The Best Exploration Games for Xbox One - Page 4

Update : to a T added at rank #49.
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Soulstice (2022)

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Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Explore a dark world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age dark fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights.


  • combat
  • hack-and-slash
  • combo
  • action
  • platform
  • fight
  • fantasy
  • boss-fight
  • battle
  • exploration
  • boss
  • gothic
  • demons
  • third-person
  • fast-paced

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Lifeless Moon (2023)

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

During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...


  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • walking-simulator
  • platform
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • cold
  • cinematic
  • third-person
  • space
  • adventure
  • post-apocalyptic
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • atmospheric

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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.


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

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Bioframe: Outpost (2024)

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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

35

Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World (2021)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

A puzzle slasher that trains spatial and logical thinking. Power up your brains!


  • education
  • puzzle
  • hack-and-slash
  • abstract
  • 2d
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • tutorial
  • stylized
  • casual
  • third-person
  • maze
  • arcade
  • colourful

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Return. (2018)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure. Shoot, slash, and roll your way through dangerous enemies and ancient bosses, purchase items and unlock powerful weapons, and explore your unfamiliar home for parts to repair your ship.


  • dystopian
  • soundtrack
  • pixel
  • stylized
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • post-apocalyptic
  • souls
  • exploration
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • difficult

37

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows stadia Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Jedi: Fallen Order is a third-person adventure game set in the Star Wars universe. You are a former Padawan who must hide from the Empire while learning to hone your connection to the Force and become a Jedi. The game features stunning graphics and sound design, an engaging story with unexpected twists, challenging Lightsaber combat that requires practice, and plenty of collectibles to discover across multiple worlds.

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What we like:
  • Rich design and scale
  • Wonderful wildlife
  • Diverse cast of characters
  • Rewarding Lightsaber combat that improves with practice
  • Deep customisation options for your Lightsaber
  • Replayable due to hidden loot and hidden pathways opening up over time
  • Fantastic score and sound design
What could be improved:
  • Combat based on animation rather than reflexes can be difficult to master
  • Some areas may become repetitive or boring
  • Predictable moments in story

  • exploration
  • souls
  • combat
  • fight
  • puzzle
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • adventure
  • story
  • boss-fight
  • battle
  • boss
  • swordplay

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Moonrise Fall (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One

​Moonrise Fall is an atmospheric exploration puzzle game about a boy who finds himself lost in a supernatural forest after losing both parents in a car crash. Put your detective skills to the test. Unravel the mysteries of the forest and photograph the strange creatures (cryptids) that reside there.


  • teaser
  • exploration
  • clue
  • supernatural
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • instrument
  • surreal
  • dungeon
  • detective
  • 2d

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Petit Island (2024)

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

Welcome to the beautiful and tropical Petit Island! Relive your grandpaw's youthful adventures by exploring the island and meeting all the unique islanders in this heartwarming open-world narrative exploration game. Preserve his memories before they fade away.


  • nature
  • cats
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • open-world
  • adventure
  • survival-crafting
  • action-adventure
  • well-crafted
  • third-person
  • funny
  • cartoony
  • 3d

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Pilo and the Holobook (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS

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.


  • wholesome
  • cozy
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • encyclopedia
  • tutorial
  • space
  • narration
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • controller-support
  • 2d
  • adventure

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