Open world 2012 for PC — top best games in the Open world genre

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - a game in the Open world genre

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 18 October 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A realistic truck-driving simulator, Euro Truck Simulator 2 has let many players experience the atmosphere of travelling along the road in a large truck, with no...

Fallout: New Vegas

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 15 May 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Fallout: New Vegas is an adventure role-playing shooter with a first-person view in the post-apocalyptic Fallout universe. The events of the game will take you to...

Far Cry 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 November 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Multiplatform shooter-action Far Cry 3 with RPG elements was released by Ubisoft in 2012 and immediately gained huge popularity. The game is dedicated to survival...

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Online, Open world

Game released: PC → 2 November 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) — arcade racing with third and first person views. In this part of the series you will find a huge city of Fairhaven, which...

Sleeping Dogs

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 13 August 2012

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to combat mechanics...

Assassin's Creed 3

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world

Game released: PC → 23 November 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 84/100

An action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with stealth elements in a historical setting and an open world, Assassin's Creed 3 was released in 2012...

Risen 2: Dark Waters

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 April 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A third-person role-playing game set in a pirate-themed fantasy world, where sea monsters have halted seafaring after titans devastated the land. The hero, now a...

Prototype 2

Action, Beat them all, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world

Game released: PC → 24 July 2012

VGTimes: 6.7/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Prototype 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure with a third-person view in the open world. In the game you will try on the role of the new hero James...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: PC → 9 February 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story of the game begins with the amazing resurrection...

Stay Out

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Open world

Beta testing: PC → 20 August 2012; Game in development: PC → 2026; Early Access: PC → 27 November 2019

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Stay Out is a third-person multiplayer shooter in which you have to survive in the Exclusion Zone with your friends. You will find a large open world, a post-Soviet...

Postal 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world, Comedy

Game released: PC → 2 November 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Postal 2 is an open-world satirical action-adventure game with a first-person view. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his...

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a continuation of the arcade adventure with a first-person view based on the Batman comics in the style of LEGO toys. The game...

Wakfu

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, MMO, Open world

Game released: PC → 18 September 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 68/100

This turn-based MMORPG is set in the World of Twelve, where the golden age is ending and a new era is beginning. Players choose from 18 classes and explore a world...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Collector's Edition)

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Steam: 87/100

Set in the fantasy world of Amalur, this role-playing game follows a warrior resurrected from death and born without a predetermined fate. The hero explores lands...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Special Edition)

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: PC → 7 February 2012

Steam: 87/100

Set in the fantasy world of Amalur, this role-playing game follows a warrior who is the first to return from the dead and becomes caught in a war tearing the world...

Open world

Best Games in the Open world genre of 2012 for PC