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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.

608
games
52
platforms

Alternate name: Free-roaming

Elite (Archimedes)
Elite
ARCH 1991
The Incredible Hulk (Windows)
The Incredible Hulk
WIN 2008-06-27
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox 360)
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
X360 2012-05-09
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Xbox)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
XBOX 2002-06-04
The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Windows)
The Simpsons: Hit and Run
WIN 2003-11-13
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PlayStation 3)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
PS3 2007-04-27
Homefront: The Revolution (Windows)
Homefront: The Revolution
WIN 2016-05-20
inFAMOUS: First Light (PlayStation 4)
inFAMOUS: First Light
PS4 2014-08-26
RimWorld (Windows)
RimWorld
WIN 2018-10-17
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (Windows)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
WIN 2007-03-20
Dragon's Dogma (PlayStation 3)
Dragon's Dogma
PS3 2012-05-24
Burnout Paradise (PlayStation 3)
Burnout Paradise
PS3 2008-01-22

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

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 154
Linux 154
X360 44
PS3 39
Mac OS X 34
PS4 22
PS2 19
Xbox One 17
Xbox 15
MS-DOS 14
PS 7
PSP 6
Wii 5
Amiga 5
Atari ST 5
iOS 4
Android 4
PS Vita 4
Mac OS Classic 3
NES 3
ZX Spectrum 3
GameCube 3
Dreamcast 3
C64 3
3DS 3
Switch 3
Amstrad CPC 3
GBC 2
Nintendo DS 2
GBA 2

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