Best open-world games focus on creating feelings of curiosity, awe, and dread through exploration. Ghost of Tsushima uses the wind to guide exploration and tells stories through every corner of ...

Exploration is always a given with an open-world game, regardless of how long or short the title truly is. It doesn't matter what kind of open world it even is; you just know that with an open world ...

Springs, Eternal is a lo-fi first-person story exploration game that takes place at a mysterious hot springs in the dead of night, its evocative visual style recalling the dithered and pixelated ...

A thousand years of words… waiting for your final mark. Chronoscript: The Endless End is an exploration-based action adventure game where you, as an editor trapped within a manuscript, are to unravel ...

One of the standout stories in the games industry this last year has been the continued rise of indie hits. At a moment when development budgets just keep ballooning, it's a reminder that spectacle ...

Anastasia Maillot is an Evergreen Editor based in Finland. At GameRant, she combines her passion for fiction writing and video games to share her love of all things nerdy with the world. Her love for ...

The past few years have been especially interesting for the free-to-play section of the gaming industry, as numerous open-world games have come remarkably close to blurring the line between free and ...