Top Exploration Games on Steam – Steam 250

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Top 150 best Steam games of all time tagged with Exploration, according to gamer reviews.

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~ 1. Terraria May 2011 Sandbox Top 250 #3 ▼

8.73 97% 234,125 votes

~ 2. Euro Truck Simulator 2 Jan 2013 Simulation Top 250 #8 ▼

8.69 97% 150,950 votes

~ 3. Don't Starve Survival Top 250 #19 ▼

8.63 97% 59,119 votes

~ 4. Tomb Raider Mar 2013 Adventure Top 250 #30 -85% ▼

8.58 96% 88,129 votes

~ 5. A Hat in Time Oct 2017 3D Platformer Top 250 #33 ▼

8.56 98% 9,239 votes

~ 6. Fallout: New Vegas Oct 2010 Open World Top 250 #50 ▼

8.52 95% 62,907 votes

~ 7. Slime Rancher Aug 2017 Cute Top 250 #70 ▼

8.47 96% 20,670 votes

~ 8. Dust: An Elysian Tail May 2013 Action Top 250 #74 ▼

8.46 96% 15,384 votes

~ 9. The Talos Principle Dec 2014 Puzzle Top 250 #83 ▼

8.44 96% 16,263 votes

~ 10. Detention Jan 2017 Horror Top 250 #84 ▼

8.44 97% 6,669 votes

~ 11. Hollow Knight Feb 2017 Metroidvania Top 250 #107 ▼

8.40 95% 25,674 votes

~ 12. Antichamber Jan 2013 Puzzle Top 250 #127 ▼

8.38 95% 12,392 votes

~ 13. VVVVVV Sep 2010 Platformer Top 250 #130 ▼

8.38 96% 6,746 votes

~ 14. Subnautica Jan 2018 Survival Top 250 #133 ▼

8.37 93% 77,148 votes

~ 15. Refunct Oct 2015 Parkour Top 250 #138 ▼

8.36 95% 11,410 votes

~ 16. What Remains of Edith Finch Apr 2017 Story Rich Top 250 #145 ▼

8.35 96% 8,215 votes

~ 17. Cave Story+ Nov 2011 Platformer Top 250 #155 ▼

8.34 96% 5,158 votes

~ 18. Botanicula May 2012 Point & Click Top 250 #157 ▼

8.34 97% 3,452 votes

~ 19. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Sep 2007 Open World Top 250 #169 ▼

8.32 95% 13,221 votes

~ 20. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Apr 2002 RPG Top 250 #179 ▼

8.31 95% 9,278 votes

~ 21. Rise of the Tomb Raider Feb 2016 Adventure Top 250 #180 -75% ▼

8.31 93% 44,083 votes

~ 22. The Forest Apr 2018 Survival Top 250 #187 ▼

8.31 92% 103,052 votes

~ 23. Rogue Legacy Jun 2013 Rogue-like Top 250 #214 ▼

8.28 94% 14,437 votes

~ 24. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight Mar 2016 Pixel Graphics Top 250 #218 ▼

8.28 95% 5,064 votes

~ 25. Epistory - Typing Chronicles Mar 2016 Typing Top 250 #225 ▼

8.27 96% 3,077 votes

1 26. Caves of Qud Jul 2015 Rogue-like Top 250 #237 EA ▼

8.26 97% 1,263 votes

1 27. Night in the Woods Feb 2017 Story Rich Top 250 #242 ▼

8.26 95% 6,025 votes

~ 28. Hyper Light Drifter Mar 2016 Pixel Graphics Top 250 #249 ▼

8.25 94% 10,848 votes

~ 29. Marie's Room Apr 2018 Story Rich ▼

8.22 95% 3,111 votes

~ 30. ABZÛ Aug 2016 Relaxing ▼

8.19 93% 15,532 votes

~ 31. The Plan Feb 2013 Atmospheric ▼

8.19 92% 20,979 votes

~ 32. Axiom Verge May 2015 Metroidvania ▼

8.18 95% 3,037 votes

~ 33. The Stanley Parable Oct 2013 Comedy ▼

8.18 92% 33,153 votes

~ 34. Darkwood Aug 2017 Horror -40% ▼

8.18 94% 3,275 votes

~ 35. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Jun 2012 Strategy ▼

8.18 93% 7,717 votes

~ 36. The Long Dark Aug 2017 Survival ▼

8.18 91% 41,575 votes

~ 37. Just Cause 2 Mar 2010 Open World ▼

8.18 92% 34,595 votes

1 38. American Truck Simulator Feb 2016 Simulation ▼

8.17 92% 22,202 votes

1 39. Wuppo Sep 2016 Adventure ▼

8.17 96% 1,358 votes

~ 40. DARK SOULS™ III Apr 2016 Dark Fantasy ▼

8.16 91% 90,278 votes

~ 41. Starbound Jul 2016 Sandbox ▼

8.16 91% 78,088 votes

~ 42. Unepic Jul 2014 RPG ▼

8.15 93% 5,985 votes

~ 43. RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard / BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil Jan 2017 Horror ▼

8.12 91% 18,404 votes

~ 44. My Time At Portia Jan 2018 RPG EA ▼

8.11 93% 6,011 votes

~ 45. FEZ May 2013 Platformer ▼

8.11 92% 11,158 votes

~ 46. You Have to Win the Game May 2012 Retro ▼

8.11 93% 5,342 votes

1 47. Mad Max Sep 2015 Open World ▼

8.10 90% 35,575 votes

1 48. SteamWorld Dig Dec 2013 Platformer ▼

8.09 93% 4,212 votes

~ 49. Sid Meier's Pirates! Jul 2005 Pirates ▼

8.09 93% 2,659 votes

~ 50. Renowned Explorers: International Society Sep 2015 Adventure ▼

8.05 93% 2,019 votes

~ 51. Kerbal Space Program Apr 2015 Space ▼

8.05 90% 51,249 votes

~ 52. 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey Sep 2017 Space ▼

8.03 97% 407 votes

~ 53. Fallout Sep 1997 RPG ▼

8.02 91% 6,693 votes

~ 54. Reassembly Feb 2015 Building ▼

8.02 93% 2,192 votes

~ 55. Rodina Jul 2014 Space EA ▼

7.99 94% 1,112 votes

~ 56. Space Pirates and Zombies Aug 2011 Space ▼

7.99 92% 2,455 votes

~ 57. Layers of Fear Feb 2016 Horror ▼

7.99 90% 13,741 votes

~ 58. FAR: Lone Sails May 2018 Adventure ▼

7.97 92% 2,052 votes

~ 59. Jazzpunk: Director's Cut Feb 2014 Comedy ▼

7.97 91% 4,345 votes

~ 60. Grow Home Feb 2015 Adventure ▼

7.97 91% 4,072 votes

~ 61. Ittle Dew Jul 2013 Adventure ▼

7.96 93% 976 votes

1 62. DARK SOULS™ II Apr 2014 RPG ▼

7.96 89% 33,127 votes

1 63. Prey May 2017 Sci-fi ▼

7.96 89% 16,687 votes

~ 64. Valley Aug 2016 Adventure ▼

7.95 91% 3,011 votes

~ 65. Deep Rock Galactic Feb 2018 Action EA ▼

7.92 90% 4,507 votes

~ 66. Quern - Undying Thoughts Nov 2016 Adventure ▼

7.90 93% 913 votes

~ 67. Shape of the World Jun 2018 Casual ▼

7.89 100% 83 votes

~ 68. Supraland Feb 2018 Adventure EA ▼

7.89 98% 121 votes

~ 69. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Sep 2014 Detective ▼

7.88 89% 7,433 votes

~ 70. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Jan 2016 RPG ▼

7.88 89% 12,846 votes

~ 71. Spore Dec 2008 Simulation ▼

7.87 88% 15,333 votes

~ 72. Endless Sky Oct 2015 Space ▼

7.87 90% 3,569 votes

~ 73. The Dream Machine May 2012 Adventure ▼

7.86 92% 966 votes

~ 74. Dreaming Sarah Mar 2015 Platformer ▼

7.86 91% 1,643 votes

~ 75. RiME May 2017 Adventure ▼

7.84 91% 1,777 votes

~ 76. PULSAR: Lost Colony Sep 2015 Space EA ▼

7.84 90% 2,009 votes

~ 77. A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build Feb 2015 Puzzle ▼

7.84 96% 176 votes

~ 78. STAR WARS™: Knights of the Old Republic™ Nov 2003 RPG ▼

7.83 88% 12,298 votes

~ 79. Meadow Oct 2016 Cute ▼

7.82 89% 3,833 votes

~ 80. Farm Together Feb 2018 Simulation EA ▼

7.80 90% 1,967 votes

~ 81. 80 Days Sep 2015 Adventure ▼

7.78 91% 1,065 votes

~ 82. Depth Nov 2014 Action ▼

7.78 87% 24,142 votes

1 83. Wrongworld May 2018 Action ▼

7.78 97% 103 votes

1 84. Voidspire Tactics Nov 2015 RPG ▼

7.78 97% 102 votes

~ 85. Odallus: The Dark Call Jul 2015 Action ▼

7.76 91% 807 votes

~ 86. Niche - a genetics survival game Sep 2016 Strategy ▼

7.76 89% 1,833 votes

~ 87. Kitten adventures in city park Sep 2017 Adventure ▼

7.75 93% 261 votes

~ 88. The Curious Expedition Sep 2016 Adventure -35% ▼

7.75 90% 1,658 votes

~ 89. Hob Sep 2017 Adventure ▼

7.74 89% 2,245 votes

~ 90. ASTRONEER Dec 2016 Open World EA ▼

7.73 86% 26,011 votes

~ 91. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Feb 2009 Racing ▼

7.73 87% 10,625 votes

~ 92. OPUS: Rocket of Whispers Feb 2018 Adventure ▼

7.73 93% 259 votes

~ 93. Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption Jul 2018 Choices Matter ▼

7.71 94% 191 votes

~ 94. Unforeseen Incidents May 2018 Adventure ▼

7.69 95% 109 votes

~ 95. Firewatch Feb 2016 Atmospheric ▼

7.68 85% 35,971 votes

~ 96. OVIVO May 2017 Adventure ▼

7.68 93% 201 votes

4 97. Code 7: A Story-Driven Hacking Adventure Aug 2017 Adventure ▼

7.68 98% 55 votes

1 98. Ace of Seafood Apr 2016 Action ▼

7.68 92% 249 votes

1 99. Waking Mars Dec 2012 Sci-fi ▼

7.67 89% 1,001 votes

1 100. Risen Oct 2009 RPG ▼

7.67 87% 4,099 votes

1 101. Assassin's Creed Origins Oct 2017 Open World ▼

7.67 85% 31,872 votes

~ 102. Aquaria Dec 2007 Metroidvania ▼

7.65 89% 1,092 votes

~ 103. Spintires Jun 2014 Simulation ▼

7.65 85% 18,984 votes

~ 104. Helium Rain Aug 2017 Simulation EA ▼

7.64 96% 76 votes

~ 105. Divine Divinity Sep 2002 RPG ▼

7.64 88% 1,426 votes

~ 106. Ziggurat Oct 2014 FPS ▼

7.63 87% 2,962 votes

~ 107. Kingdom: New Lands Aug 2016 Strategy ▼

7.62 86% 4,315 votes

~ 108. INFRA Jan 2016 Puzzle ▼

7.61 89% 661 votes

~ 109. Mad Nords: Probably an Epic Quest Dec 2016 RPG ▼

7.61 95% 93 votes

~ 110. Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete Oct 2001 Strategy ▼

7.61 87% 2,733 votes

~ 111. Grow Up Aug 2016 Adventure ▼

7.59 88% 945 votes

~ 112. TRI: Of Friendship and Madness Oct 2014 Adventure ▼

7.59 90% 363 votes

~ 113. Mike Dies Feb 2018 Action ▼

7.58 100% 30 votes

~ 114. Semblance Jul 2018 Action ▼

7.57 95% 76 votes

~ 115. Hiiro Jul 2016 Adventure ▼

7.55 90% 242 votes

~ 116. Super Win the Game Oct 2014 Action ▼

7.55 89% 452 votes

~ 117. Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube May 2014 Puzzle ▼

7.55 88% 556 votes

~ 118. Sublevel Zero Redux Oct 2015 Action ▼

7.54 89% 449 votes

~ 119. Teslagrad Dec 2013 Platformer ▼

7.54 86% 1,569 votes

~ 120. The Cursed Forest Sep 2015 Adventure EA ▼

7.54 91% 213 votes

~ 121. Star Shelter Oct 2017 Adventure VRX EA ▼

7.54 92% 119 votes

~ 122. OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes Jan 2018 Action ▼

7.53 96% 50 votes

~ 123. Organ Quarter Oct 2017 Violent VRX ▼

7.52 93% 108 votes

~ 124. Rex: Another Island Oct 2017 Action ▼

7.52 97% 38 votes

~ 125. Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon Oct 1994 Adventure ▼

7.52 96% 49 votes

~ 126. Valdis Story: Abyssal City Sep 2013 Metroidvania ▼

7.51 86% 2,213 votes

~ 127. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Apr 2012 Metroidvania ▼

7.50 88% 609 votes

~ 128. A Date in the Park Nov 2014 Adventure ▼

7.50 87% 993 votes

~ 129. Tacoma Aug 2017 Walking Simulator ▼

7.49 85% 1,888 votes

~ 130. Void Memory Oct 2017 Action ▼

7.47 94% 64 votes

1 131. Scanner Sombre Apr 2017 Horror ▼

7.46 86% 1,354 votes

1 132. Bully: Scholarship Edition Oct 2008 Open World ▼

7.46 83% 9,310 votes

2 133. Reveal The Deep Dec 2015 Horror ▼

7.46 86% 1,210 votes

~ 134. FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE Feb 2018 RPG ▼

7.45 85% 1,562 votes

2 135. The Witness Jan 2016 Puzzle ▼

7.45 83% 7,042 votes

~ 136. Legend of Hand Sep 2017 Adventure ▼

7.45 100% 21 votes

2 137. The Painscreek Killings Sep 2017 Adventure ▼

7.44 88% 269 votes

~ 138. OPUS: The Day We Found Earth Apr 2016 Sci-fi ▼

7.43 87% 573 votes

~ 139. Ghost Killer May 2018 Casual ▼

7.42 97% 31 votes

~ 140. Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn Nov 2017 Horror ▼

7.42 88% 291 votes

~ 141. FRACT OSC Apr 2014 Music ▼

7.42 87% 511 votes

2 142. 0°N 0°W Mar 2018 Casual -30% ▼

7.42 94% 50 votes

1 143. Kona Mar 2017 Adventure ▼

7.41 85% 1,282 votes

1 144. Future Unfolding Mar 2017 Adventure ▼

7.41 93% 67 votes

~ 145. Sunless Sea Feb 2015 Exploration ▼

7.40 83% 5,930 votes

~ 146. The Silver Case Oct 2016 Visual Novel ▼

7.39 89% 178 votes

~ 147. Portal Knights May 2017 Adventure ▼

7.38 82% 12,123 votes

~ 148. Empyrion - Galactic Survival Aug 2015 Survival EA ▼

7.38 82% 11,949 votes

~ 149. Everything Apr 2017 Casual ▼

7.37 84% 1,661 votes

~ 150. Knytt Underground Oct 2013 Platformer ▼

7.37 87% 309 votes

Risers today

4 97. Code 7: A Story-Driven Hacking Adventure
2 135. The Witness
2 142. 0°N 0°W
1 26. Caves of Qud
1 38. American Truck Simulator
1 47. Mad Max
1 62. DARK SOULS™ II
1 83. Wrongworld
1 131. Scanner Sombre
1 132. Bully: Scholarship Edition

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