Best Exploration Games on Steam
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        Tourist Bus Simulator
      
      
        Create your own bus empire on Fuerteventura now! Thanks to the economy system in the new Tourist Bus Simulator, you will be able to found your own bus company on the popular holiday island Fuerteventura.
      
    
    
  
      
        Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
      
      
        A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
      
    
    
  
      
        Atelier Totori ~The Adventurer of Arland~ DX
      
      
        The second release in the Arland series. In a search for her missing mother, Totori tours the world of Arland as an adventurer accompanied by her friends. Use Synthesis, Explore, and Battle to fulfil requests, raise her rank as an adventurer and venture into brand new lands.
      
    
    
  
      
        Atelier Rorona ~The Alchemist of Arland~ DX
      
      
        First release in the Arland series. The main character Rorona must save her Atelier from being closed by the Kingdom. Using Synthesis, Exploration, and Battle, gain recognition for the Atelier and save it from being closed.
      
    
    
  
      
        X4: Foundations
      
      
        Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
      
    
    
  
      
        Professional Fishing
      
      
        Are you falling asleep with a rod? Never again! Professional Fishing will never let you fall asleep! Play an amazing fishing simulator and feel like a real angler! Create your own fishing club and compete with others!
      
    
    
  
      
        Broken Reality
      
      
        A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!
      
    
    
  
      
        Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
      
      
        You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
      
    
    
  
      
        Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
      
      
        Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator based on NASAs space programs; from the first American human spaceflight in Project Mercury, the rendezvous and EVAs of Project Gemini to the Moon landing in Project Apollo.
      
    
    
  
      
        Red Matter
      
      
        Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
      
    
    
  
      
        Thief Simulator
      
      
        Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.
      
    
    
  
      
        My Big Sister
      
      
        My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?
      
    
    
  
      
        True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
      
      
        True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.
      
    
    
  
      
        Star Shelter
      
      
        Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
      
    
    
  
      
        Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
      
      
        Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
      
    
    
  
      
        Infliction
      
      
        Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
      
    
    
  
      
        Wenjia
      
      
        Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.
      
    
    
  
      
        God's Basement
      
      
        God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
      
    
    
  
      
        Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
      
      
        In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.
      
    
    
  
      
        Wandersong
      
      
        A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
      
    
    
  
      
        Niffelheim
      
      
        Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla
      
    
    
  
      
        Timespinner
      
      
        Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
      
    
    
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    