The Best Open-world Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Mafia: The Old Country added at rank #8.
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Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.


  • fight
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • hunting
  • action
  • combat
  • cooperative
  • battle
  • multiplayer
  • dragon
  • narrative
  • long-running
  • online
  • customization

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Satisfactory (2024)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Satisfactory is an engaging first-person factory-building game on an alien planet, allowing players to explore a pre-generated world and harvest natural resources to create automated factories. With great power systems and conveyor belts to help automate resource collection and transportation, the game offers a fun and addictive experience for control freaks and automation enthusiasts. The added survival element provides extra depth, making it a must-play for exploration and building game fans.


What we like:
  • Engaging first-person factory-building experience
  • Pre-generated world for unique gameplay experience
  • Fun power systems and conveyor belts for resource automation
  • Survival element adds extra depth
  • Great for building and automation enthusiasts
What could be improved:
  • May require significant time investment to unlock useful devices and modes of transportation
  • Demands patience, structure and adaptability

  • automation
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • factory-building
  • first-person
  • sandbox
  • factory
  • survival
  • resource-management
  • cooperative
  • building
  • exploration
  • resource
  • robo-said

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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS stadia Xbox One PC Windows

Cyberpunk 2077 is an immersive and soulful game, full of intrigue and violence unlike any other. It offers a world of depth and breadth, with freedom of choice in story and combat. With its neon-lit streets, stunning visuals, complex characters, diverse quests, upgrade tree for abilities and rich dialogue choices - this game has it all!

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What we like:
  • Absolutely gorgeous visuals
  • Freedom of choice in story and combat
  • Immersive game world to date with complex characters
  • Diverse quest types including main jobs side jobs gigs police scanner hustles etc
  • Upgrade tree for abilities
What could be improved:
  • Shorter than expected campaign length

  • open-world
  • rpg
  • stealth
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • cyberpunk
  • driving
  • narrative
  • tabletop
  • fps
  • futuristic
  • crafting
  • combat
  • dystopian
  • heist

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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (2025)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Android Playstation 5 PC Windows

Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.


  • rpg
  • open-world
  • fantasy
  • first-person
  • immersive
  • dark
  • third-person
  • narrative
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • nonlinear
  • dungeon
  • character

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Star Wars Outlaws (2024)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch 2 PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox One

Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.


  • open-world
  • stealth
  • heist
  • crime
  • card
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • narrative

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Hogwarts Legacy (2023)

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Android Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X

Hogwarts Legacy is a magical fantasy game that puts you in the shoes of a wizarding student at Hogwarts, the world-famous school for witchcraft and wizardry. Explore countless nooks and crannies to uncover secrets, hone your magical skills in classes like Charms and Herbology, meet other students and go on quests to flesh out the world, and discover every secret that Hogwarts has hidden away.


What we like:
  • Captures the magic of Harry Potter lore
  • Engaging story blended with nods to original series plus unique flourishes
  • Plenty of hours of gameplay
  • Explore Hogwarts castle and grounds with many secrets to uncover
  • Interact with other students through quests
What could be improved:
  • Minor loading times when opening doors
  • Occasional weird lighting changes when going from dark area to bright area

  • open-world
  • book
  • rpg
  • combat
  • fantasy
  • puzzle
  • dungeon
  • exploration

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One

A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.


  • medieval
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • historical
  • political
  • combat
  • stealth

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Mafia: The Old Country (2025)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.


  • crime
  • stealth
  • open-world
  • cover
  • driving
  • story
  • narrative
  • horses
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • fight
  • turn-of-the-century
  • third-person
  • combat
  • historical

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Saints Row: The Third Remastered (2020)

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Playstation 4 Linux PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!


  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • sandbox
  • crime
  • driving
  • vehicle
  • funny
  • customization
  • action
  • empire
  • shooter
  • comedy
  • tps
  • parody

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.


  • post-apocalyptic
  • open-world
  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • survival
  • inventory
  • atmospheric
  • atmosphere
  • choices
  • military
  • survival-horror
  • exploration
  • nonlinear
  • lore

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