The open-world genre has been a staple of video games ever since technology could seamlessly render huge maps. These days, there’s been no shortage of open-world games, and the genre continues to grow with developers taking more ambitious takes on the formula.
While exploration mostly takes center stage in an open world, there’s a lot of fun to be had in games that are quite challenging to master as well. To that effect, here are 15 of the most challenging open-world games.