Best games
Best open-world games
The 250 best open-world games, ranked from 51,383 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 51,383 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 7 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
90
/100
52
S
Assassin's Creed II
90
/100
53
Dark Souls II
90
/100
54
S
Dragon Age: Origins
90
/100
55
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
90
/100
56
Forza Horizon 4
90
/100
57
S
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
90
/100
58
Final Fantasy VIII
90
/100
59
Valheim
90
/100
60
Shenmue
90
/100
61
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
90
/100
62
A
Marvel's Spider-Man
90
/100
63
S
Batman: Arkham Asylum
89
/100
64
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
89
/100
65
ARC Raiders
89
/100
66
Fallout 2
89
/100
67
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
89
/100
68
S
Fallout 3
89
/100
69
Pillars of Eternity
89
/100
70
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
89
/100
71
B
Horizon Zero Dawn
89
/100
72
B
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
89
/100
73
V Rising
89
/100
74
Owlboy
89
/100
75
Mass Effect
88
/100
76
S
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
88
/100
77
The Witness
88
/100
78
Ori and the Blind Forest
88
/100
79
Demon's Souls
88
/100
80
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition
88
/100
81
Grand Theft Auto IV
88
/100
82
S
Far Cry 3
88
/100
83
A
Hollow Knight
88
/100
84
S
Battlefield 1
88
/100
85
S
BioShock 2
88
/100
86
Metro 2033 Redux
88
/100
87
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
88
/100
88
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
88
/100
89
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
88
/100
90
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
88
/100
91
Forza Horizon 3
88
/100
92
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
88
/100
93
West of Loathing
88
/100
94
A
Dragon Age: Inquisition
88
/100
95
Far Cry
88
/100
96
S
Euro Truck Simulator 2
88
/100
97
Tales of Arise
87
/100
98
King's Bounty: The Legend
87
/100
99
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
87
/100
100
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
87
/100
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
90
/100
52
S
Assassin's Creed II
90
/100
53
Dark Souls II
90
/100
54
S
Dragon Age: Origins
90
/100
55
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
90
/100
56
Forza Horizon 4
90
/100
57
S
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
90
/100
58
Final Fantasy VIII
90
/100
59
Valheim
90
/100
60
Shenmue
90
/100
61
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
90
/100
62
A
Marvel's Spider-Man
90
/100
63
S
Batman: Arkham Asylum
89
/100
64
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
89
/100
65
ARC Raiders
89
/100
66
Fallout 2
89
/100
67
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
89
/100
68
S
Fallout 3
89
/100
69
Pillars of Eternity
89
/100
70
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
89
/100
71
B
Horizon Zero Dawn
89
/100
72
B
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
89
/100
73
V Rising
89
/100
74
Owlboy
89
/100
75
Mass Effect
88
/100
76
S
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
88
/100
77
The Witness
88
/100
78
Ori and the Blind Forest
88
/100
79
Demon's Souls
88
/100
80
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition
88
/100
81
Grand Theft Auto IV
88
/100
82
S
Far Cry 3
88
/100
83
A
Hollow Knight
88
/100
84
S
Battlefield 1
88
/100
85
S
BioShock 2
88
/100
86
Metro 2033 Redux
88
/100
87
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
88
/100
88
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
88
/100
89
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
88
/100
90
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
88
/100
91
Forza Horizon 3
88
/100
92
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
88
/100
93
West of Loathing
88
/100
94
A
Dragon Age: Inquisition
88
/100
95
Far Cry
88
/100
96
S
Euro Truck Simulator 2
88
/100
97
Tales of Arise
87
/100
98
King's Bounty: The Legend
87
/100
99
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
87
/100
100
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
87
/100