The Best Exploration Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

Update : Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo added at rank #48.
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DREAMERS (2023)

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

DREAMERS will lead you on an emotional journey in a story about friendship, exploration, and personal growth. Join the three characters in their adventure through a 3D world with secondary storylines and mini-games, vehicles to upgrade, puzzles to solve, and collaborative split-screen experiences.


  • 3d
  • colourful
  • visual-novel
  • emotional
  • investigation
  • exploration
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • cartoony
  • naval
  • third-person
  • drama
  • comic
  • adventure
  • atmospheric

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Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition (2021)

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

Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition contains Outer Wilds base game and Echoes of the Eye expansion.


  • exploration
  • mystery
  • sun
  • puzzle
  • action-adventure
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • endless
  • physics
  • rpg
  • platform
  • discovery
  • simulation
  • flight
  • crime

43

Sugar Tanks Arena (2024)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch

SugarTanks-Arena is an intense, fast-paced, and super-sweet tank arena shooter.Defeat all enemy tanks while dodging their bouncing bullets.Level by level they will get faster, smarter and deadlier.


  • bullet-hell
  • bullet
  • casual
  • tanks
  • minigame
  • time
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • vehicle
  • adventure
  • shooter
  • colourful
  • action
  • twin-stick
  • arcade

44

Pilo and the Holobook (2025)

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

Join Pilo and Prof in a new space adventure! Use your Holobook to turn everything into stickers and create your own encyclopedia of a new world. Explore beautiful new planets and meet new friends in this adventure game.


  • cozy
  • wholesome
  • encyclopedia
  • exploration
  • cartoony
  • tutorial
  • space
  • narration
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • controller-support
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • easy-to-play

45

Esca (2024)

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Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 vita PC Windows

Esca is a gripping survival RPG where you play as a repair robot maintaining an underwater research station, facing tough decisions and uncovering secrets of your past.


  • narration
  • fiction
  • underwater
  • horror
  • interactive
  • dynamic
  • exploration
  • psychological
  • espionage
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • cross-platform
  • robots
  • adventure

46

SHEEPO (2020)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.

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  • metroidvania
  • platform
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • open-world
  • sheep
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • cute

47

Arto (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android

Breathe color into a desaturated world in this action-RPG. Fight unique enemies and bosses in a quest to bring life back to your world. Explore different biomes in ever-changing art styles, with varied mechanics, from hack-and-slash to stealth and platforms!

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  • isometric
  • souls
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • exploration
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • action
  • atmospheric
  • sport
  • fantasy
  • adventure
  • combat

48

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (2025)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!


  • top-down
  • 2d
  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • action-adventure
  • retro
  • modern
  • exploration
  • story
  • pixel
  • family-friendly
  • crime
  • controller-support
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure

49

NOAH (2023)

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Nintendo Switch vita ps1 portable Playstation 3 Xbox 360 PC Windows

You love animals and additionally have a messiah complex? Noah is a game for you! Single-handedly build an Ark, gather all the wildlife and protect it from the wicked! Thanks to a coop mode of up to 4 players you can save the world together! Remember to hurry or this will be your last deadline.


  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • emotional
  • top-down
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • drama
  • visual-novel
  • 2d
  • story
  • simulation
  • pixel
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • mystery

50

Smushi Come Home (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

Play as a tiny lil' mushroom who's lost in the forest and can't find its way home. Explore unique areas freely at your own pace, chat with friendly inhabitants, and take on different adventures to get back home!

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  • wholesome
  • cozy
  • nature
  • platform
  • exploration
  • cute
  • 3d
  • relaxing
  • open-world
  • adventure
  • stylized
  • family-friendly
  • third-person
  • atmospheric
  • pixel

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