Open-world shooters have the potential to deliver player vs. player, co-op, and single-player experiences at a scale no other video game genre can match. Seriously, one game on this list is set on a world-record-setting half-scale map of Europe. Let’s find an open-world game that fits you.
Open-world shooters are the holy grail of games when done right. They can combine the scale of fantastic worlds or even galaxies with memorable characters, extensive gun customization, and combined arms warfare. They can also just be great places to mess around with friends for hundreds of hours. In this list, we’re going to find a unique list of open-world shooters for players who like massive battles and PvP, players who want to survive the apocalypse with friends, and players that enjoy getting pulled into a vast single-player world. This list covers games on consoles including Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS5, PC, and even game streaming platforms such as Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Our first stop will be the competitive scene, where we’ll look at the reigning king of massive battles and combined arms: PlanetSide 2. We’ll then have a look at a game that holds several Guinness World Records and is recognized as one of the first MMOFPS titles with WWII Online. We’ll look at a game for the mil-sim crowd with Arma Reforger, a testbed for Arma 4. Then we’ll check in on the game forever in development that is Star Citizen, which has been slowly adding ground combat at a galactic scale. For the cooperative crowd, we’re examining the wild and dangerous Far Cry 6, pure Ubisoft formula Ghost Recon Wildlands, and the often overlooked but excellent zombie survival game State Of Decay 2. For the crowd that loves single-player experiences, we have worlds you can lose yourself in, like Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077, and Red Dead Redemption 2. Let’s go.
00:00 – 00:19 Intro
00:19 – 02:10 PlanetSide 2
02:10 – 03:33 Arma Reforger
03:33 – 04:45 World War II Online
04:45 – 05:58 Star Citizen
06:00 – 07:51 Far Cry 6
07:51 – 09:00 Ghost Recond Wildlands
09:00 – 10:06 State Of Decay 2
10:06 – 11:37 Metro Exodus
11:37 – 13:32 Cyberpunk 2077
13:32 – 14:59 Red Dead Redemption 2
#gamespot #gaming #openworld
Shriek
08.12.2022Hunt Showdown could be also on the list, the map is definitely open and it has shooting lol
Darth Kryptonite
07.12.2022Plantside 2 is for the ps4 only
FM Ghost
07.12.2022Phantom pain
Beeble
07.12.2022For a single player game I would also say STALKER Anomaly… outside of the game which is amazing for a game whose base is from 2007 the best part is it is free…
iGnashtys
07.12.2022Question is wildlands that much better then breakpoint looking for which to buy Thanks
TA KH
07.12.2022Planetside 2 is massive game
but its pay to win
and not very balanced
also has connection issue
Tsushima
07.12.2022My favourite post apocalyptic shooter/rpg games are S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, Metro series, Borderlands series, Fallout series, Chernobylite and a underrated one would be Generation Zero
Richard Vlášek
07.12.2022i don't know if reforger or planetside can actually be considered as open world shooters
MaccaPlays
07.12.2022Planetside 2? Is it on Xbox
MisnerOfGrey
07.12.2022I love wildlands, I can go all out tactical or equip a predator helmet and a invisibility backpack and create havoc that even Arny would be in awe of
Christian Bethel
07.12.2022Disliked. No mention of Metal Gear Solid V.
Dav3has1nk
02.12.2022Wildlands, destiny 2 and mgsv, that's really all I can think of.
Nubian Vegan
02.12.2022Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the best games I have ever played!
DJ Mizzy
02.12.2022Aww sharing the clip playing with your kids at the end was so wholesome. Nice video Aaron!
randomstuff508
02.12.2022Wildlands is goated. The freedom to approach a situation any way you want makes each encounter feel unique.
Takeo M
02.12.2022For open world games in general, I think Death Stranding is a good pick 🙂
May not be a shooter and it’s definitely not for everyone but it’s so relaxing.
arjay fc4
02.12.2022Red dead 2
Wild lands
Metal gear solid V
Farcry 3,4,5
Metro exodus
These you get your money's worth
Unless ur a Pirate…. U can enjoy them for free sort of
PabloDopaminoso
02.12.2022Far cry 6 is a complete waste of time and money
Damien Lee
02.12.2022Just because Halo checks the boxes of being open world and a shooter doesn't mean it's in any way a good one.
Sw33t Treezy
02.12.2022Red dead redemption 2 is the greatest open world game I’ve ever played in my life.
Hack The Planet
02.12.2022METAL GEAR SOLID V OVER EVERYTHING
Some Mistakes
28.11.2022Nothing will ever top Planetside 2 for scale
Green Bow
28.11.20228:05 wasn't he from Breakpoint? Wildlands was cartels. Brilliant game.
Standard Username
28.11.2022This video feels like a high school.homework assignment gone wrong, or like they asked you to justify why you're getting paid. Just…bad lol
Dustrauma 26
28.11.2022State of Decay over Days Gone? List appears MS-centric.
incredible shot
28.11.2022PlanetSide 2 this games so fun sadly it's dead
J.D.
28.11.2022Massive night battles in Planetside 2 are eeeeeppiiic, a once in a lifetime experience.
Though Star Citizen got unbelievable experiences too and with the ever-increasing server size, it's only a matter of time until it dethrones PS2 in the massive battle department.
Rusky Almond
28.11.2022"Ooby-soft"??? Do we pronounce Universal as "Oona-versal"?
It's "Yooby-soft" for Ubisoft.
STEEZ!
28.11.2022Rather play saints row over any of those shxt games 😂
STEEZ!
28.11.2022Where’s the division? Shxt destroys every game in this list
Horacio Nivar
28.11.2022when u tell me "open world games" i think of single player games, not multiplayer ones. am i the only one?
HKgaming
26.11.2022Halo Infinite nowhere to be found here 💀
livibam
26.11.2022RDR2 in 1st person is sublime..
Bammbalam
26.11.2022the first 3 games this nut recommends, a game that came out 10 years ago… a game that you need a 5k pc just to get 60fps on, and a game that came out in what can only be described as some of the worst graphics iv ever seen in my life, you enjoy that dislike small peen
Garfield and Friends
26.11.2022Far Cry 6 is GOD AWFUL. And this is someone who loved 2, 3, 4 & 5, playing all of them at least 3 times.
cschultzy56
26.11.2022I convinced two friends to get xbox live so we can play wildlands recently, and the servers have apparently been down for like a month. What a buzzkill.
Tail finz
26.11.2022the biggest factor effecting how much you will enjoy this depends on what your into. I would likely enjoy a mediocre modern shooter more then the best fantasy game ever made.
Jeremy
26.11.2022Far Cry 6 was kind of a dud. I thought my game was stuck on super easy or no death the entire time because it was so easy. And Metro Exodus was hardly an open-world game.
ivo
26.11.2022As someone who has played most of these games I suggest Metro Exodus. It's the best I have ever played. The story, details, limited open world and gameplay are amazing.
Taufan Fauzi
26.11.2022you forget about the division 2
Engineer Watkins
26.11.2022Appreciate the Planetside 2 shout-out!
Deon Spates
24.11.2022Planetside 2 is still AMAZING!
Pharaoh Medjay Law of Medjay
24.11.2022Arma Reforger I'ma have check it out hopefully it's on PS5
Mario Macias
24.11.2022Ghost Recond? or Ghost RecoN ¿?
MOB Steez
24.11.2022Far cry 6 is underrated me and a friend co op the campaign and we had tons of fun throughout out play thru I highly recommend it if you and a friend are bored and looking for something to pick up !
Ununius
24.11.2022State of decay is awsome. And it's a great game to play with friends.
മായാ സുരൻ
24.11.2022Metro Exodus is literally an art that s almost impossible to replicate in a game
γιαννης καντανολεων
24.11.2022Days Gone ??
Billy_Cross
24.11.2022I’m sorry dude but planet side two is not growing not remotely growing I quit playing because I frequently would go to login and find that wasn’t even a Clock then open and I go to Coulter and I find it all like three people defending arm one of the Brent one of the arm factions races I mean very frequent times on the PS4 at least when there’s nobody there the other day I got a PS five so I thought Ahmed download see you want to be a star is like an active and for whatever reason I couldn’t even get out of the server at camp I don’t have to login I get in the sanctuary I try to go down to the planet I forget which continent was open but I try to jump down to that comment and I would kick me right off the server And that’s the kind of thing that when it happens to people they just hit delete and MoveOn which is what I did
FuriousDevi
24.11.2022Worst list ever … sorry but just no (beside two obvious games) XD