The best open-world games 2025

What are the best open-world games? From the early days of gaming, open-world games have always been right at home on PC. The leap into full 3D with Grand Theft Auto 3 and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind might have brought open-world games to the console masses, but our best open-world games remain right here on PC.

These days, open-world games are their own genre separate from single-player MMOs. You can find accurate depictions of real-life cities or countries, huge fictional expanses with their own landmarks, complete worlds to check out - or even entire galaxies, depending on where you want to go on your next adventure. Not only are these the best open-world games, but a lot of them show up in our best PC games list, too.

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