Open-world games often follow similar formulas, but these titles force players to shake up their usual tactics.

Open-world games challenge players with dangerous environments for rewarding exploration. Games like Ark, Tribes of Midgard, Valheim, and Subnautica immerse players in survival gameplay. Titles like ...

The narrative may not be the driving force of these open-world games, but that doesn't make them any less engaging to play.

Open-world games are seemingly designed to be broken, and players tend to go on a fairly predictable journey. You start as a scrub with nothing to your name, and end up as a walking nuke who can mow ...