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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.

613
games
51
platforms

Alternate name: Free-roaming

Urban Chaos (PlayStation)
Urban Chaos
PS1 2000-03-31
Gothic (Windows)
Gothic
WIN 2001-03-15
Mafia II (Xbox 360)
Mafia II
X360 2010-08-24
Project Zomboid (Windows)
Project Zomboid
WIN 2013-11-08
X²: The Threat (Linux)
X²: The Threat
LIN 2006-05-30
Terraria (Windows)
Terraria
WIN 2011-05-16
Turbo Esprit (ZX Spectrum)
Turbo Esprit
SPC 1986
Scarface: The World is Yours (PlayStation 2)
Scarface: The World is Yours
PS2 2006-10-08
Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition (PlayStation 3)
Minecraft: Playstation 3 Edition
PS3 2013-12-17
Batman: Arkham City (PlayStation 3)
Batman: Arkham City
PS3 2011-10-18
Darkfall (Windows)
Darkfall
WIN 2009-02-25
Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PlayStation Vita)
Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
VITA 2014-10-14

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

compare with these groups

Related groups

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

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Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 158
Linux 154
X360 44
PS3 39
Mac OS X 34
PS4 23
PS2 19
Xbox One 17
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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