Best games
Best open-world games
The 250 best open-world games, ranked from 30,314 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 30,314 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 7 September 2026.
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201
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
83
/100
202
Cat Quest
83
/100
203
Fortnite
83
/100
204
Destiny 2
82
/100
205
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
82
/100
206
Dead Rising
82
/100
207
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
208
Project Zomboid
82
/100
209
A
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
82
/100
210
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
82
/100
211
Tales of Berseria
82
/100
212
FINAL FANTASY XV
82
/100
213
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
82
/100
214
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
82
/100
215
Sunset Overdrive
82
/100
216
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
217
Red Faction: Guerrilla
82
/100
218
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
219
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening
82
/100
220
Spore
82
/100
221
Endless Legend
82
/100
222
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
82
/100
223
Realm of the Mad God
82
/100
224
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
225
WildStar
82
/100
226
Elite: Dangerous
82
/100
227
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
82
/100
228
Assassin's Creed Revelations
82
/100
229
Darksiders
82
/100
230
Stalcraft: X
82
/100
231
Watch Dogs 2
81
/100
232
Assassin's Creed III
81
/100
233
Saints Row 2
81
/100
234
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
81
/100
235
Terraria
81
/100
236
Borderlands
81
/100
237
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
81
/100
238
Sleeping Dogs
81
/100
239
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
81
/100
240
Starbound
81
/100
241
Overlord
81
/100
242
Slime Rancher
81
/100
243
B
Borderlands 3
81
/100
244
VVVVVV
81
/100
245
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
81
/100
246
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
81
/100
247
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
81
/100
248
Sunless Sea
81
/100
249
Saints Row
81
/100
250
No More Heroes
81
/100
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
83
/100
202
Cat Quest
83
/100
203
Fortnite
83
/100
204
Destiny 2
82
/100
205
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
82
/100
206
Dead Rising
82
/100
207
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
208
Project Zomboid
82
/100
209
A
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
82
/100
210
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
82
/100
211
Tales of Berseria
82
/100
212
FINAL FANTASY XV
82
/100
213
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
82
/100
214
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
82
/100
215
Sunset Overdrive
82
/100
216
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
217
Red Faction: Guerrilla
82
/100
218
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
219
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening
82
/100
220
Spore
82
/100
221
Endless Legend
82
/100
222
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
82
/100
223
Realm of the Mad God
82
/100
224
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
225
WildStar
82
/100
226
Elite: Dangerous
82
/100
227
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
82
/100
228
Assassin's Creed Revelations
82
/100
229
Darksiders
82
/100
230
Stalcraft: X
82
/100
231
Watch Dogs 2
81
/100
232
Assassin's Creed III
81
/100
233
Saints Row 2
81
/100
234
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
81
/100
235
Terraria
81
/100
236
Borderlands
81
/100
237
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
81
/100
238
Sleeping Dogs
81
/100
239
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
81
/100
240
Starbound
81
/100
241
Overlord
81
/100
242
Slime Rancher
81
/100
243
B
Borderlands 3
81
/100
244
VVVVVV
81
/100
245
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
81
/100
246
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
81
/100
247
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
81
/100
248
Sunless Sea
81
/100
249
Saints Row
81
/100
250
No More Heroes
81
/100