Best Exploration Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated exploration games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Exploration games on Steam.
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Time on Frog Island
Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship!
Resonance of the Ocean
Pick up what the waves wash ashore to make instruments. Use those instruments to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean.
Occupy White Walls
A game about building art galleries may sound boring until you realise that just about anything can be an art gallery... Add in cutting edge AI, extremely creative community, Unreal graphics, and did we mention it's free?
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
You are thrown into a weird world by the machine Garage. Can you escape from it?
A Building Full of Cats
A Building Full of Cats is a hidden object game where you need to pet all the cats in the building. Don't leave any cats behind!
MADiSON
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Aerofly FS 4 Flight Simulator
We promise you will feel like a pilot flying airliners, helicopters, fighters, gliders, historical and aerobatic aircraft in a photorealistic world! Over 10,000 real world flights, highly detailed cockpits and scenery are awaiting you.
POPGOES Arcade
Battle the corrupt animals of the forest, collect valuable items and abilities, and save the world, TWICE, in this retro-styled RPG adventure! As an official spinoff of the Five Nights at Freddy's horror game series, you can expect familiar characters, loads of secrets, and maybe some scares...
TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator
Fly freely and perfect your skills as an FPV pilot without the risk of breakage, with hyper-realistic visuals and flight sensations. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, TRYP FPV is the next-generation simulator that immerses you in the pure adrenaline of FPV drone flying.
Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise
Join the genius alchemist Noah and her cat companion Zipper as they explore ancient ruins to uncover the secrets hidden within! Create unique teams and combos from 40+ recruitable allies in this casual but compelling game!
SurrounDead
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Sonic Origins
Experience the collected adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Origins Plus! With 16 legendary Sonic titles, including 12 Game Gear games, new playable characters, modes, challenges, behind-the-scenes content, and more, this is the definitive way to play these classic games!
Inside the Backrooms
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
The Looker
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Amazing Frog? 2
Amazing Frog? 2 is the next generation of Amazing Frog? A Hardcore Parkour, open world buffet of bonkers physics sandbox ...ness.
Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist
"Escape Memoirs: Mansion Heist" is a co-operative atmospheric reverse escape-room puzzle game. You are a master thief who has been hired to rob a mysterious mansion, filled with various puzzles. Do you think you have what it takes to conquer the challenges that await you in the mansion.
OVERLORD: ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK
2D action-adventure game set in the rich world of the epic dark fantasy, Overlord. This latest installment in the series features an original story overseen by Overlord's creator, Kugane Maruyama. Find Clementine's missing memories and make your escape!
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is an open-world survival horror video game serving as both a sequel and prequel to the original Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut.
METAL MAX Xeno Reborn
Metal Max Xeno Reborn is an action JRPG with real-time battle and vehicle combat elements. Join Talis, a lone hunter, and search for allies in a vengeance-charged war against monsters & robotic enemies. Learn new skills and collect and customize tanks as you journey through a devastated world.
100 hidden hares
100 hidden hares is a hidden object game in the winter setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Ultra hard! Very difficult!
Ares Virus2
The "Ares Virus" series of games is widely acclaimed for its unique combat and individual style of painting. Now that the sequel is back, it will give you an unprecedented experience.
