15 Best Open World Games of 2025

From Ezo to the Forbidden Lands, 2025 has seen a lot of titles with sprawling worlds that have you travelling their vast expanses in search of their mysteries, secrets, and stories.

The best of them have kept us quite busy as we combed through them to give you our thoughts. Some of them have just stood out, and one of them in particular has been everything we wished we could have in an open world. Join us as we take a fond look back at some of our favorite open world experiences this year, and find out which one had us spellbound enough to win our best open world game award.

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