Best Open World Game

Mafia is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Illusion Softworks and set in the 1930s within the fictional American city of Lost Heaven. The narrative follows Tommy Angelo, a taxi driver who is inadvertently drawn into the local mafia and rises through the ranks of the Salieri crime family. The...

Released in 2001, Gothic is a German action role-playing game developed by Piranha Bytes. The game is set within a magically sealed penal colony where players control a nameless prisoner forced to mine ore. It is notable for its continuous open world, full voice acting, and a design where non-player...

Released in 2014, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is a remastered version of the 2012 open-world action game originally developed by United Front Games. The game is set in a fictionalized version of Hong Kong and follows Wei Shen, an undercover police officer tasked with infiltrating the local Tri...

Released in 2009, Borderlands is a first-person shooter and action role-playing game developed by Gearbox Software. Set on the fictional planet of Pandora, players select from four distinct character classes to complete quests and defeat hostile factions. The game is widely recognized for popularizi...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II develops the narrative of Henry of Skalitz’s life during the turbulent early 15th century within Bohemia. This open-world RPG offers a realistic portrayal of medieval warfare and daily life, focusing on political intrigue and personal survival. It is designed for players...

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood transports players to Renaissance Italy, specifically Rome, during 1492. This open-world action game allows players to operate as an Assassin, engaging in stealth and combat while navigating political intrigue and restoring the Order's power following a period of decline...

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a 2009 open-world action game developed by Rockstar Leeds with Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. The story follows Huang Lee, a young Triad member navigating criminal factions in Liberty City after an attack and the theft of a family sword. Its angle...

Assassin's Creed Shadows is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. Set in 16th-century feudal Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama period, the game features two distinct playable protagonists. Players alternate between the historical African samurai Ya...

Solar Ash is a 2021 action-adventure platforming game developed by Heart Machine and published by Annapurna Interactive. Players control a character named Rei, who navigates surreal, cloud-like environments using fluid ice-skating and grinding mechanics. The game emphasizes high-speed traversal as p...

X4: Foundations is a space trading and combat simulation developed by Egosoft and released in 2018. The game features an open-ended sandbox universe where players can pilot a variety of starships, walk around station interiors, and engage in first-person exploration. It distinguishes itself within i...

Everspace 2 is a single-player space combat game developed by Rockfish Games, a German studio based in Hamburg. Released in 2023 for PC, it departs from the roguelike structure of the original Everspace (2017) in favor of a persistent open-world design with handcrafted levels and a story-driven camp...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a tactical shooter developed by Ubisoft Paris and released in 2017. It was the first game in the Ghost Recon franchise to feature a fully open-world environment, spanning a large fictionalized map of Bolivia. Players control a team of elite special operatives t...

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (GRAW 2) is a tactical third-person shooter developed and published by Ubisoft in 2007 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows. Set in 2014, the game continues the narrative of Captain Scott Mitchell and the Ghost team as they address a terrorist threat along the...

Dysmantle is a post-apocalyptic open-world action RPG developed by 10tons. The game centers around a core mechanic where players can break down almost any object in the environment into raw materials. These materials are then used to craft weapons, gear, and structures that help players survive agai...

Rage is a 2011 first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in a post-apocalyptic world following an asteroid impact, players control a survivor navigating settlements and wasteland environments. The game is recognized for its use of the id Tech 5 engine, wh...

DayZ Standalone is a 2018 multiplayer survival game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive. It evolved from a highly popular 2012 mod for the military simulation ARMA 2. Players spawn on the coast of Chernarus, a fictional post-Soviet country, and must scavenge for supplies, manage their hea...

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a 2005 open-world action game developed by Rockstar Leeds with Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. Set in 1998, three years before Grand Theft Auto III, it follows Leone crime-family member Toni Cipriani as he returns to Liberty City and becomes...

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) is an open-world racing game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. Set in the fictional city of Fairhaven, it reimagined the 2005 NFS: Most Wanted with Criterion's signature high-speed gameplay and seamless online integration. The game focu...

The Surge 2 is a 2019 science-fiction action role-playing game developed by Deck13 Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. Set in the quarantined Jericho City after a technological disaster, it uses demanding close-range combat built around stamina management, directional blocking, and...

Released in 2019 by Nine Dots Studio, *Outward* is a fantasy open-world survival role-playing game. It is distinguished by its emphasis on hardcore simulation mechanics, requiring players to manage physical needs, avoid diseases, and survive environmental hazards without traditional leveling or fast...

inFAMOUS: First Light is an action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 in 2014. It serves as a standalone expansion to inFAMOUS: Second Son, focusing on the backstory of Abigail "Fetch" Walker, a Conduit who possesse...

Watch Dogs: Legion is a 2020 open-world action game developed and published by Ubisoft. Set in a near-future version of London, it follows resistance activity against powerful surveillance and security forces and makes hacking a central part of traversal, combat, and problem solving. Its defining sy...

Breathedge is a single-player space survival game developed by RedRuins Softworks and released for Windows in 2021, with later console versions. The player controls an unnamed survivor stranded on a damaged spaceship carrying corpses and must manage low oxygen, scarce tools, and other hazards. Its d...

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are 2022 role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. They are the first mainline entries in the Pokémon series to feature a fully open-world environment, allowing players to explore the Paldea region...

True Crime: Streets of L.A. is a 2003 open-world action game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision. The player controls Nick Kang, an LAPD detective investigating organized crime across a fictionalized version of Los Angeles. The game combines driving, shooting, hand-to-hand combat, and...

Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is a 2024 open-world racing game developed by KT Racing and published by Nacon. It is set on a scaled representation of Hong Kong Island and continues the Test Drive Unlimited series after a long gap between major releases. The game combines road racing, exploration,...

Elex II is an open-world action role-playing game released in 2022 by the German studio Piranha Bytes. It is set on Magalan, a post-apocalyptic planet where several factions compete for influence while an alien threat endangers the remaining settlements. Players explore a large environment, make cho...

Fuel is a 2009 open-world racing game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Codemasters. Set in a fictional landscape shaped by climate disaster, it combines off-road racing with free exploration across a large connected environment. The game was noted at release for offering about 14,400 squar...

Fuel is an open-world off-road racing game developed and published by Codemasters in 2009. It places the player in a large post-apocalyptic environment where races and driving events take place across varied terrain rather than on closed circuits. The game is aimed at players who want exploration an...