Like a literal, pleasant, long walk kinda like a journey like Shrek?
- Minecraft
- Skyrim
- Zelda (botw totk)
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 1,2
- Cyberpunk2077
- Red Dead Redemption
- Pokemon Sword/Shield/Scarlet/Arceus
EDIT: DayDreamGaming on Youtube seems to have a gold mine of these type videos
Red Dead 2. Law killed my horse in Valentine, so I decided to walk and hitchhike back to Clemens Point. I wrestled a bear, found the plague village, blew up a KKK gathering… just regular old west things.
The early STALKER games are also nice, if you’re into that sort of atmosphere. Nothing beats the feeling of sitting in the rookie village next to the world’s most mediocre guitarist.
Just make sure to skip walking through Tall Tree, Roanoke Ridge, and Bluewater Marsh.
A Short Hike
It’s a cute indy game about reaching the top of a mountain (no, not a Celeste clone i swear)
Skyrim
If you’ve played and enjoyed skyrim and want more of it, do check out Enderal!! Trailer 1, Trailer 2
The version you install will depend on the version of skyrim you own:
Tons of new scenery, and fast travel is way limited so if you want a game to just slow down in and soak in the sights, look no further.
Easily one of the best stories I’ve ever experienced.
Morrowind.
Miasmata.
Gothic 3.
Shadow of the Colossus. Just gorgeous scenery, even on PS2 emulation.
Red Dead Redemption 2.
LA Noire, if you like 1940s cities.
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Lovely and terrifying all at once. Can’t wait for the new one!
I don’t remember if it is in fact open world, but a game for just chill and take a long walk from start to finish is Firewatch
Nobody mentioned elden ring, seriously?
The visuals in that game were amazing, and the changes in different scenery and themes. Holy shit. My #1.
Eh.
Without the unique boss designs and gameplay mechanics, the world looks and feels like every other Souls, but with more pixels. Not bad, but not strong enough on its own.
Journey.
Abzu.
Planet Crafter.
Satisfactory.
I personally think it’d be cool to walk out on any of the fields in Rocket LeagueGosh there’s so many though. Almost every game, haha.
I would prefer RL in real life.
Enshrouded, they have some great views and path you could follow.
Rain World
Two Worlds (if you can emulate 360)
If you have Minecraft try Sildur’s Shaders with a texture pack of your choice
Caves of Qud
Metroid Prime Series (I dont think that counts as open world but damn it felt like exploration)
Star Fox Adventure (GameCube emulation)
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Draken and the Ancient Gates is also a ps2 game thats like half open world but it was so cool.
The original Earth Defense Force felt open world to my child mind.
Voxel Libre is like Minecraft
Theres a ton I’m not pulling off the top of my head but check itch.io for the voxel games as there are a ton of interesting Minecraft clones.
You could try death stranding. It’s about walking and the journey.
Add raft as well
Passage is a Zen simulation , which is a pleasant walk in an open-world, if that world is a line segment.
libregamewiki.org page (spoilers): Passage(2007)
Oh! The Long Dark, survival mode, on the easiest setting.
