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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.

52

platforms

Alternate name: Free-roaming

EVE Online (Windows)

WIN 2003-05-01

Elite (Commodore 64)

Gothic (Windows)

WIN 2001-03-15

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (Xbox 360)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

X360 2009-02-17

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Windows)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

WIN 2011-11-11

The Simpsons: Hit and Run (PlayStation 2)

The Simpsons: Hit and Run

PS2 2003-09-16

The Incredible Hulk (PlayStation 3)

The Incredible Hulk

PS3 2008-06-05

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Windows)

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

WIN 2002-05-07

Elite (Commodore 16/Plus 4)

Wheelman (PlayStation 3)

PS3 2009-03-26

Urban Chaos (PlayStation)

PS1 2000-03-31

Saints Row 2 (Windows)

WIN 2009-01

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

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

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		150
Linux		148
X360		44
PS3		39
Mac OS X		34
PS4		22
PS2		19
Xbox One		16
Xbox		15
MS-DOS		14
PS		7
PSP		6
Wii		5
Amiga		5
Atari ST		5
iOS		4
Android		4
PS Vita		4
Amstrad CPC		3
Mac OS Classic		3
NES		3
ZX Spectrum		3
GameCube		3
Dreamcast		3
C64		3
3DS		3
Switch		3
GBC		2
Nintendo DS		2
GBA		2

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