Open-world games: about the games
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is an open-world tactical third-person shooter in which players help rebuild Washington, D.C. after a devastating pandemic. Firefights take place from cover, where positioning and gadgets decide the outcome, and players build their own agent by looting and crafting gear and choosing skills and Specializations such as the long-range marksman or the demolition expert. Co-op missions with up to three other agents take place while the city reacts to changing weather and faction fights over map control. After reaching max level, players can take on high-stakes endgame missions, intense PvP battles and dynamic world events.
Set in a vast open world, the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone, where anomalies, mutants and rivals stand in your way at every turn. You explore the area, scavenge for supplies and try to survive in a harsh and perilous land. The game keeps evolving through updates and is now reworked and capped off with UPDATE 2.0.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world action-adventure RPG set in a grim future. The story unfolds in Night City, a perilous megalopolis where residents are consumed by the pursuit of power, glamour and constant body modification. The game blends action-adventure and RPG elements, so players move through and explore this dangerous setting freely.
Diablo® IV is an action RPG in which the player fights for Sanctuary against spreading evil. The campaign can be played solo or with friends, and an open, dark world offers quests, enemies and loot, including rotating areas of peril such as Helltide and World Bosses. Players create and customize a character from five classes, develop it through Skill Trees and, in end-game content, Paragon Boards, and upgrade gear at the Forge. Seasons bring seasonal characters, new mechanics, Battle Pass rewards and limited-time events.
A story-driven action RPG set in a rich open world in 15th-century medieval Europe. Players experience the adventure through the eyes of young Henry as they set out on a journey of epic proportions. The game combines its narrative focus with exploration of the expansive setting.
A story-driven open-world RPG set in medieval Bohemia. You play Henry, a blacksmith’s son whose village is razed by a mercenary raid during a civil war, and who is one of the few survivors. Seeking revenge for his parents, he joins the resistance led by Radzig Kobyla. Quests can be solved in several ways with consequences that follow, combat can be ranged, stealthy or melee, and your actions change how the people around you react.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is set in America in 1899, where Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. Federal agents and bounty hunters are closing in, so the gang must rob, steal and fight its way across the rugged American heartland to survive. As internal rifts deepen, Arthur must choose between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang that raised him. The game also includes Red Dead Online, a multiplayer mode in the same living world, where players can ride solo or form a posse, run moonshine, and battle lawmen, outlaw gangs and wild animals.
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive open-world action RPG set in the wizarding world from the Harry Potter books. Players explore familiar and new locations, discover magical beasts, customize their character, craft potions, master spellcasting and upgrade talents. The character is a student at Hogwarts in the 1800s who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Players gain allies, battle Dark wizards and ultimately decide the fate of that world.
Starfield is the first new universe in over 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios. The game is set in 2330, when humanity has settled planets beyond our solar system, and players join Constellation, a group hunting rare artifacts across the galaxy. Players create their own character, explore more than 1000 planets, pilot and upgrade their ship, and build outposts. Combat involves various weapons, including in zero-gravity environments.
The story takes place in the Forbidden Lands, an unexplored region the Guild has yet to survey. A boy named Nata was rescued at its border after escaping a mysterious monster that attacked his village, prompting the Guild to send an expedition. The weather here changes suddenly and drastically: during the harsh Fallow and perilous Inclemency periods, ravenous monsters hunt in packs, while during the Plenty periods wildlife is abundant. As a Hunter, you track and defeat powerful monsters, forge new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest, and learn to anticipate their behavior.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game in which you play as a Viking warrior raised on tales of battle and glory. You explore an open world in England’s Dark Ages, sail from Norway’s icy coasts, raid enemies, hunt legendary beasts and grow your settlement. Choices about political alliances, combat tactics, dialogue and gear shape the world and the path of Eivor, who leads his clan. Combat includes close-quarters fighting with axes, swords or shields, archery, and assassinations with the Hidden Blade, while settlement buildings such as a smithy, barracks and tattoo parlor can be upgraded.
Far Cry 6 is a first-person action adventure set in an open world on the island nation of Yara. The player leads a revolution against Castillo’s regime using improvised weapons, such as missile backpacks or a motorbike-engine minigun, supported by animal companions. They capture bases and move through jungles, beaches, farmland and a fortified capital, travelling by horse, helicopter or buggy. Building a rebel network, the player takes on missions, unlocks upgrades and crafts gear, and the full campaign can be played co-op for two.