Best Open World Games Releasing in 2025
2025 is shaping up to be a massive year for open world games, with vast landscapes, immersive worlds, and dynamic gameplay on the horizon. Whether you’re a fan of action RPGs, survival sandboxes, or cinematic adventures, there’s a huge lineup coming in 2025 that will keep you exploring for hundreds of hours.
Here’s GameMetter’s guide to the most anticipated open world games releasing in 2025 – complete with release dates, platforms, and gameplay highlights.
1️⃣ Assassin’s Creed: Shadows 🇯🇵
- Release Date: March 20, 2025
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- What to Expect:
Finally bringing the series to Feudal Japan, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows will blend stealth assassinations, large-scale exploration, and deep samurai combat mechanics.
2️⃣ Monster Hunter Wilds 🐉
- Release Date: Fall 2025
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Action RPG
- What to Expect:
Monster Hunter Wilds takes the iconic creature-slaying formula into a seamless, living world, where weather systems, ecosystem changes, and dynamic monster interactions define every hunt.
3️⃣ South of Midnight 🎶
- Release Date: April 8, 2025
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Windows
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- What to Expect:
This folklore-inspired open world adventure is set in the Deep South, blending myth, exploration, and unique storytelling into a truly original experience.
4️⃣ STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl ☢️
- Release Date: December 2025
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Survival FPS
- What to Expect:
Explore the radioactive wasteland of Chornobyl in a fully open world where survival mechanics, faction conflicts, and mutant creatures create unpredictable challenges.
5️⃣ Dune: Awakening 🌅
- Release Date: 2025 (Exact date TBA)
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Open World Survival MMO
- What to Expect:
Survive the sands of Arrakis in this ambitious open world MMO set in the Dune universe, blending survival crafting, player factions, and massive sandworm encounters.
6️⃣ Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn ⚔️
- Release Date: 2025
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Action RPG
- What to Expect:
This souls-lite open world action RPG features magic, gunpowder combat, and wide-open fantasy landscapes ripe for exploration.
7️⃣ Everywhere 🌐
- Release Date: 2025
- Platforms: TBA (Likely PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)
- Genre: Open World Sandbox
- What to Expect:
Created by former GTA producer Leslie Benzies, Everywhere aims to be a player-driven, user-generated content world, where players create events, races, and experiences together.
8️⃣ Crimson Desert 🐎
- Release Date: Late 2025
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- What to Expect:
This gorgeous open world action RPG blends cinematic storytelling with vast exploration and dynamic combat, set in a sprawling medieval-inspired world.
9️⃣ Avowed 🏹
- Release Date: Late 2025
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Open World RPG
- What to Expect:
Obsidian’s upcoming fantasy RPG aims to deliver deep worldbuilding, faction systems, and action-packed combat in a fully open world environment.
🔟 Gothic Remake ⛏️
- Release Date: 2025
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
- Genre: Action RPG
- What to Expect:
The classic open world RPG returns with modern visuals, updated mechanics, and the same gritty fantasy world exploration that defined the original.
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