17 Best Exploration Games for Xbox One

Dark Souls 3 is recently released marvel and a fantastic new addition to the Dark Souls series. This amazing Single and Multiplayer Action-RPG offers gameplay similar to its predecessors but includes a lot of new weapons (Bows, Projectiles, Shields and Swords etc.), enemies, new attack types, new Combat features, new skills and abilities etc. Dark Souls 3 takes you to the Kingdom of Lothric where the First Flame is dying out and because of that the Age of Dark is about to come. Your task is to get into the character of an Undead known as the Ashen One, and stop the Age of Dark and the Apocalypse of Dead from happening. In order to achieve the goals, you must find and return the three Lords of Cinder and the Prince Lothric to the Firelink Shrine before it’s too late. The Lords of Cinder abandoned their thrones years back and they are all protected by the Watchers, a group of Warriors and are linked as one by the soul of Yhorm the Giant (Single Soul). You must fight off the Yhorm the Giant and the Lords of Cinder, collect their essences and powers, bring them back to the Firelink Shrine along with the Prince Lothric and finally return them all back to their thrones. The Lords will then be gone to fight of the Soul of Cinder and all of the Lords who linked the Fires previously, and save the Lothric. Dark souls 3 offers four different endings of the game all based up on the actions you perform during the gameplay. Dark Souls 3 offers a very well written storyline, amazingly addictive and immersive gameplay, enhanced game mechanics and visuals for you to enjoy the game.

Far Cry Primal is a fantastic new Action-Adventure and Survival video game by Ubisoft and Ubisoft Montreal. The game adds up a brilliant new type of genre in the series and offers a truly very immersive and quite jaw dropping experience. Far Cry Primal takes you back to 10,000 B.C in the beginning of Mesolithic Era. Set in the fictitious Oros Valley in the Central Europe, Far Cry Primal features an Open World environment filed up with all kinds of that time’s Flora and Fauna such as animals like Prehistoric Mammoths, Wolves, Cave Bears, Irish Elks, Wooly Rhinos, Saber-Toothed Cats, Cave Lions, Brown bears, Deer and Badgers etc. With only challenge of the game, Survival, Far Cry Primal lets you be a prominent Wenja Tribe man named Takkar, tasks you to explore the Oros valley without any weapons and lost of dangers. In order to survive, Far Cry Primal lets you capture and tame wild animals, collect different types of resources and build weapons, tools etc. You must build a special place among all the fellow tribesmen by using your skills and abilities of survival. Other prominent game tasks include scavenging, hunting, building structures by the use of all the natural resources and your abilities etc. With a very immersive nature, all the fantastic aspects of wild life and life without necessary resources, struggle and your survival abilities, brilliant visual details and all the fun, Far Cry Primal is one fantastic Action, Adventure and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

Fortnite offers the superb blend of Third-person Perspective, Battle Royale, Survival, and Sandbox elements and supports Co-op, Single-player, and Online Multiplayer modes developed and published by Epic Games for multiple platforms. The game is about exploration, scavenging items, crafting weapons, building different structures, and fighting against hordes of enemies and zombie-like creatures. There are different characters from which the player can select his favorite one to start his adventure. In Fortnite game, players need to work together to scavenge items that they can use to defend and build structures and complete a variety of objectives to progress through the game.

During the gameplay, the player can edit each wall of the structure with a 3×3 grid, roofs, lay downstairs, and more. The game contains two different modes, one of which is Fortnite: Save the World, offering a co-op shooter-survival gameplay for up to four players to battle against zombies and defend objects using fortification players can build. The second mode of the game is Fortnite Battle Royale mode which comes with free-to-play Battle Royale gameplay where up to 100 players parachute on an island to battle against each other to be the last person standing. There are four different character classes such as soldier, ninja, constructor, and Outlander each class has its unique abilities and personality.

Explore the world from a third-person view, interact with non-player characters, progress through the game by completing objectives, and survive as long as possible to become the master. Fortnite offers core features such as Open World, Forest Environment, lots of Challenging Levels, and more.

Halo is a Militaristic Sci-Fi First-person Shooter video game series created and published Bungie, Ensemble Studios, and 343 Industries. The whole series focuses on an Interstellar War between the two most brutal enemies in the Galaxy, Humans and a Theocratic Alliance of Aliens named as Covenant. The main focus of the series remains on one particular character named as Master Chief John 17, a Supersoldier from an advanced breed of Soldiers known as Spartans. An Artificial companion, Cortana companies the Master Chief throughout the series. Halo Series offers a lot of other characters of utmost importance in the games and provides with different interconnected stories, objectives and environments as well. The series offers multi-genre games as well as Novels, Graphic Novels, and loads of other products. Halo Series offers 3 main titles as the Original Trilogy including Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3 along with Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians (As Reclaimer Saga releases), 5 Spin-offs Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike. Furthermore, Halo Series offers hardcore Action-packed video games, all packed up with different interconnected stories, different objectives, unique characters, and all the incredible Intergalactic conflicts over the possession of a Super Weapons called Halo Rings and of course to survive.

Sea of Thieves is an Action-Adventure, Pirate-themed and Multiplayer video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios. It takes place in an open world environment and brings a thrilling gameplay deals with exploration, steering, firing cannons and more. In the game, the team of players traverse and navigate the open-ended environment via a ship of a pirate to fulfill various tasks to score the points. The player can embark himself on epic quests to collect loot, score the points and engage in deadly combat with other players from around the world. During the gameplay, the player can interact with the environment and non-player characters to progress through the story and can explore the landscape from a first-person perspective. It offers a beautiful world and the player can team up with other players and can battle enemies to score the points to prove himself as the best pirate in the game. With the highly detailed environment, wonderful graphics, and smooth controls, Sea of Thieves is the incredible game to play and enjoy.

Life is Strange is a Single-player Graphic Adventure and Interactive Fiction video game by Square Enix. The game consists of five main episodes and focuses on the character of a Photography student named as Maxine Caulfield. Maxine Caulfield discovers out that she has the special ability to reverse time and any specific moment. The story takes a twist when Maxine foresees a huge Storm raging to destroy her town and that the time when she realizes that she’s the only one to prevent it from happening. Life is Strange allows the players to control the character of Maxine Caulfield and follow the narrative as it unfolds into all the storyful actions that the player character performs. Amazing trips to the past, fantastic quests, freedom to explore and the ability to manipulate environmental elements, loads of challenging puzzles and game ending based upon the actions performed by the character, Life is Strange offers a truly remarkable gameplay experience that is based on pure graphics and interactive elements. With an episodic gameplay, various character archetypes, a great story, graphic adventure nature and point-and-click puzzles, Life is Strange offers beautiful visuals and an impressively addictive gameplay to enjoy. Life is Strange is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Linux platforms.

Forza Horizon 3 is a Racing, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios. The game takes place in an open-world environment called Austria, and it is the ninth marvelous entry in the series of Forza video game. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors. There are many licensed vehicles available, and you can select one of them to start your race against AI controlled character or against another player in a variety of events including time trials, drifting and more. Explore the detailed environment from a third-person perspective and take a chance to show off your driving skills and abilities in front of friends to impress them. Earn reputation points and use them to upgrade your vehicles and unlock further cars in the game for an ultimate race. To win the race, you have to cross the finish line first before your opponents or eliminate your competitors from race using your racing abilities. With the superb detailed open world, new vehicles, challenging events, etc. Forza Horizon 3 is the best game as compared to other Racing games. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Roblox, developed and published by Roblox Corporation is an MMO (Massively Multiplayer online) and a Sandbox video game available to play on PC, Mac OS X, iOS and Android platforms. The game lets you be part of a virtual world by selecting and customizing an online avatar for yourself, explore an open world, interact with a lot of online players, play games together, make friends online and focuses on your creative and building abilities by manipulating the blocks and create whatever you want. You can talk over the mic or chat with your friends via an online text based platform. Everything you see in the game is basically situated inside the differently stylized, sized and colored bricks and blocks, and offers you a unique experience of Voxel based sandbox gaming. You get to visit different places, some provided by the game itself and some user created (Maps created by Lua 5.1 Programming Language), you can walk, run, jump, ride on skateboards, bikes, cars etc. and buy houses to live in. Roblox allows you to buy a structure and decorate it according to your likes and dislikes. If you don’t like a building or you want to destroy something you can totally bring it down and rebuild just according to your style and demands. The game provides you with best 3D graphics, two types of virtual currency (Tickets and Robux) to buy things, a lot of upgrades that you can buy with Tickets or Robux and a lot of other exciting things to do and enjoy.

Stranded Deep is an Adventure, Survival, First-person Exploration, and Single-player video game published and developed by Beam Team Games. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean, and the story centers on a plane crash survivor stranded in the deep waters. You, as the protagonist, find yourself in the life-invading scenarios. The game introduces dynamic day-night and weather systems and includes a building system to create shelters on an Island.

In the beginning, you have limited resources and items, however, as the game progresses, you will get access to further supplies essential to survive longer. It would help if you managed your vitals of thirst, blood, hunger against the challenges you face. It includes prominent features such as Terrain Variety, Co-op Gameplay, Random Collectibles, Physics-based Crafting System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Hello Neighbor is an Action, Stealth, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild Games. The game takes place in the fictional land and introduces a variety of levels. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to sneak into the basement of his neighbor’s home to unearth the terrible mystery. Each neighbor has its unique behavior, depending on the past action of the player. According to the story, the protagonist finds himself moving into a new home across the street of strange neighbors, who seems to be keeping a mystery in their home’s basement. The ultimate task of the player is to get into the home, collect objects needed to access and unlock the basement of the home. During the exploration, the player needs to move carefully without making any noise, otherwise the neighbor will chase and catch him. There are four inventory spaces available, same kind of items can’t be placed together in the same space. With superb gameplay, immersive soundtracks, high detailed graphics and smooth controls, Hello Neighbor is the best game to play and enjoy.

Kerbal Space Program or also known as KSP is a Single-player Space Flight, Building and Construction and Simulation video game by Squad. The game is built using the updated Unity Engine and offers playability on Multiple Platforms including Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Wii. The game allows the players to control a whole Space Mission Program named as Kerbal Space Program, Have a Crew of Humanoid Aliens known as Kerbals and enjoy Exploring the Space. Game’s Complex and realistic Orbital Physics helps players learn about the Hohmann Transfer Orbits (Start from a Lower Orbit and end up in a Higher Orbit) maneuvers and enjoy piloting the ship. According to the gameplay and game story, the game tasks the players to head a Nascent Space Program, Control the Kerbals (Intelligent Humanoid Aliens from an Earth-like planet Kerbin) and enjoy learning to maneuver into Space. Kerbal Space Program gameplay is divided into two main parts such as Construction and Flight, and it allows the players to construct various types of Rockets, Aircraft, Rovers, etc. Once the ships are created, the players can simply launch them into Space from in-game launch Pad, explore the Space and complete various objectives of the game. The game offers various types of mission such as Reaching to a Certain Height, Escape the Atmosphere, Reach Stable Orbit, Capture Asteroids, Create Space Stations, Visit different Planets and collect information about them, etc. With all the Space Exploration fun, Unique game Physics and mechanics, and interesting gameplay, Kerbal Space Program is a fun Space Simulation to enjoy.

Assassin’s Creed: Origins is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Stealth element developed and published by Ubisoft. It is the 10th title in the series of Assassin’s Creed and serves as the successor to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate released in 2015. The plot takes place in the Ancient Egypt during the period of Ptolemaic and revolves around the fictional history of real-world events. The story of the game focuses on the centuries-long battle between the Order of the Ancients and the Brotherhood of Assassins. The Order of the Ancients wants peace through forceful imposition while the Brotherhood of Assassins wants peace by promoting the liberty. The player takes on the role of the protagonist and can explore the fictional landscapes from a third-person view. The ultimate task is to complete a variety of quests to progress through the story, earn experience points, and unlock new skills. He can freely roam the environment on horseback, foot, camel-back, boat and more. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, Assassin’s Creed: Origins is the best game to play and enjoy.

Prototype is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game by Activision. The game offers an Open World Environment, and it is set in Manhattan, USA. Prototype follows the character of an Amnesic and powerful Shapeshifter named as Alex Mercer, who sets out to fight against the Blacklight, a deadly plague that consumes the humanity of Individuals and converts them into altered ferocious monsters. Alex keeps on fighting the monsters as well as finding the truth about his lost past. Struggling hard against the monsters, Alex also comes into massive conflict with the US military and the operatives of Blackwatch, a Black operation force. With the freedom to roam free, Alex keeps on getting farther into the enemy territory and finding the secrets while the player controls the character of Alex Mercer. Prototype offers plenty of room for gameplay along with sophisticated weaponry, fantastic graphics quality, and excellent combat mechanics. Prototype provides the ability to experience the game in Sandbox style while playing it and enjoy it even more. With its amazingly addictive nature, Prototype is one of the most played and liked Action-Adventure, Stealth, and Shooter video game. It also has a sequel named as Prototype 2 that expands the story to further distances and enhances the great experience. Do try it out.

Tropico 5 is a marvelous new MMO-RTS, City-Building, Management Simulation that offers gameplay a lot similar to its predecessors and Anno series games. With a unique Co-op Multiplayer (4-Player) feature, Tropico 5 lets you build whole cities on different islands and allows you to work with or against each other. The main task in the game is to manage your cities and take your settlement to the Colonial Era, witness World Wars, Cold War and finally reach to the modern era, embrace technological advancements and thrive in an advanced society. You can also be one of the super powers of the time by simply working hard, write the constitution and decide the independence of your cities or countries and by waging wars against your enemies and defeating them. With all the wonderful building and management options, great visuals, and an addictive game-play, Tropico 5 is a brilliant Simulation to spend your precious time on. Do try it out for a beautiful MMO, RTS, management and City-building experience.

Elite Dangerous combines the elements of Space Trading, Adventure, Combat, and Simulation. It offers both Single and Multiplayer modes developed and published by Frontier Developments. The game takes place in the fictional galaxy called Cutthroat and offers an open environment to explore. It lets the player create and customize his own starship and explore the realistic 1:1 Scale Galaxy focused on Milky Way. It has three different factions such as the Federation, the Empire, and the Alliance. To get into the game world, the player must select his faction and complete a series of challenging missions and earn fabulous prizes. He can trade with other to earn money and use to unlock further content. Protect the galaxy from rival factions and fight against enemies using weapons. The game unlocks other galaxies and milky ways as the player complete the series of objectives. He can upgrade his ship with different items and weapons using the money. Elite Dangerous offers key features such as a variety of Missions, different Ships, Unique Game Experience, over 400 Billion Star Systems, and more. Elite Dangerous is the wonderful game to play and amuse.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is a mix of Strategy, Third-person Shooter and Role-playing elements developed by Edge of Reality and published by Activision for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the modern world and supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes. It acts as the 4th title in the series of the movie and comes with advanced features, improved gameplay, and enhanced graphics. It takes place before the Transformers: Age of Extinction’s event. At the beginning of the plot, the player can select his favourite character with the ability to turn into a vehicle or a mech. The player can explore the land from a third-person perspective, the battle against enemies, and can run, jump, and attack enemies his way through a variety of missions using the equipped weapons. The game rewards the player with experience points which the player can use to level up and raise his energy up. Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark includes prominent features such as Beyond the Movie, Epic Multiplayer Battles, Unlock System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Tomb Raider: Pistol Silencer is a Downloadable Content Pack for Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. The DLC pack introduces the pistol silencer, enabling the female protagonist named as Lara to use stealthy tactics to overcome the complicated situation. The gameplay mainly revolves around Action-Adventure elements and the storyline follows the female protagonist, Lara, who found herself in the mysterious shores of Linux. According to the plot, the player needs to navigate the intense environment and struggle to survive as long as possible to advance through the story. The player is wielded with raw instincts and the player has an ability to push beyond the human endurance’s limits. The player must battle against enemies to reveal the dark history of the abandoned island to flee. During the gameplay, the player needs to salvage resources, upgrade the weapons and tools, and gain experience to survive the hostile inhabitant of the island. Tomb Raider: Pistol Silencer includes prominent features such as New Raiding Experience, Fight to Live, Survive as a Team, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.