
  • driving
  • fiction
  • 1980s
  • colourful
  • stylized
  • third-person
  • mystery
  • robots
  • futuristic
  • action-adventure
  • interactive

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Yars Rising (2024)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.

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  • platform
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • metroidvania
  • anime
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • classic
  • scroller
  • cyberpunk
  • stealth
  • 2.5d
  • comic
  • retro

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Paper Plane Arena - A Medieval Fantasy (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Paper Plane Arena is an interactive game experience that is designed to ease your mind and have fun popping innocent balloons. You jump into the role of a little paper plane that is supposed to rescue the world from little but evil balloon demons by dashing through them.

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  • family-friendly
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • well-written
  • meditative
  • flight
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • colourful
  • single-player
  • discovery
  • 3d
  • linear

14

STARDROP (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Gumdrop was peacefully sleeping in their asteroid when a mysterious force smashed it to pieces above the orbit of a nearby planet. Venture through a whimsical world to collect all the lost star droplets, slivers, and shards in this 3D platformer collectathon.


  • 3d
  • space
  • casual
  • collectathon
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • sci-fi
  • funny
  • first-person
  • platform
  • story
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • lore
  • walking-simulator

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Castlevania DominuS Collection (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Three incredible action adventure games from the Castlevania series have finally returned, for the first time! But wait, there's more! Haunted Castle Revisited, a redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game, makes its debut!

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  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • vampire
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • dark
  • remake
  • compilation
  • arcade
  • piracy
  • time-consuming

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Creatures of Ava (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Let your empathy guide you as you play an exciting action-adventure, creature-saver game. Understand and tame the creatures of Ava and let them lead you through a variety of ecosystems – all in the hopes of saving the planet from a life-consuming infection.


  • creature
  • collector
  • exploration
  • non-aggressive
  • action-adventure
  • curiosity-driven
  • lore
  • space
  • sci-fi
  • cozy
  • wholesome
  • adventure
  • crafting
  • colourful
  • cute

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Bioframe: Outpost (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch j

Bioframe Outpost is a 2d sci-fi action adventure game, dedicated to exploration, experimentation, emergent gameplay, and narrative. Its photography-based approach to non-linear exploration and action gameplay offers a fresh take on Metroidvania gameplay.


  • metroidvania
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • photography
  • space
  • non-linear
  • controller-support
  • 2d
  • aliens
  • story

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Zenless Zone Zero (2024)

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Android Playstation 5 PC Windows IOS iPhone (Xbox Series X/s) Xbox Series X/s

The story takes place in the near future, where a mysterious natural disaster known as the "Hollows" has occurred. A new kind of city has emerged in this disaster-ridden world known as "New Eridu". This last 'oasis' has mastered the technology to co-exist with the Hollows, and is home to a whole host of chaotic, boisterous, dangerous and very active factions. As a professional 'Proxy', you will play a crucial role in linking the city with the Hollows.

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  • combat
  • action
  • exploration
  • persona
  • rpg
  • team
  • anime
  • boss
  • arpg
  • open-world
  • simulation
  • cyberpunk
  • puzzle
  • combo

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Riven (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Mac OS osvr

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.


  • 3d
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • surreal
  • story
  • philosophical
  • investigation
  • logic
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • grade-school
  • first-person
  • adventure

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Animal Tracker (2024)

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PC Windows wii

Explore a fantastical island where fantastical new creatures await! Run, jump, and glide your way to discover new animals to photograph and become the next great Emergent Organism Researcher in this single-player island exploration game! What surprises await you on the island?

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  • immersive
  • 2.5d
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration
  • open-world
  • 3d
  • cute
  • platform
  • party
  • relaxing
  • simulation
  • casual
  • cartoony
  • nature
  • family-friendly

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