10 Best Open World Shooters To Play Right Now

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

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[swtialucard]

Red dead redemption 2 is the greatest open world game I’ve ever played in my life.

[brettbillingsley]

I still play Far cry 5. I love being in that Montana environment. It never gets old to me.

[misnerofgrey]

I 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

[barnstar]

Ghost Recon Wildlands is an amazing game. Hugging mountains and tree tops in a helicopter to avoid SAMs, calling out enemy using a drone while your buddy works his way through the base, then sniping to stop your friend getting pinned down before searching buildings for weapons and attachments etc (Or maybe you just go full Rambo!) It has the most impressive open world map of any game I have ever played.

[arkhamknight]

Wildlands is amazing, I just finished it..Tactical, stealthy, n when I invite a 7 group rebel force it becomes an all out movielike shootout

[Elrinell]

RDR2 is such a masterpiece it can show up number 1 on almost every lists !

[Dimaz]

if State of Decay 2 is on the list, then Days Gone should be on the list too

[vinayak]

Metro Exodus is literally an art that s almost impossible to replicate in a game

[tsushima]

My 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

[killaviking]

Ive played most of these games and State of Decay 2 is by far the best!
It’s just different and original

[paitrynpait]

It should be noted that you get a ship with a starter package in Star Citizen. So you don't have to buy an additional ship on top of the starter package.

[caveman]

cyberpunk is so underrated atm, when it released it was terrible but now its amazing the world is incredible

[randomstuff]

Wildlands is goated. The freedom to approach a situation any way you want makes each encounter feel unique.

[muzamilnabinadroo]

Planetside 2 is outdated but let's be honest it never got recognition thanks GameSpot for mentioning it.

[horacionivar]

when u tell me "open world games" i think of single player games, not multiplayer ones. am i the only one?

[zckr]

didn't think someone remembers WWII online. i lived through some hefty moments in that game no other could provide not

[waddledee]

For 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.

[DJMizzy]

Aww sharing the clip playing with your kids at the end was so wholesome. Nice video Aaron!

[mobsteez]

Far 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]

State of decay is awsome. And it's a great game to play with friends.