The Best Open-ended Games

Update : War of Evolution added at rank #2.
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LIT: Bend the Light (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Mac OS Linux

Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.


  • puzzle
  • open-ended
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • cartoony
  • steampunk
  • physics
  • reflection
  • realistic
  • mirror
  • addictive
  • science
  • meditative

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War of Evolution (2024)

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Android IOS iPhone

War of Evolution lets you control the development of a species from the very start of its evolutionary journey as a microscopic organism. Help your creature evolve from a tidal pool spore into a vivid and unique creature that can stand for itself and its species.

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  • open-ended
  • space
  • isometric
  • empire
  • hardcore
  • cute
  • exploration

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Animal Hospital (2021)

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Xbox One Android

Pups & Purrs Animal Hospital is a simulation game in which you can have the dream job you’ve always wanted taking care of cute, fluffy friends. In Checkup Mode carefully check for illnesses or injuries by performing various diagnostic tests. Once you diagnose the ailments, administer the treatments.


  • privacy-policy
  • fitness
  • amusement
  • horses
  • open-ended
  • cute
  • education
  • park
  • book
  • inventory
  • realistic
  • simulation
  • action

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Long Journey (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

Long journey - Many people know that a large amount of sweets is bad for teeth .. But not for this skeleton! Embark on a long adventure with this skinny sweet tooth and collect all the donuts!

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  • rogue-like
  • narrative
  • open-ended
  • point-and-click
  • aliens
  • adventure
  • interactive
  • physics
  • realistic
  • exploration

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Bone Appetit (2020)

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PC Windows

When the king declares that all food is now his, whatcha' gonna' do? Raise a skeleton slave to steal it back for you, of course!

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  • metroidvania
  • open-ended
  • action
  • pixel
  • driving
  • retro
  • old-school

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