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Open world

Video game concept

Offers an unrestricted free-roaming virtual world for the player to play in approaching objectives freely.

621
games
51
platforms

Alternate name: Free-roaming

X³: Terran Conflict (Windows)
X³: Terran Conflict
WIN 2008-10-17
Valhalla (MS-DOS)
Valhalla
DOS 1993
Grand Theft Auto Advance (Game Boy Advance)
Grand Theft Auto Advance
GBA 2004-10-25
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (PlayStation 3)
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
PS3 2009-02
Asteria (Windows)
Asteria
WIN 2014-07
Assassin's Creed II (Mac OS X)
Assassin's Creed II
OSX 2011-01-06
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Linux)
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
LIN 2018-03-27
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Windows)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
WIN 2002-05-07
Assassin's Creed (PlayStation 3)
Assassin's Creed
PS3 2007-11-14
Saints Row: The Third (Windows)
Saints Row: The Third
WIN 2011-11-15
Entropy (Windows)
Entropy
WIN TBA 2014
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PlayStation 3)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
PS3 2007-04-27

The first video game about Open world was released on December 1982.

Rockstar Games, Ubisoft and THQ has published most of these games

See also: sandbox game

Implied: (not enforceable)
* Seamless world
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).

Parent groups

Level design, Non-linear gameplay

Child group

Restricted open world

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Related groups

Video game
Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto, Just Cause, Minecraft, Saints Row

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Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 161
Linux 156
X360 44
PS3 39
Mac OS X 35
PS4 24
PS2 19
Xbox One 18
Xbox 15
MS-DOS 14
PS 7
PSP 6
Switch 6
Wii 5
iOS 4
Amiga 4
Android 4
PS Vita 4
Atari ST 4
NES 3
ZX Spectrum 3
GameCube 3
Dreamcast 3
3DS 3
C64 3
Amstrad CPC 3
Mac OS Classic 3
GBC 2
Nintendo DS 2
GBA 2

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