Best Exploratory Games

Every game with a Exploratory vibe, ranked by Belly Score. These are the titles The Belly felt hit that Exploratory note, sorted from the highest verdict down.

Games tagged with a Exploratory vibe, ranked by Belly Score. Vibe tags describe how a game feels to play — the mood and texture of the experience — so this list groups titles that share that Exploratory energy even across different genres. Browse to find games that hit the Exploratory note you're after, scored and verdict-ready.

Best Exploratory Games rankings

9.9

BALDUR'S GATE 3

RPG · Adventure · Strategy

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+18

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

Metroid Dread

Action · Adventure

Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

ExploratoryTenseIntense+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

9.8

ALAN WAKE 2

Action · Horror · Adventure

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

MysteriousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+14

9.7

CASTLEVANIA: ARIA OF SORROW

Action · Action RPG · Adventure · Platformer

Game Boy Advance · Game Boy Advance SP · Game Boy Micro · Nintendo Wii U · Nintendo

FantasyDark FantasySupernatural+7

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+26

9.7

ABIOTIC FACTOR

Action · RPG · Adventure · Sandbox · Simulation

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenCreepy+16

9.7

BLOONS TOWER DEFENSE 6

Strategy

PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Mobile

ExploratoryRelaxingChill+14

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

Caves of Qud

RPG · Simulation · Sandbox

PC · Mac · Linux · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiPost-ApocalypticFantasy+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.6

Xenoblade Chronicles

Action RPG · RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Wii · New Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiFantasyRobots / Mechs+1

AdventurousExploratoryEpic+3

9.6

Touhou Luna Nights

Action · Adventure · Platformer

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

FantasySupernatural

ExploratoryFast-PacedChallenging+2

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

BLUE PRINCE

Adventure · Strategy · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryMysteriousDiscovery-Driven+12

9.6

Community

9.9

1 rating

BLOODBORNE

Action · RPG · Horror

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+44

9.6

ASSASSIN'S CREED: BLACK FLAG RESYNCED

Action · Adventure

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryAdventurousDiscovery-Driven+9

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

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

RPG · Sandbox

PC · Xbox

FantasyHigh FantasyNature / Wilderness+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.4

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Action RPG · Platformer

PlayStation · Sega Saturn · PlayStation Portable · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 4 · iOS · Android

Dark FantasyGothicSupernatural+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.4

Yume Nikki

Adventure · RPG · Horror

Windows · Android · iOS

PsychologicalSurrealDreamlike+1

ExploratoryMysteriousCreepy+3

9.4

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Action RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

FantasyHigh FantasyNature / Wilderness

AdventurousExploratoryEpic+3

9.4

ARX FATALIS

RPG · Action · Adventure

PC · Xbox

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenDark+13

9.4

No Man's Sky

Action · Adventure · Survival

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · macOS · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.4

Arcane Odyssey

Action · RPG · Adventure

PC

FantasyPiratesDark / Grim+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3