Here you will find all open world highlights that have a release in 2023.
As usual, at the beginning of the year we present you the open world games that could become real hits in 2023. Regardless of whether you play on PlayStation or Xbox consoles, the Nintendo Switch or the PC, the coming months promise great game worlds, which we list below.
Info: Due to the usual many postponements and newly announced games, we will continuously update this article. You are always up to date here.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage – This is how Basim’s adventure looks in the trailer
- Release: 2023
- Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Developer: Ubisoft
- Genre: Action-Adventure
In Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft goes back to the roots of the series with Basim’s adventure and focuses on stealth, parkour, assassination in gameplay and also a much more compact gaming experience that should captivate us for about 20 hours.
This is what the Open World offers: Divided into four zones, Baghdad in 861 serves as the setting for Basim’s story. We can also visit assassin camps outside the city walls.
AC Mirage
All official information about the release, gameplay and more
Diablo 4
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Diablo 4 reveals five minutes of brand new gameplay and release timeline
- Release: 06. June 2023
- Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Developer: Blizzard
- Genre: Action RPG
After Blizzard caused a lot of negative headlines last year with Diablo Immortal, Diablo 4 is supposed to soothe the troubled fan hearts with a return to the dark roots of the series.
This is what the Open World offers: With Diablo 4, Blizzard is using a huge open world for the first time, which we share with other players from time to time. Although you experience dungeons and the story for you, cities and places where world events take place turn into so-called social hubs where you meet other people similar to an MMORPG.
Diablo 4
Alluded to: Hell of a fight in the open world hamster wheel
Hogwarts Legacy
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Hogwarts Legacy Will Be The Biggest Game In The Harry Potter Universe – Open World Magic Action Video Preview
- Release: 10 February/04. April/25. July 2023
- Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch PC
- Developer: Avalanche Software
- Genre: Action RPG
Hogwarts Legacy will appear in several stages this year, starting with the versions for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The action RPG takes place over a century before the events of Harry Potter.
This is what the Open World offers: Not only can we freely explore the huge magic school, we can also discover Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and the surrounding area of Hogwarts. This can be done either on foot, on a broomstick or on the back of a hippogriff.
Hogwarts Legacy
All information about the game from the Harry Potter universe
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PS5 First Trailer Reveals Superhero Sequel And Venom
- Release: 2023
- Platforms: PS5
- Developer: Insomniac Games
- Genre: Action-Adventure
After Peter Parker and Miles Morales have already had their solo appearances, in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 we now see both heroes together for the first time. Who the two opponents are is also already known with Venom and Kraven the Hunter.
This is what the Open World offers: So far, information about the new superhero game is still scarce. According to the first indications, however, it may well be that we can swing through the high-rise canyons of New York in co-op.
Redfall
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20 minutes of new insights into Arkane’s largest open world
- Release: 1st half of 2023
- Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Developer: Arkane Studios
- Genre: Multiplayer-Shooter
In Redfall we hunt vampires in co-op with up to four heroes. After Deathloop and Dishonored, a genuine hero shooter with various weapons and abilities in an open game world awaits us from developer Arkane.
This is what the Open World offers: Redfall is also the name of a town in the US state of Massachusetts that was overrun by vampires. According to the developer, the game world is divided into a tourist and a more rural district, which we will gradually recapture from the gloomy bloodsuckers.
More about the open world
This is how the co-op shooter wants to get our blood pumping
Stalker 2
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Stalker 2 has a spectacular new trailer: The world and story are so dark
- Release: 2023
- Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Developer: GSC Game World
- Genre: Survival-Shooter
2023 should finally be the year of Stalker 2, after development was very slow last year due to the war of aggression in Ukraine and the end-of-time shooter was even discontinued around eleven years ago.
This is what the Open World offers: As bounty hunters, we are once again in the radioactive zone around the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, where anomalies, monsters and human opponents await us.
Suicide Squad
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Open world gameplay from the new game from the creators of Arkham City-
- Release: 26. May 2023
- Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Developer: Rocksteady Studios
- Genre: Action-Adventure
2023 is set to be a better year for open world games in the DC Universe with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and if we think back to previous games from developer Rocksteady like Arkham Asylum, City and Knight, then May can be a real one for us highlights are imminent.
This is what the Open World offers: In order to wipe out the Justice League in a secret mission, the anti-hero quartet around Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Deadhshot and Kingshark has all of Metropolis at their disposal as a big city playground.
Starfield
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Bethesda’s mega RPG promises a lot… too much? – Preview to Starfield
- Release: 1st half of 2023
- Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Developer: Bethesda
- Genre: role playing game
Whether Starfield, as announced by Bethesda, will be the new Skyrim in space will become apparent in the coming months. If we are talking about the most anticipated and most exciting games in 2023, the huge single-player role-playing game should not be missing.
This is what the Open World offers: With Starfield we have to talk more about an open universe, because according to Bethesda, in addition to large space metropolises, we should be able to visit over 1,000 planets with our spaceship.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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The latest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
- Release: 12. May 2023
- Platforms: Switch
- Developer: Nintendo
- Genre: Action-Adventure
This year, Link’s journey finally continues in the sequel to Breath of the Wild. Tears of the Kingdom, as the action-adventure is now officially called, could be the last major exclusive game for the slightly graying Switch.
This is what the Open World offers: Nintendo has so far kept a low profile with information about the game. However, it is known from trailers that this time we will explore Hyrule more from lofty heights. In addition, the open world should be much livelier compared to the rather barren Breath of the Wild.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Release, gameplay & more: All information & rumours
More interesting open world games
Below you will find a selection of other interesting open world games, all of which are also scheduled for release in 2023. Behind some of the titles like Skull & Bones, Forspoken or The Day Before there are still big question marks in terms of the quality of the games. For some titles like Atomic Heart or Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the information is still very thin.
Extensions to Cyberpunk and Horizon
In addition to all the new open world games, the addons for Cyberpunk 2077 and Horizon Forbidden West not go unmentioned.
Phantom Liberty sends V to a new part of Night City in 2023 where he/she meets an all-new cast of characters – including Agent Solmon Reed, played by actor Idris Elba.
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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty shows up again in the Game Awards trailer
Burning Shores Set to expand to PS5 on April 19, Horizon Forbidden West will take Aloy to a whole new area. You can already get a first glimpse of the new Iceland in the trailer below.
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Horizon Forbidden West DLC revealed and heading to Burning Shores
This will be released in 2023 for PlayStation, Xbox and Switch
If you don’t just want to hang around in open game worlds in 2023, there are of course plenty of alternatives on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, as well as on the Nintendo Switch. So that you have an overview, you will find further preview lists for on GamePro PS4 and PS5for the Microsoft consoles Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S and of course the Nintendo Switch.
Which open world game are you looking forward to the most and which one is your biggest concern?