Sometimes gamers just want to play at their own pace, without the threat of raiders, zombies, aliens, or whatever else popping up looking for a fight. Thankfully, there are a handful of open-world games that solely offer puzzle-solving, social interaction, or simple exploration. Though conquering evil is all well and good, it can get tiresome. RELATED: The Biggest Open World Games Based On The Size Of Their MapsĪlong with fetch quests, NPC interactions, and looting, one common theme of the open-world genre is combat, as most games task players with overcoming some type of enemy force. Games like Skyrim, Grand Theft Auto V, and Minecraftwere all released in the early 2010s, paving the way for open-world games to be pushed into the forefront of the gaming industry. The open-world genre of gaming has had a sharp rise in prominence over the last decade.
