Open World Game: the Open World Game similar games & best alternatives

Open World Game: the Open World Game

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

Open World Game: the Open World Game is the purest open world game experience. Enjoy simplified mechanics, minimal graphics, and an extremely short main story; all so you can get to work removing every icon from the map with the least resistance.

What works
  • Free to play
  • Humorous satire of open world games
  • Short and satisfying completion
  • Relaxing and addictive gameplay
  • Well-written journal entries and lore
Things to keep in mind
  • Very short playtime
  • Minimal gameplay depth
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Limited character customization
  • Some find it repetitive or boring

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Hidden Gems

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Open World Game: the Open World Game: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Autonomy, Progression.

Why this game works

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