The Best Exploration Games for Xbox Series X - Page 4

Update : Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo added at rank #35.
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Dreamcore (2025)

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Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Step into the surreal with Dreamcore, a body-cam styled psychological horror game that plunges you into the eerie beauty of "liminal spaces." Unravel the mysteries of Dreamcore’s non-linear worlds and uncover its hidden secrets. Can you discover what lies beyond the edge of reality?


  • horror
  • nonlinear
  • surreal
  • escape
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • room
  • investigation
  • underwater
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • relaxing
  • 3d

32

The Abandoned Planet (2024)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch j Xbox Series X Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art


  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • 1990s
  • space
  • exploration
  • clicker
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic
  • linear
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • adventure

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

Terror Mansion (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Terror Mansion is an exciting first person Horror video game that catapults you into a frightening Mansion. Your main objective is to escape the infested Mansion, finding objects and challenging riddles while exploring incredible scenarios.


  • casual
  • rpg
  • privacy-policy
  • adventure
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • investigation
  • dark
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • realistic
  • surreal
  • horror
  • puzzle
  • mystery

37

Jett Rider (2024)

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

Jett Rider is an arcade shooter packed with action, exploration, RPG elements, tons of humor and awesome bosses. Explore, fight, gain experience, purchase weapons in this exciting adventure.


  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • metroidvania
  • futuristic
  • controller-support
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • fantasy
  • single-player
  • colourful
  • story

38

Way to the Woods (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

A Deer and Fawn must embark on a journey through an abandoned world of the unknown to get home. A third person adventure game solo developed by ant tan. Featuring soundtrack from aivi & surasshu, composers for the show Steven Universe.


  • action-adventure
  • nature
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • cute
  • surreal
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • linear
  • puzzle

39

The Forest Cathedral (2023)

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Xbox Series X l Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X/s

The Forest Cathedral is a first-person environmental thriller set on a remote island. Playing as scientist Rachel Carson, players will slowly uncover the effects of DDT by using advanced environmental technology to solve 2D/3D connected puzzles in this dramatic reimagining of Silent Spring.


  • platform
  • thriller
  • mosquito
  • exploration
  • simulation
  • science
  • augmented-reality
  • environmental
  • 2d
  • narrative
  • sci-fi
  • adventure
  • true-to-life
  • puzzle
  • metroid

40

TEMPUS (2022)

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

TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?


  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • cyberpunk
  • vr
  • post-apocalyptic
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • detective
  • first-person
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • controller-support
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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