Palworld was just the start. With hits like Valheim and new additions like Enshrouded and Pacific Drive, open-world survival crafting games might be the genre to watch in 2024.

Deathloop will see the player tasked with taking down eight targets and escaping a time loop, but can it be called an open-world game?

These excellent open-world games give players the space to explore, allowing the story to unfold at their own pace.

Crafting a giant open world doesn't mean much if it isn't fun to explore. These games got that memo, and make their players feel like explorers.

The time loop concept has been growing increasingly popular in games for a while now, from sci-fi adventures Into the Breach, Outer Wilds, and Returnal to bizarre thrillers like The Sexy Brutale.

Eternal Strands is the rare sort of modern open-world game that knows what it wants to do and how to do it in impressive (but not overblown) fashion.

An influx of time loop video games, including Deathloop, Twelve Minutes, and Outer Wilds, highlight the inescapable meta-loop inherent to gaming’s structure of win-fail states.

Lemnis Gate game from developer Ratloop Games Canada is a turn-bases strategy FPS title that takes place in a time loop.