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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Risen 2: Dark Waters Set several years after the end of Risen, raging titans have devastated the world and pushed humanity to the brink of existence. Subsequently, monstrous creatures have risen from the watery depths of the sea and their attacks have brought all seafaring to a grinding halt.

Price -95% 0.56€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 Apr 2012
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.

Price -78% 2.18€
Rating 8.1
Release 23 Apr 2012
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

Price -93% 0.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 17 Apr 2012
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.

Price -93% 0.42€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Apr 2012
Avernum: Escape From the Pit Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 11 Apr 2012
Stacking Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'

Price -97% 0.34€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Mar 2012
Evochron Mercenary The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 16 Jan 2012
Fable - The Lost Chapters Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?

Price -67% 2.96€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Dec 2011
EverQuest II EverQuest® II is a deep fantasy MMORPG with over two decades of content, a thriving world, and ongoing expansions that keep Norrath growing. Create your hero and adventure through a massively rich, ever-evolving universe.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Dec 2011
Cave Story+ Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Price -54% 7.01€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Nov 2011
DC Universe™ Online DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 02 Nov 2011
Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Sep 2011
Avadon: The Black Fortress Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)

Price -73% 2.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Aug 2011
Space Pirates and Zombies Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Aug 2011
Nancy Drew®: Secrets Can Kill REMASTERED Play the Game that Started the Award-Winning Series!

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 Jul 2011
Terraria Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Price -50% 4.97€
Rating 9.7
Release 16 May 2011
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity Create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!

Price -88% 1.28€
Rating 7.6
Release 21 Apr 2011
Two Worlds II HD Check out the new Velvet Edition bundle including both Two Worlds II and Pirates of the Flying Fortress DLC.

Price -99% 0.27€
Rating 6.2
Release 03 Feb 2011
Myst: Masterpiece Edition The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!

Price -74% 1.63€
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Feb 2011
EVE Online Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 15 Dec 2010
The Ball As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.

Price -96% 0.45€
Rating 7.1
Release 26 Oct 2010
Fallout: New Vegas Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Price -78% 2.24€
Rating 9.5
Release 21 Oct 2010
X: Beyond the Frontier The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.

Price -88% 0.63€
Rating 7.0
Release 08 Oct 2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Take control of Lara and her new partner Totec, a Mayan tribesman, and uncover the ancient artifact known as the "Mirror of Smoke" in this all new action adventure game.

Price -93% 0.74€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Sep 2010
Hacker Evolution Hacker Evolution is a hacking simulation game, featuring unparalleled graphics and features. You play the role of a former intelligence agent, specializing in computer security. When a chain of events sets off worldwide, leaving critical service disabled, you assume the role a computer hacker to find out what happened and attempt to stop...

Price -60% 1.20€
Rating 6.6
Release 14 Sep 2010
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Price -78% 4.47€
Rating 9.3
Release 08 Sep 2010
VVVVVV VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Price -92% 0.40€
Rating 9.3
Release 07 Sep 2010
Riven (1997) Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.

Price -60% 2.46€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Aug 2010
Just Cause 2 Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

Price -97% 0.56€
Rating 8.9
Release 23 Mar 2010
Nancy Drew®: Warnings at Waverly Academy Enroll in a School Plagued by Suspicions and Lies!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.3
Release 13 Jan 2010
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Dec 2009
Samorost 2 Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.

Price -95% 0.27€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Dec 2009
Gothic® 3 A nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.

Price -95% 1.07€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 Dec 2009
Torchlight Adventure awaits in the award-winning Action RPG debut from Runic Games! Explore the randomized depths of this boom town, collect loot, and level up to save Torchlight - and possibly the world.

Price -87% 1.96€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Oct 2009
Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.2
Release 10 Oct 2009
Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon Catch this train — it’s your ticket to solving a century-old mystery!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Oct 2009

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