The Best Open-world Games for PC Windows

Update : Forza Horizon 6 added at rank #29.
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Satisfactory (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Satisfactory is an engaging first-person factory-building game on an alien planet, allowing players to explore a pre-generated world and harvest natural resources to create automated factories. With great power systems and conveyor belts to help automate resource collection and transportation, the game offers a fun and addictive experience for control freaks and automation enthusiasts. The added survival element provides extra depth, making it a must-play for exploration and building game fans.


What we like:
  • Engaging first-person factory-building experience
  • Pre-generated world for unique gameplay experience
  • Fun power systems and conveyor belts for resource automation
  • Survival element adds extra depth
  • Great for building and automation enthusiasts
What could be improved:
  • May require significant time investment to unlock useful devices and modes of transportation
  • Demands patience, structure and adaptability

  • automation
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • factory-building
  • first-person
  • sandbox
  • factory
  • survival
  • resource-management
  • building
  • exploration
  • cooperative
  • factory-builder
  • robo-said

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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS stadia Xbox One PC Windows

Cyberpunk 2077 is an immersive and soulful game, full of intrigue and violence unlike any other. It offers a world of depth and breadth, with freedom of choice in story and combat. With its neon-lit streets, stunning visuals, complex characters, diverse quests, upgrade tree for abilities and rich dialogue choices - this game has it all!


What we like:
  • Absolutely gorgeous visuals
  • Freedom of choice in story and combat
  • Immersive game world to date with complex characters
  • Diverse quest types including main jobs side jobs gigs police scanner hustles etc
  • Upgrade tree for abilities
What could be improved:
  • Shorter than expected campaign length

  • open-world
  • rpg
  • stealth
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • cyberpunk
  • driving
  • narrative
  • tabletop
  • fps
  • futuristic
  • crafting
  • combat
  • dystopian
  • heist

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Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut (2021)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Playstation 5

A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.

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  • open-world
  • stealth
  • controller-support
  • combat
  • narrative
  • fight
  • fps
  • battle
  • story
  • historical
  • adventure
  • ninja
  • cooperative
  • first-person
  • shooter

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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (2025)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Android Playstation 5 PC Windows

Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.


  • rpg
  • open-world
  • fantasy
  • first-person
  • immersive
  • dark
  • third-person
  • narrative
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • nonlinear
  • dungeon
  • character

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Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

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  • fight
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • hunting
  • action
  • combat
  • cooperative
  • battle
  • dragon
  • multiplayer
  • narrative
  • online
  • long-running
  • dating-sim

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Wuthering Waves (2024)

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PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Android (Xbox Series X/s)

Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG with a high degree of freedom. You wake from your slumber as Rover, joined by a vibrant cast of Resonators on a journey to reclaim your lost memories and change the world.

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  • open-world
  • rpg
  • story
  • gacha
  • combat
  • exploration
  • action
  • post-apocalyptic
  • quick-time-event
  • parkour
  • narrative

7

Palworld (2024)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Xbox Series X

Embark on a thrilling adventure in Palworld, a game that fuses the fun of creature-collecting with hardcore survival challenges! Build, battle, and bond with your Pals in a vast, dynamic world. Whether you're crafting the perfect base or exploring uncharted territories with friends, every decision carves your path to survival. Are you ready to conquer this wild, whimsical world?


What we like:
  • Unique blend of creature-collecting and survival
  • Engaging base-building with the help of Pals
  • Wide variety of Pals for strategic gameplay
  • Multiplayer mode to share the adventure
  • Expansive world full of exploration and challenges
What could be improved:
  • Combat mechanics and base management need refinement
  • Some themes and humor may not appeal to all

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • collector
  • creature
  • pokemon
  • farming
  • multiplayer
  • boss

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Schedule I (2025)

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PC Windows

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

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  • crime
  • simulation
  • cooperative
  • open-world
  • management
  • crafting
  • empire
  • business
  • comedy
  • automation
  • full-blown
  • first-person
  • multiplayer
  • base-building
  • drug

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Star Wars Outlaws (2024)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch 2 PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox One

Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.

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  • open-world
  • stealth
  • heist
  • crime
  • card
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • narrative

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Hogwarts Legacy (2023)

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Android Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X

Hogwarts Legacy is a magical fantasy game that puts you in the shoes of a wizarding student at Hogwarts, the world-famous school for witchcraft and wizardry. Explore countless nooks and crannies to uncover secrets, hone your magical skills in classes like Charms and Herbology, meet other students and go on quests to flesh out the world, and discover every secret that Hogwarts has hidden away.


What we like:
  • Captures the magic of Harry Potter lore
  • Engaging story blended with nods to original series plus unique flourishes
  • Plenty of hours of gameplay
  • Explore Hogwarts castle and grounds with many secrets to uncover
  • Interact with other students through quests
What could be improved:
  • Minor loading times when opening doors
  • Occasional weird lighting changes when going from dark area to bright area

  • open-world
  • book
  • rpg
  • combat
  • fantasy
  • puzzle
  • dungeon
  • exploration

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