The Best Exploration Games

Update : After the Flood added at rank #1.
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After the Flood (2024)

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PC Windows cross-platform

Embark on a chilling journey into the heart of a desolate town trapped in the clutches of an ancient curse. "After the Flood" is a single-player horror game that combines atmospheric exploration, immersive storytelling, and heart-pounding survival elements.

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  • survival-horror
  • horror
  • walking-simulator
  • dark
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • first-person
  • nonlinear
  • story
  • single-player
  • hidden-object
  • realistic
  • thriller

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Strange (2024)

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PC Windows Android

The main character, who moves to another city, finds himself in unexpected mysterious events when her new friend disappears.


  • life
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • surreal
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • realistic
  • open-world
  • first-person

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Raige (2024)

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PC Windows

Become one with Raige: a disturbing and confronting encounter with a grim world, its inhabitants, and yourself.

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  • action-adventure
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • surreal
  • linear
  • rpg
  • abstract
  • first-person
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • mature
  • walking-simulator
  • adventure

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Accurate Shot (2024)

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PC Windows Android

Become an ace archer! Stretch the bowstring, aim and shoot! Control the arrow and hit all the targets on your way! Many exciting levels of varying difficulty await you! Whether you can pass this test is up to you!


  • 3d
  • exploration
  • linear
  • first-person
  • relaxing
  • casual
  • open-world
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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The Hunt for the Lost Ship (2024)

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PC Windows Android

Embark on your own treasure hunt in this beautifully designed classic point and click adventure game. Explore old trails, puzzles, and structures left behind by a castaway crew as you hunt for their lost pirate ship that was blown on to an island centuries ago.


  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • violent
  • investigation
  • fantasy
  • relaxing
  • magic
  • sailing
  • colourful
  • first-person
  • gore
  • rpgmaker

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Into The Unknown (2024)

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PC Windows

In the eerie world of "Into The Unknown," players find themselves waking up in an ominous, dimly lit room with no recollection of how they got there. The only noticeable feature is a mysterious, foreboding maze that stands adjacent to the room, shrouded in an unsettling darkness.


  • 3d
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • runner
  • horror
  • adventure
  • demons
  • driven
  • maze
  • casual
  • strategy
  • single-player
  • first-person

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Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life (2023)

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PC Windows

A uniquely beautiful game with third-person exploration and puzzles that tells the story of a man's life from birth. You control a dragon who is an analogy of this man in the story. A true reflection on life.

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  • experience
  • emotional
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration
  • dragon
  • third-person
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • stylized
  • hidden-object
  • cute
  • story
  • puzzle
  • mystery

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Jusant (2023)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows

Ascend the enigmatic tower of Jusant and uncover the echoes of a lost civilization. Immerse yourself in a serene world filled with lush biomes, master intuitive climbing mechanics, and let the haunting soundtrack elevate your adventure. Solve puzzles with your adorable companion, Ballast, and experience a story that intertwines resilience and mystery in every climb.


What we like:
  • Intuitive climbing gameplay
  • Rich, immersive environments
  • Engaging puzzles with helpful companion
  • Profound storytelling
  • Beautiful soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Occasional collision issues
  • Some story elements are cryptic

  • vertical
  • puzzle
  • platform
  • narrative
  • controller-support
  • exploration
  • story
  • meditative
  • atmospheric
  • rock-climbing
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • rhythm
  • mystery
  • cute

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Survivors (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Travel through an unknown alien world, collecting new weapons to fight alien monsters and upgrading the Time Tank to withstand hordes of unknown monsters.


  • time
  • action-adventure
  • gothic
  • asymmetric
  • survival
  • crouch-walking
  • aliens
  • survival-horror
  • colourful
  • top-down
  • futuristic
  • travel
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • exploration

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ASTRO-NOT (2023)

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PC Windows

Join the community of ASTRO-NOTS and explore the galaxy, compete for the fastest time or share your creations with other players. Take on the challenge and become the ultimate Astro-not!

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  • editor
  • procedural
  • racing
  • level
  • space
  • simulation
  • retro
  • flight
  • exploration
  • thrust
  • 8-bit
  • open-world
  • platform
  • futuristic
  • pixel-perfect

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