Unexplored

Released: Feb 22, 2017
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 02:10 GMT

Updates & announcements

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03 Nov 2023Developer post
Lots of fixes in Patches v.1.21.2 & v.1.21.3
Loudness of wind (background noise in windy levels) has been reduced by 6 decibels (about 50%). Automatic gamepad detection is now disabled by default. Fixed various things not responding to DrainMagic. Fixed scrolls being replaced by potions in start shop. Fixed issue with gamep
22 Nov 2022Developer post
Complete your Unexplored collection!
Collected for the first time: two award winning games that took procedural content generation to the next level! One slow & deliberate, the other fast paced, both unique and infinitely repayable. Featuring: Unexplored The ROGUELITE that feels like a ROGUELIKE. Praised for its
Collected for the first time: two award winning games that took procedural content generation to the next level! One slow & deliberate, the other fast paced, both unique and infinitely repayable. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/29049/The_Unexplored_Collection/ [previewyoutube=vLwwHuuCfIM;full][/previewyoutube] Featuring:
Unexplored
The ROGUELITE that feels like a ROGUELIKE. Praised for its fantastically generated dungeons, real-time combat and surprising amount of content and depth. One of the BEST GAMES OF THE YEAR according to PC Gamer and VICE Waypoint.

Easy to Play, Easy to Die
Fantastic Generated Dungeons (using brand new tech)
Real Emergent Gameplay with many Tactical Options
Intense, Real-time, Dual Wielding Melee Combat
Stealth Mechanics (dungeon crawling like a real rogue…)
Over 50 dangerous bosses
Challenging, generated puzzles
Adaptive, original soundtrack

Unexplored 2: The Wayfarers Legacy
Unexplored 2 is an award winning, slow & deliberate, open-world RPG in procedurally generated worlds, with a table-top 'feel' & a cool twist on permadeath. Key features

Radical content generation: Ludomotion's radical approach to content generation creates many layers of unique content, every time a new world is generated.
Generative storytelling: Though every Wayfarer's ultimate goal may be similar, every hero will have their own world, story, and encounters.
Systemic depth: The game features many systems and you will discover something new every time you play, even after hundreds of hours of gameplay.
Legacy system: Actions of your past heroes impact the fortunes of those that follow in their footsteps. Use your legacy wisely to give your successive adventurers greater hopes of completing their quest.
Permadeath in a persistent world: When your hero dies, they stay dead. But you can choose to return to the same world with a new Wayfarer. Or, if you prefer, begin a new adventure in a completely unexplored world.
Unique presentation: The worlds in Unexplored 2 are presented in a unique and beautiful art style, beyond what is conventionally expected from a generative game. A stylish lighting system sets the mood and adapts to the time of day and local weather conditions.
Orchestral adaptive soundtrack: Your adventure is accompanied by an orchestral, original soundtrack which reacts to the action and decisions you make as a player.
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19 Nov 2022Developer post
Update, new discord, remastered soundtrack
The new update to Unexplored is currently available in the Unstable beta branch. We would be extremely grateful if you could provide any feedback. And for that purpose, we created an Unexplored 1 channel on our discordserver: Remastered Soundtrack now available on Steam We've als
14 Sep 2022Developer post
Soundtrack Unexplored on Spotify
Hi there, it's been a while, but today we've released a collection of the best tracks from Unexplored 1 to streaming services like Spotify & Apple Music. You can can find it on Spotify here: The album contains 12 songs in total. Want more Unexplored music? Here's a link to th
01 Jun 2022Developer post
New Demo for Unexplored 2 is now available
Unexplored 2 is a unique game in many ways, very different to Unexplored 1. It's also a game that is a bit hard to explain. It's a node-based open-world, procedurally generated RPG, with perma-death, but also not... To make it easier to decide whether or not you should buy the ga
28 May 2022Developer post
Unexplored 2 is now available
Dear players! More than five years after the release of Unexplored, the sequel launched on Steam. Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy shares a lot of design goals with its predecessor, it has the same lead designer and same composer, but all in all, Unexplored 2 is a different be
Dear players! More than five years after the release of Unexplored, the sequel launched on Steam. Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy shares a lot of design goals with its predecessor, it has the same lead designer and same composer, but all in all, Unexplored 2 is a different beast.

For starters, it's fully 3D.
Characters have two eyes (which I jokingly say it's to be able to perceive the aforementioned third dimension).
It's outside (mostly, but dungeons are still a big part of the game)
Combat is way less important.
RPG mechanics are more important.
The amulet of Yendor now is the Staff of Yendor (which you carry with you all the time) (and which you have to destroy eventually)
A new approach to perma-death...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1095040/Unexplored_2_The_Wayfarers_Legacy/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26255/Unexplored_2_Digital_Deluxe_Edition/ Anyway, here's a video explaining it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfa4bNJkWZE We'd like to thank you all for playing Unexplored 1 and making this super ambitious sequel first a possibility and now a reality!
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11 Jun 2021Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Rogue-lite adventure Unexplored 2 has launched in early access
The sequel to rather good rogue-like Unexplored is exiting the development dungeon and heading out into the world of early access today. Action RPG Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy continues with Unexplored's excellent generated worlds but with a new legacy system and a very,
25 May 2021GamingOnLinux
A trio of top-down Dungeon Crawlers reviewed, one old, one new and one coming soon
I was recently offered a beta key for the upcoming Ampers@t dungeon crawler and then a curator key for the recently released Ouroboros Dungeon. What better time, then, to also review the classic crawler, Unexplored? Read the full article here:
26 Nov 2019Developer post
Unexplored 2 update trailer
We're hard at work on Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy and released a new update for our backers on Fig.co. This update introduces new gameplay mechanics, new creatures, and new environments, as well as a host of other tweaks and improvements. Back us on fig.co/unexplored2 to
10 Jun 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy to explore the surface next year
Another reveal during E3’s PC Gaming Show, Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy is sequel to one of my favourite action-roguelikes of all time. The original Unexplored was purely limited to subterranean dungeons, but the sequel is expanding the action out into the wider world, and
10 Jun 2019Developer post
Announcing Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy
FIG Open Access live now Dear Unexplored-players! We are proud to announce we are hard at work on Unexplored 2: the Wayfarer’s Legacy! The game was just revealed during the E3 PC Gaming Show, and we’re so stoked to be able to share this with you. And as you can see, the sequel is
18 Feb 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Unexplored mod BOILINGHOT lets you delve at your own pace
Much as I love Ludomotion’s real-time roguelike Unexplored , I’m acutely aware that a lot of people bounced off it because it’s a lot to process all at once. Enter BOILINGHOT , a SUPERHOT -inspired mod by “YellowAfterlife” which might just help the less twitchy amongst us. As wit
17 Feb 2019Developer post
There is a SUPERHOT-esque mod for Unexplored
Time only moves when you do. That's the principal behind super cool game Superhot . Vlad 'YellowAfterlife' wrote a little mod that puts that same principle into Unexplored. See it in action: You can download the mode here: Checkout the source code here: The mod was inspired by a
04 Feb 2019Developer post
Unexplored releases on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in February
We're pleased to announce that Unexplored will launch on PlayStation 4 on February 19 (NA) and 20 (EU). On February 22 the game will launch on Xbox One . Unexplored: Unlocked Edition will include all DLC from this Steam-release.
16 Nov 2018Developer post
New update live now!
Dear players! We have been extremely busy with our next main project and the console releases of Unexplored. But, we've certainly not forgotten our beloved Steam version. So, after quite a while, here's the next update. As, always, please let us know what you think in the forums.
Dear players! We have been extremely busy with our next main project and the console releases of Unexplored. But, we've certainly not forgotten our beloved Steam version. So, after quite a while, here's the next update. As, always, please let us know what you think in the forums. We may not be hanging around there as much as in the beginning, but we do read your comments. The game is nearing it's second birthday, so we hope this is one of the final bug fixing updates we need to push.
Game Balance

Tuned down the number of Nightmare Boars.

Bug Fixes:

Another stab at solving the steam cloud save issues.
More feedback if you read a Tome and nothing happens.
Meteoric Iron stacks up to 3 (not 6).
Staff of Fiery Doom no longer blinks because it it always low on energy.
Fixes a crash when you die and trigger a trap at the same time.
You can now move items in the inventory using the gamepad when paused.
Fixes inventory issue where you could close the inventory while enchanting, upgrading, or identifying. Fixes issue with button mapping for containers with an action button.
Fixes some flask with a sprite descriptions.
Fixes issue with swapping combinable items with a gamepad.
Fixes issue with coating weapons in oil (and other fluids) using a Gamepad.
Fixes issue with gamepad tutorial messages.
The A button on a gamepad always uses a button even if Inventory Use is remapped.
Fixed an issue with items on certain pedestals not rendering.
Right stick allows you to inspect the map, even when the game is not paused.
Fixes issue with items not shown on pedestals.
Fixes issue with combining items in your inventory.
Fixes couple of issues with the tutorial when playing with a controller.
Unexplored 1.19.4
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09 Aug 2018Developer post
Unexplored: Unlocked Edition out now on Switch!
From this day you can play Unexplored on the go, since it's available for Switch right now! For more information, see: To help all the new adventurers, here's a clip with 5 tips for new players: Unexplored on PC As far as DLC, we consider the game to be complete content-wise. How
01 Aug 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Unexplored s free Dark Ritual DLC is like playing reverse roguelike Cluedo
Unexplored remains one of the best real-time roguelikes out there. Inspired heavily by the tactile but stat-lite Brogue , it inspired a gushing review from Adam, and was one of my Game of the Year nominees for 2017. It was great back then, and thanks to developers Ludomotion’s st
01 Aug 2018Developer post
New free DLC: The Dark Ritual
Switch pre-order live We're proud to announce the launch of our third free dlc (well, fourth if you count the soundtrack): THE DARK RITUAL. This is yet another way of playing Unexplored and this time you arrive at a Cultist's mansion to stop them from summoning a Great Old One! G
19 Apr 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Podcast: Being a critic makes games better (and worse)
Oh no. Somebody sound the journalists discussing journalism klaxon. Rattle it as loudly and furiously as possible, because the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show , is talking about how being a critic changes the way we play. Don t blame us, blame listener Aleksei, who sent
19 Apr 2018Developer post
Unexplored is coming to Nintendo Switch
Nice! But what about de Steam-version? We're pleased to announce Unexplored: Unlocked Edition for the Nintendo Switch! We can't wait to see what you think of Unexplored-to-go. What does this mean for the Steam edition? In short: nothing, really. The last (free) DLC, called "The D

Unexplored

Updates & announcements

Lots of fixes in Patches v.1.21.2 & v.1.21.3

Complete your Unexplored collection!

Unexplored

Unexplored 2: The Wayfarers Legacy

Update, new discord, remastered soundtrack

Remastered Soundtrack now available on Steam

Soundtrack Unexplored on Spotify

New Demo for Unexplored 2 is now available

Unexplored 2 is now available

Rogue-lite adventure Unexplored 2 has launched in early access

A trio of top-down Dungeon Crawlers reviewed, one old, one new and one coming soon

Unexplored 2 update trailer

Unexplored 1 Linux & Mac

Unexplored 1 Save Bug

Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy to explore the surface next year

Announcing Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy

FIG Open Access live now

Unexplored 1 on Steam

Unexplored mod BOILINGHOT lets you delve at your own pace

There is a SUPERHOT-esque mod for Unexplored

Unexplored releases on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in February

New update live now!

Game Balance

Bug Fixes:

Unexplored: Unlocked Edition out now on Switch!

Unexplored on PC

Unexplored s free Dark Ritual DLC is like playing reverse roguelike Cluedo

New free DLC: The Dark Ritual

Switch pre-order live

Update

10% discount on Unexplored: Unlocked Edition for Nintendo Switch

Podcast: Being a critic makes games better (and worse)

Unexplored is coming to Nintendo Switch

Nice! But what about de Steam-version?

Unexplored: Unlocked Edition coming to Nintendo Switch Includes the acclaimed roguelite and all its DLC, set to launch in spring

About the game

Key Features