Best Nature / Wilderness Games

Every Nature / Wilderness game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Nature / Wilderness setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Nature / Wilderness theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Nature / Wilderness world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Nature / Wilderness-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Nature / Wilderness Games rankings

9.9

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Action-Adventure · RPG · Sandbox

Nintendo Switch · Wii U · Nintendo Switch 2

Post-ApocalypticFantasyNature / Wilderness

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.8

METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER

Action · Adventure · Shooter

PlayStation 2 · Nintendo 3DS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

MilitaryEspionage / SpyNature / Wilderness+1

ImmersiveIntenseStrategic+3

9.8

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Action · RPG

Nintendo 3DS

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousIntenseChallenging+3

9.8

Shadow of the Colossus

Action-Adventure · Puzzle

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4

FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness+1

AtmosphericEmotionalMelancholic+3

9.8

Community

9.1

2 ratings

Terraria

Action · Adventure · Sandbox

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X · Nintendo Switch · Wii U · Nintendo 3DS · Android · iOS · Linux · macOS · Windows Phone · Stadia

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousExploratoryChallenging+2

9.7

Dwarf Fortress

Simulation · Strategy · Adventure

PC · Linux · Macintosh

FantasyHigh FantasyNature / Wilderness

ChallengingBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.7

Final Fantasy X

RPG

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PS Vita · PC · Nintendo Switch

High FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness+1

EpicEmotionalMelancholic+3

9.7

DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

RPG

Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch · PC · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

High FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness

AdventurousEpicImmersive+3

9.7

Risk of Rain 2

Action · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch · Stadia

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.7

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Action · Adventure

Nintendo 64 · GameCube · iQue Player · Wii · Wii U · Nintendo Switch 2

FantasyHigh FantasyMythology+1

AdventurousEpicImmersive+3

9.7

Monster Hunter Wilds

Action · Adventure · RPG

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S · PC

MonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousEpicImmersive+3

9.7

RimWorld

Simulation · Strategy

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiSpaceNature / Wilderness+1

Open-EndedChaoticChallenging+3

9.6

Noita

Action · Platformer · Simulation

Microsoft Windows

FantasyMythologyNature / Wilderness+1

ChaoticChallengingBrutal+3

9.6

Xenoblade Chronicles

Action RPG · RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Wii · New Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiFantasyRobots / Mechs+1

AdventurousExploratoryEpic+3

9.6

Secret of Mana

Action RPG

Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · PC · iOS · Android

FantasyHigh FantasyNature / Wilderness

AdventurousExploratoryCooperative+2

9.6

Subnautica

Adventure · Survival

PC · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Android · iOS

Sci-FiAlienUnderwater+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.6

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

Action RPG

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo 3DS

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousEpicChallenging+3

9.6

Monster Hunter: World

Action RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousImmersiveIntense+3

9.6

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Action · Adventure · Platformer

PC · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyDark / GrimNature / Wilderness+1

AdventurousExploratoryAtmospheric+3

9.5

Rain World

Action · Adventure · Platformer

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

Post-ApocalypticNature / WildernessDark / Grim

AtmosphericBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.5

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Action RPG

PlayStation Portable · iOS

MonstersNature / Wilderness

ChallengingBrutalStrategic+3

9.5

Mushihimesama

Shooter · Action

Arcade · PlayStation 2 · iOS · Xbox 360 · Microsoft Windows · Nintendo Switch

FantasyNature / WildernessMonsters

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.5

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

RPG · Sandbox

PC · Xbox

FantasyHigh FantasyNature / Wilderness+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.5

DEATH STRANDING

Action-Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · PC · Xbox Series X/S

Post-ApocalypticSupernaturalPsychological+1

AtmosphericSlow-BurnLonely+3