Open world
Years
Platforms
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Statuses
Best Games in the Open world genre for Xbox Series X/S
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Early Access: Xbox Series X/S → 16 September 2022; Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 9 September 2026
VGTimes:
7.8/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
89/100
A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 4 February 2025
VGTimes:
9.7/10
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
88/100
First-person role-playing action in the vast open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct sequel to the 2018 game, taking players back to fifteenth-century...
Role-playing game, Action, Simulation, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Open world, Crafting
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 22 September 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A multiplayer open-world survival game inspired by Frank Herbert's iconic Dune universe. Players find themselves on Arrakis, a merciless sand planet where every day...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Science fiction, Exploration, Adventure, Open world
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 21 February 2023
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
73/100
The main character is Major Sergey Nechaev, nicknamed P-3, a KGB special agent assigned a particularly dangerous mission. The factory's robot control system has...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 20 August 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
83/100
A sequel to the action RPG that combines a dark atmosphere with tactical battles and open-world exploration. The events unfold in a dilapidated universe full of...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Open world, Survival, Online
Early Access: Xbox Series X/S → 19 January 2024; Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 10 July 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
An arcade action-survival game from a third-person perspective in a vast open world with the key mechanic of taming unusual creatures called Pal. They resemble...
Action, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Parkour, Adventure
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 4 February 2022
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A sequel to Dying Light with a new protagonist, characters, and setting, featuring a new storyline that expands the game universe. The formula of "zombies...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Open world
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 16 September 2026
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
78/100
An adventure role-playing game with an open world, based on exploration, collecting creatures, and interacting with them. The vast continent of Idill is filled with...
Action, Adventure, Stealth, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Open world, Remake, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 9 July 2026
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The remake reinterprets the pirate chapter of the series, bringing back the story of Edward Kenway with an updated visual style and smoother gameplay. The Caribbean...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Zombies, Online
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 18 September 2025
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The story-driven spin-off of the Dying Light 2 Stay Human series with an open world and drivable vehicles. The game takes place in an entirely new location...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 10 November 2020
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action-adventure game from a third-person perspective with RPG elements set in an open, well-developed, dynamically changing game...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 25 April 2024
Players:
8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
86/100
A continuation of the iconic post-apocalyptic role-playing game series. The game features a completely redesigned character progression system and gameplay, changes...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Exploration
Game released: Xbox Series X/S → 29 October 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The game takes place on the new colony of Arcadia, where rifts threaten the destruction of all humanity. An agent of the Earth Authority finds himself at the center...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → spring 2027
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
86/100
The main character is Born of Flame, the last hope of a dying race. In a bloody struggle for power, the ancestors caused a plague that consumed the world and...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online, Horror
Early Access: Xbox Series X/S → 14 May 2026; Game in development: Xbox Series X/S → 2028
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
93/100
The continuation of the popular survival simulator, the events of which unfold on a new planet. After the failure of a colonization mission, the survivors must...