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by Kevin Maxon, Michael Bell, Zoe Vartanian, Adam Murgittroyd, Meagan Malone, Jeffrey Klinicke, Shadie Hijazi, Jacob Leach, Aron Miller, Isa Hutchinson
Narrative exploration game located in a massive, post-human Western Washington. Navigate an open world that has been reclaimed by nature. Use journals, letters, zines, and other documents to learn the interconnected stories of the people who lived here once.
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$19.99Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Apr 14 · The Chinese Room
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
Walking SimulatorAtmosphericIndieGreat SoundtrackAdventureStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonCasualOpen World👍 1,852
$9.99Arctico
Feb 15 · Claudio Norori, Antonio Vargas
Both: Survival · Open World · Exploration
Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldCo-opAdventureIndieExplorationNatureAtmospheric👍 2,208
$4.990°N 0°W
Mar 1 · Colorfiction
Both: Exploration · Open World · Walking Simulator
Ready for a wild trip of psychedelic sights and sounds? 0°N 0°W is a chill, first-person walking sim for everyone, where each run is a fresh adventure!
ColorfulSurrealExplorationPsychedelicOpen WorldPlatformerWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DRelaxing👍 363
$14.99Paradise Lost
Mar 24 · PolyAmorous
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
UndergroundWalking SimulatorExplorationAlternate HistoryFirst-PersonPost-apocalypticAdventureChoices MatterTranshumanismStory Rich👍 1,470
$14.99Among Trees
Nov 10 · FJRD Interactive
Both: Exploration · Survival · Open World
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.
Open World Survival CraftExplorationSurvivalAtmosphericOpen WorldRelaxingAdventureCraftingColorfulFarming👍 2,072
$9.99Proteus
Jan 30 · Ed Key and David Kanaga
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorRelaxingIndieCasualProcedural GenerationExperimentalFirst-PersonBeautifulAdventure👍 1,420
$24.99Eastshade
Feb 13 · Eastshade Studios
Both: Open World · Exploration · First-Person
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!
AdventureFantasyOpen WorldExplorationRPGAtmosphericRelaxingFirst-PersonStory RichColorful👍 5,184
$6.99Fractal Block World
Oct 18 · Dan Hathaway
Both: Exploration · Open World · First-Person
This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.
ExplorationOpen WorldSurrealFPSVoxelIndiePsychedelicFirst-PersonAdventureNonlinear👍 1,490
$5.99TIMEframe
Jul 7 · Random Seed Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.
IndieCasualWalking SimulatorAtmosphericGreat SoundtrackExplorationFirst-PersonAdventureStylizedShort👍 269
$12.99Shape of the World
Jun 5 · Hollow Tree Games
Both: Nature · Walking Simulator · Exploration
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.
CasualNatureIndieAtmosphericSurrealWalking SimulatorExplorationFirst-PersonRelaxingAdventure👍 263
$29.99Drake Hollow
Oct 1 · The Molasses Flood
Both: Open World · Survival · Exploration
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Open WorldSurvivalAdventureSandboxExplorationMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayerActionIndie👍 1,159
$4.99Oracle
Feb 28 · Watercolor Games
Both: Walking Simulator · Open World · First-Person
ORACLE is a single player, open world experience with dozens of locations to explore, great soundtrack and an awesome story ready to be unraveled.
AdventureIndieWalking SimulatorCasualSimulationOpen WorldAtmosphericSingleplayerStory RichFirst-Person👍 236
$5.99The Old City: Leviathan
Dec 3 · PostMod Softworks
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · First-Person
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
Walking SimulatorAdventureAtmosphericExplorationIndieFirst-PersonSurrealStory RichGreat SoundtrackHorror👍 528
$59.99Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition
Mar 21 · Guerrilla, Nixxes Software
Both: Open World · Exploration · Post-apocalyptic
Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.
Open WorldSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistActionStory RichExplorationPost-apocalypticRPGThird PersonSci-fi👍 20,444
$29.99Obduction
Aug 24 · Cyan, Inc.
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Walking Simulator
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndieFirst-PersonMysterySurrealVRWalking SimulatorAtmospheric👍 3,032
$24.99Bootstrap Island
Mar 12 · Maru VR
Both: Survival · Open World · Nature
A highly realistic VR survival roguelike adventure set on a ruthless 17th-century tropical island. Shipwrecked and alone, you must survive without guidance as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe. Every decision is yours. Your survival is in your own hands!
SurvivalAdventureOpen WorldVRLife SimRoguelikeActionNatureAtmosphericSimulation👍 1,366
-60%$5.99Open Country
Jun 10 · FUN Labs
Both: Open World · Survival · Exploration
Ok Scout, it's time to show us what you’re made of-break free from your city life and live like a real outdoorsman. The wilderness isn’t for the faint of heart, but if you work hard, learn how to use the environment and be one with nature, you too can become a Master Outdoorsman.
AdventureSimulationOpen WorldSurvivalExplorationMultiplayerAction-AdventureOpen World Survival CraftHuntingCo-op👍 322
$0.99Wooden House
Sep 5 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Nature
What could be better than relaxing in nature? Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the city in a small cottage. Spending time reading books by the fireplace. But one night, strange voices began to echo from deep within the basement.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieDarkSurvival HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPvENature👍 158
$0.99VERGE:Lost chapter
Oct 1 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person
Our hero decided to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and get out into nature to relax in a cabin that was in the mountains.
Walking SimulatorHorrorIndieAdventureSimulationFunnySingleplayerFirst-PersonHistoricalPvE👍 2,875
$1.99The Life Of Greather
Aug 25 · GreatherGames
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Open World
You are just a simple farmer, your wife has not returned. Venture across this open medieval world and find her.
AdventureRPGIndieViolentGoreWalking SimulatorActionGreat SoundtrackExplorationOpen World👍 106
$9.99Blockscape
Jul 3 · ioneo
Both: Open World · Survival
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingBuildingIndieMultiplayerSimulationCasual👍 727
-90%$0.99Qora
Oct 2 · Holden Boyles, Ciprian Stanciu
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
A mysterious trip to gorgeous and surreal lands, players explore the unknown and harness mystical powers which have been hidden in the valley for centuries.
AdventureIndiePixel GraphicsWalking SimulatorExplorationPlatformerAtmosphericGreat Soundtrack👍 260
$0.99White Mirror
Jan 26 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator · First-Person
The main character is a hunter who looks for ancient relics. One day he set off to find a legendary mirror which concluded the great force and so great evil, keeping secrets of a magic artifact. You have a chance to know were is a mirror, but be careful the evil waits for you continually.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieHorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPuzzleSimulation👍 228
$14.99My Little Universe
Oct 5 · Estoty
Both: Exploration · Survival
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
MiningExplorationDungeon CrawlerSandboxCraftingSurvivalCharacter CustomizationSpace3DAction👍 1,503
$14.99The End of Dyeus
Oct 15 · Curious Planet
Both: Exploration · Open World
Go in a quest for Dyeus in a primitive and cryptic open world ! Face mysterious assailants in intense and fast paced sword fights, and survive against a carnivorous fauna. Will you uncover the truth about Dyeus?
Action-AdventureShooterExplorationFPSOpen WorldNonlinearPvEActionAdventureSingleplayer👍 181
$1.99Share
May 3 · HFM Games
Both: First-Person · Survival · Open World
In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter.
IndieActionHorrorFirst-PersonMultiplayerAtmosphericFPSSurvivalOpen WorldAdventure👍 313
-60%$11.99LOST EMBER
Nov 22 · Mooneye Studios
Both: Exploration · Nature
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
WolvesAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerRelaxingEmotionalStory RichNatureThird PersonAnimals👍 4,200
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: First-Person · Exploration
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
-70%$1.79Riven (1997)
Aug 4 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Exploration · First-Person
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.
AdventurePuzzlePoint & ClickExplorationClassicStory RichDifficultFirst-PersonCasualAtmospheric👍 1,317
$2.99Polygeddon
Apr 17 · Digital Dreamworks, Gamesforfarm
Both: Post-apocalyptic · Survival · Open World
You are on an island where everyone wants to kill you, ranging from weather conditions to dangerous enemies, your goal is to survive. Survive alone or together. Build, craft, grow, explore, fight!
ZombiesPost-apocalypticSurvivalOpen WorldRPGMultiplayerExplorationCo-opSandboxAdventure
-78%$0.87Star Sky
Oct 23 · JMJ Interactive, Mårten Jonsson
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Star Sky is a game about a man taking a midnight stroll. You take the same road as many times as you want, each time hopefully unlocking new encounters. Can you unlock the mysteries of the night?
CasualIndieAdventureWalking SimulatorAtmospheric2DSingleplayerSimulationSide ScrollerExploration👍 295
Mýrdalssandur, Iceland
Mar 6 · Matt Newell
Both: Walking Simulator · Exploration
Experience a realistically inspired recreation of iceland's southern coast. Take photos and explore the world at your own pace, become immersed with some of the latest visual tech provided by Unreal Engine 4. *Please note DLC is required for VR!
Free to PlayWalking SimulatorSimulationAdventureCasualIndieVRExplorationAtmosphericBeautiful
Elegy for a Dead World
Dec 10 · Dejobaan Games, LLC, Popcannibal
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
Explore dead civilizations, write about what you find, and share your stories with the universe: a game about writing fiction.
IndieAdventureStory RichAtmosphericInteractive FictionExplorationWalking SimulatorExperimentalSingleplayerSci-fi👍 121
$2.99Another Try
Apr 19 · Hoki Wolf Studio
Both: Survival · Open World · Post-apocalyptic
The virus has devastated cities and lands, you are one of the last survivors! You will have to survive in a harsh post-apocalyptic world populated by the living dead.
Massively MultiplayerAdventureActionIndieSurvivalCraftingMultiplayerZombiesOpen WorldPost-apocalyptic👍 290

