Best Exploration Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated exploration games.

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Steep™ Ride a massive open world across the Alps, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Defy and master the mountain alone or with friends on skis, wingsuits, snowboards and paragliders. Record and share your best stunts.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Dec 2016
Maize Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the U.S. Government and create sentient corn. And that last sentence is pretty much the least ridiculous thing about the game.

Price -91% 0.97€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Dec 2016
Xenus 2. White gold. Caribbean islands; islands full of secrets, mystery and the spirit of romance. These islands are both beautiful and lethally dangerous. Centuries ago the waters of this region were teeming with pirates and adventurers... and frankly, not much has changed since then.

Price -94% 0.79€
Rating 6.8
Release 30 Nov 2016
Quern - Undying Thoughts Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Price 22.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Nov 2016
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 21 Nov 2016
Kick Ass Commandos Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!

Price -92% 0.56€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Nov 2016
Google Earth VR Google Earth VR lets you explore the world from totally new perspectives in virtual reality. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over the Grand Canyon, or walk around the Eiffel Tower.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Nov 2016
Ittle Dew 2+ Ittle and Tippsie crash onto yet another island filled with loot, puzzles and mysterious inhabitants! With the help of a magical map, they set out to steal eight pieces of a raft from increasingly improbable locations including beaches, prairies, an art exhibit and some dude's basement.

Price -97% 0.64€
Rating 8.0
Release 15 Nov 2016
Silence Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.

Price -96% 0.85€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Nov 2016
Don't open the doors! Claymation action adventure in an odd world of talking pumpkins, blue trees and stuff like that.

Price -24% 8.44€
Rating 7.9
Release 11 Nov 2016
Dishonored 2 Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.

Price -98% 0.86€
Rating 8.8
Release 11 Nov 2016
Planet Explorers Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 08 Nov 2016
The Survey In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Price -61% 1.98€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2016
Through the Woods Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.

Price -98% 0.54€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2016
Meadow - A Shelter Game Explore the vast and open landscape as a wild animal. Meadow is an online fable experience that lets old and new fans of the Shelter game series come together and explore a peculiar and wondrous world together.

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Oct 2016
Yomawari: Night Alone A quiet evening stroll takes a turn for the worse as a tragic accident befalls a little girl and her dog. When her sister goes missing later in the night, the little girl decides to venture out into the eerie darkness to search for her loved ones as evil spirits haunt the alleyways and streets of her once-peaceful town.

Price -90% 2.18€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Oct 2016
Off-Peak You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 21 Oct 2016
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.

Price -27% 6.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Oct 2016
Scrap Garden - The Day Before A new chapter of charming 3D platformer about the little rusty robot C4N who unwittingly finds himself in the midst of momentous events in Robo Land. In order to solve the new riddle, Canny will once again need to run and jump a lot, solve puzzles, and fight against enemies who are much bigger and stronger than he is.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 07 Oct 2016
The Silver Case The Silver Case – the debut title from world-renowned developer SUDA51 has been fully remastered and localized to English for the first time ever!

Price -75% 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Oct 2016
Giant Machines 2017 Take control over seven of the biggest industrial machines in the world. During the 14 mission campaign you will punch through the snows of Greenland, plow the steppes of Wyoming and travel all the way to sunny Florida. Your hard work will be completed by launching a space shuttle into space.

Price -95% 1.14€
Rating 6.9
Release 29 Sep 2016
Wuppo: Definitive Edition Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 29 Sep 2016
Mad Father Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Price -50% 4.09€
Rating 9.4
Release 22 Sep 2016
Stellar Tactics A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 22 Sep 2016
Virginia Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Price -81% 1.98€
Rating 6.3
Release 22 Sep 2016
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar. Play as the Janitor, an Alaensee girlbeast with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job and dreams of leaving the planet of Xabran's Rock far behind her.

Price -95% 0.52€
Rating 7.0
Release 16 Sep 2016
Space Rogue Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 15 Sep 2016
Event[0] Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Price -89% 2.27€
Rating 7.7
Release 14 Sep 2016
Monsti Playing Monsti is easy, all you have to do is to click and fly for as much time as you can. There will be many obstacles that come your way and you have to do all in your power in order to avoid them.

Price -65% 0.35€
Rating 6.9
Release 12 Sep 2016
Curious Expedition Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 02 Sep 2016
Don't Disturb Single-player puzzle adventure with a beautiful, distinctive art style and a genuinely emotional story. As a lonely dog wandering the afterlife searching for his dead master, 'Don't Disturb' explores traditional Asian views on death and the underworld.

Price -91% 0.37€
Rating 7.9
Release 01 Sep 2016
Quest for Glory 1-5 The world of Gloriana, with all its wonderful diversity, awaits you.

Price -28% 7.20€
Rating 8.8
Release 29 Aug 2016
Fernbus Simulator The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.

Price -78% 6.75€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Aug 2016
The Hive The Hive is a strategy game with RPG elements where you assume command as the insectoid hivemind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your swarm using DNA. Will you survive in this hostile yet beautiful underworld?

Price -99% 0.38€
Rating 6.8
Release 25 Aug 2016
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt Hail to the Captain! Sail into the heart of the Caribbean in the Age of Piracy - the time of black flags and white skulls, blue waves and golden opportunities. Hoist the Jolly Roger and grab the steering wheel to sail through battles and raids, ransoms and treasures, to become the Crimson King of the Antilles!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Aug 2016
Valley Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.

Price -86% 1.81€
Rating 8.9
Release 24 Aug 2016

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