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Best open world video games (all time)

A ranking of open world (a.k.a. free roam, sandbox, free-roaming) video games.

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Red Dead Redemption
1

Red Dead Redemption

(2010)
Red Dead Redemption is an open world, western action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on May 18, 2010. It is the seco...
9
9
as video game
from 3 votes
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Grand Theft Auto V
2

Grand Theft Auto V

(2013)
Grand Theft Auto V is an open world, action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 17 September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, on 18 November 2014 for the Pla...
8.7
8.7
as video game
from 20 votes
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
3

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

(2000)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a computer role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Black Isle Studios. It is the sequel to Baldur's Gate (1998), and was released for Microsoft Windows in September 2000. Like Ba...
8.5
8.5
as video game
from 12 votes
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
4

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

(2015)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Polish: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon) is an action role-playing video game set in an open world environment, that was developed by Polish video game developer CD Projekt RED. It was released for Microsoft Window...
8.5
8.5
as video game
from 22 votes
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Fallout: New Vegas
5

Fallout: New Vegas

(2010)
Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing video game in the Fallout video game series. The game was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. It released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlaySt...
8.4
8.4
as video game
from 24 votes
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Fallout 4
5

Fallout 4

(2015)
Fallout 4 is an open world post-apocalyptic action role-playing game, developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the fifth major installment in the Fallout series, and was released on Micro...
8.4
8.4
as video game
from 24 votes
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Baldur's Gate
7

Baldur's Gate

(1998)
Baldur's Gate is a fantasy role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series, and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy ca...
8.4
8.4
as video game
from 12 votes
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
8

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

(2011)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, known simply as Skyrim, is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action r...
8.3
8.3
as video game
from 39 votes
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Planescape: Torment
9

Planescape: Torment

(1999)
Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows by Black Isle Studios and released on December 12, 1999 by Interplay Entertainment. It takes place in locations from the multiverse of Planescape,...
8.2
8.2
as video game
from 6 votes
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Grand Theft Auto
10

Grand Theft Auto

(1997)
Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is an open world action video game developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) and published by BMG Interactive. It was released in October 1997 for DOS and Microsoft Windows, and on 14 December 1997 for th...
8
8
as video game
from 20 votes
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Minecraft
11

Minecraft

(2011)
Minecraft is a sandbox independent video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. The creative and building aspects of Minecraft enable p...
7.9
7.9
as video game
from 53 votes
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Fallout 3
12

Fallout 3

(2008)
Fallout 3 is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios, and is the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008,...
7.8
7.8
as video game
from 23 votes
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Borderlands
13

Borderlands

(2009)
Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game that was developed by Gearbox Software for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the first game in the Borderlands series. The console...
7.5
7.5
as video game
from 4 votes
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Drakkhen
14

Drakkhen

(1989)
Drakkhen is a 3D role-playing video game which was initially developed for the Amiga and Atari ST, and subsequently ported to several other platforms, including MS-DOS and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Originally releas...
7.5
7.5
as video game
from 2 votes
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
15

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

(2015)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, commonly abbreviated as MGSV, is an open world action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions, directed, designed, co-produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima for Microsoft...
7.2
7.2
as video game
from 14 votes
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Borderlands 2
16

Borderlands 2

(2012)
Borderlands 2 is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game, developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games on September 18, 2012. It is the second game in the Borderlands series and the sequel to 2009's Borde...
7
7
as video game
from 5 votes
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Far Cry 4
17

Far Cry 4

(2014)
Far Cry 4 is an open world action-adventure first-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. The sequel to the...
6.9
6.9
as video game
from 8 votes
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Mad Max
18

Mad Max

(2015)
Mad Max is an action-adventure video game set in an open world environment and based on the Mad Max film series. It is developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It was released on Micr...
5
5
as video game
from 2 votes
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Info: The items listed below are officially not in the ranking; they're candidates that don't have the minimum number of votes (1) to officially be in yet. They're listed by the number of votes, not by the rating. Click any item to cast your vote.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
candidate

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

(2014)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Australia, with assistance from Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. It is the third game in the Borderlands series, and is a sequel-prequel...
0
0
as video game
from 0 votes
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