Open world
Video game concept
Offers an unrestricted free-roaming virtual world for the player to play in approaching objectives freely.
660
games
54platforms
Alternate name: Free-roaming
LIN 2011-11-18
PS2 2003-11-03
SWTC 2018-08-02
X360 2015-09-01
WIN 2011-04-29
LIN 2018-03-27
DOS 1997-10
VITA 2014-11-11
WIN 2016-01-15
WIN 2013-01-03
WIN 2008-10-21
OCS 1989
This is often mistaken to be synonymous with sandbox genre.
Non-linear games can also be open-ended but this is not a mandatory feature in them (not a defining feature at least).
Non-linear games can also be open-ended but this is not a mandatory feature in them (not a defining feature at least).
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Level design, Non-linear gameplay
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Related groups
Video game
Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto, Just Cause, Minecraft, Saints Row
Games by year
The first Open world video game was released in 1982.
Rockstar Games, Ubisoft and THQ published most of these games.