Exploration games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
42 games on Steam carry the Exploration tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 98,238 reviews and 95% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 2 2015
- 3 2016
- 0 2017
- 3 2018
- 2 2019
- 4 2020
- 2 2021
- 5 2022
- 3 2023
- 2 2024
- 3 2025
- 8 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 98,238 | about 3.5M |
| Top 25% | 283,796 | about 7.6M |
| Top 10% | 560,239 | about 13.3M |
95% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.
Pricing
Median paid price $19.99
- Free 2%
- Under $5 7%
- $5 to $15 19%
- $15 to $30 50%
- $30 to $60 19%
- $60 and up 2%
Most reviewed Exploration releases of the last 24 months
Valheim
93% positive of 564,660
7.5M to 17M owners
$26.99
R.E.P.O.
96% positive of 435,155
7M to 17M owners
$9.99
PEAK
94% positive of 385,549
6.4M to 15M owners
$4.95
Crimson Desert Enhanced
84% positive of 180,645
2.9M to 5.8M owners
$69.99
Subnautica 2
91% positive of 130,274
2.5M to 5.7M owners
$29.99
Wuthering Waves
87% positive of 58,008
Free
Big Walk
96% positive of 46,600
890k to 2.1M owners
$19.99
Gamble With Your Friends
90% positive of 26,931
570k to 1.3M owners
$7.99
Upcoming Exploration games 0 on Steam
- Ash Hills: Descent 2026
- Bugboy 2026
- Cursed Dungeon Raider 2027
- Orbital Drift 2027
- Railborn 2027
- Acras Coming soon
- Amiko Legends Coming soon
- Android Simulator Coming soon
- A Robot's Journey Coming soon
- A Shiba Story Coming soon
- Bargan's Treasure Coming soon
- Bitpunky Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Adventure 32
- Singleplayer 28
- Action 26
- Atmospheric 23
- Multiplayer 19
- Story Rich 19
- Co-op 18
- Open World 18
- First-Person 15
- Indie 15
What good store pages do
Medians across the 42 most reviewed Exploration games.
- Screenshots
- 10
- Trailers
- 2
- Description length
- 4,034 characters
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