Open-world games allow you to freely explore fantasy worlds, taking your time, and independently choosing the order of quests or other activities available in the game (crafting, building, battles with mobs, etc.). This is how they differ from linear games, where the player does not have such freedom of action. This article contains the best, in our opinion, open-world games on Android.
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Solitaire Masters
Solitaire Masters is one of the most favorite game played by people worldwide.
Minecraft
The world-famous open-world sandbox, which has been highly popular for over 10 years. The world of Minecraft consists entirely of cubic blocks that you can build and destroy. This allows you to create any kind of buildings and structures, be it existing landmarks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Statue of Liberty, or something completely new from your fantasies. Also, an important feature of the Minecraft world is that it is procedurally generated. That is, as you move around the map, new locations are automatically created with a random arrangement of resources, mobs, landscapes, etc. This means that you can endlessly explore the cube world and find new unique adventures for yourself!
Realmcraft
Realmcraft also features an endless 3D world of cubes that you can use to build anything. There are three main modes in Realmcraft: Survival, Creative, and Worlds. The first two modes are the same in functionality as the modes of the same name in Minecraft. Survival mode assumes that you will need to search for resources, create the necessary items from scratch, and defend yourself from evil mobs. In creative mode, you can freely build, taking out an unlimited number of blocks and objects from your inventory, while here you will not encounter hostile mobs and can fly around the map to make building even more convenient. In Worlds mode, there are 30 worlds with beautiful pre-created buildings. You can rebuild them at your discretion or build something new. In this mode, you can play online with friends.
ARK: Survival Evolved
ARK: Survival Evolved has a world with a unique setting, in which humans and dinosaurs live at the same time. Of course, humans have to defend against huge predators. However, different tribes of people in this multiplayer survival game are at war with each other using tamed dinosaurs. The primal savagery here is combined in an interesting way with high-tech weapons and equipment. In addition to the island, where you will find yourself with hundreds of other players, you can explore the underwater world, underground tunnels, and high mountains. As in other similar games, here you can engage in building shelter, crafting, farming, taming, and breeding animals. Also, this game has beautiful realistic graphics.
Don’t Starve
Don’t Starve is another survival game in an open world full of dangers. Don’t Starve mesmerizes with Tim Burton-style graphics and a unique creepy atmosphere. The game has several characters with unique life stories and skills that can be gradually unlocked. Our first character will be a scientist named William with disheveled hair. During his scientific experiment, William was the victim of an insidious demon, who locked him in a dark, hostile world in which it is difficult to survive. In order for William to have a chance to escape, you need to monitor his needs such as health, satiety, and sanity. You will need to find food on time, and make a fire before nightfall, so as not to go crazy and protect yourself from monsters. In the end, you will need to find a portal and return to William’s home.
Assassin’s Creed Identity
As in other parts of the Assassin’s Creed series, you will play the role of a noble assassin who is fighting against the Templar Order. Specifically, Assassin’s Creed Identity will take you to Italy during the Renaissance and your main enemies will be the mysterious and dangerous group of Ravens. A fascinating character development system and many different missions await you. With this, you can deviate from the plot and freely explore the world. To successfully complete missions, it is important to correctly use the character’s abilities and select the right equipment. There are four different character classes to choose from with differing abilities. This part of Assassin’s Creed is also distinguished by the crafting system, which allows the player to independently create useful gadgets. Of course, in this part, the graphics are not the same as on consoles and PCs, but very beautiful as for mobile devices.
Ravensword: Shadowlands
Ravensword: Shadowlands is a stunning open fantasy RPG game. Due to the vast map and a large number of possibilities, she is often asked about Skyrim. There are many magical possibilities like potions, spells, abilities (such as invisibility), a wide variety of creatures (goblins, dragons, giants, huge spiders, etc.). Here you can explore a very beautiful detailed world, collect artifacts, improve your weapons, fight with many enemies, and follow an exciting storyline that will reveal all the secrets of the Tires kingdom. You can also note the good physics of the game and a nice original soundtrack. You can play from the first or third person, whichever is more comfortable for you.
GTA San Andreas
The most classic game of the famous GTA series. In the story, your character Carl Johnson is a former criminal who decided to quit crime and lived for some time in a peaceful town far from San Andreas. But due to circumstances, he was forced to return to his hometown, engulfed in rampant banditry. There he meets a familiar policeman who tries to set him up and, against his will, finds himself again involved in the showdown of street gangs. Here you have to go through a lot of missions and choose a leading position in the brutal environment of criminal gangs. You can also deviate from missions (or not go through them at all), explore the criminal metropolis, and do whatever you want (including car theft, murder, theft). Someone may consider the game to be propaganda of criminal life, but for the majority, it is just a way to know the dark edge of reality and throw out the accumulated aggression in the virtual world.
Portal Knights
Portal Knights is a unique 4-player RPG sandbox (although smaller numbers can be played). Here you have to explore not one huge world, as in other games, but hundreds of different islands. According to the plot, once these scattered islets were one whole world, but evil destroyed it, and now you have to move between these pieces of land using portals. Opening each new portal is more difficult than the previous one, and each time you have to fight a mass of hostile creatures and bosses. Thanks to procedural generation, all worlds you open will be unique. There are five classes to choose from: you can be an archer, mage, warrior, rogue, or druid. You can also diversify the appearance by choosing the appearance of a human, elf, or representative of the hairy people.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an action game with decent graphics for mobile devices that will make you feel like a legendary superhero. Of course, as in the Spider-Man movies, here you can deftly climb up skyscrapers and jump from one surface to another, shooting cobwebs from your hands. According to the plot, New York is again swept by a wave of crime, and only our character Peter Parker can restore order. You will have to fight not only with ordinary bandits, but also with dangerous bosses from the Spider-Man Universe, such as Electro, Green Goblin, and Venom. Optionally, you can complete additional missions. There is a developed system for developing skills and combo attacks. And of course, you can freely walk around New York, enjoying the views of Manhattan – and no one limits you on this.
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is a cute pixel game about a carefree life in a small town with many possibilities and a pleasant soundtrack. At the beginning of the game, the character gets tired of the gray office routine and decides to move to the farm inherited from his grandfather. You can choose the gender of the character, hairstyle, skin color, eyes, hair, and clothes. Then you will need to go through training and start equipping your farm: pulling weeds, chopping down trees, buying seeds, planting, and watering plants. But the game is far from limited to a farming simulator. You will be able to fish, mine treasures in caves, craft items, visit many interesting residents of the town, give them gifts, help them, and improve relationships. There is also a storyline that can be done at will. You can complete quests to improve the town and prevent the corporation from destroying the local business.
