There might come a time whenever you wish to spend greater than 100 hours on a single recreation. This occurs to me quite a bit, and the style I all the time return to once I get the urge is open world. These video games provide huge maps with lengthy adventures and tons of facet content material to finish, and the true sense of discovery that comes with exploration is unparalleled. Nevertheless, just a few open-world video games are price spending over 100 hours on.
Take into account that the video games talked about listed below are discussing playtime that may be gained from a recreation by finishing the whole lot the sport has to supply, or not less than most of what the sport has to supply. That mentioned, not one of the video games we’re speaking about right here have a major story that is over 100 hours lengthy. Nevertheless, it nonetheless presents a really lengthy major quest contemplating it is an essential staple of the style.
One other factor to notice is that this isn’t a ranked checklist and these video games are in no specific order. That is purely to tell you a couple of recreation that you would be able to play for over 100 hours with out ever operating out of issues to do. Should you’re a completionist in search of a recreation that you would be able to actually get into and play for weeks, then this text is for you.
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star area
area journey
Adore it or hate it, Starfield has over 100 hours of content material to maintain you entertained. Not solely does the sport provide a ton of major quests and facet missions, however it additionally has extraordinarily deep ship constructing options that can hold you occupied for hours. There’s nothing fairly like beginning with a low-tier ship, constructing a ship straight out of Star Wars, and sending it into area to raid enemy ships and steal their loot. It is really a beautiful time.
Nevertheless, Starfield presents extra than simply quests and ship constructing. You’ll be able to roleplay in distinctive methods, together with romancing totally different companions. You may also be a part of or change into an enemy of a faction, opening up new tales and interactions with others, additional growing your immersion within the recreation. Whereas this is not Bethesda’s greatest recreation, it nonetheless has Bethesda DNA written throughout it, giving it the form of depth you will discover within the developer’s different video games like Skyrim and Fallout. Should you’re somebody who truly fell in love with Starfield (and I’m considered one of them), you may anticipate a recreation that gives over 100 hours of playtime.
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Murderer’s Creed Odyssey
lengthy journey via greece
Murderer’s Creed Odyssey is a good recreation, one of many higher within the sequence, however it’s additionally the one the place Ubisoft grew to become often called a developer who provides an excessive amount of to their video games. Ossei’s map is big and filled with issues to see, characters to satisfy, facet quests, forts to beat, bounties to finish, and extra. The sport is so filled with content material that it may well change into overwhelming to the purpose of exhaustion. Nevertheless, it is a recreation that gamers can play for hours and are available again to at any time when they get bored, and that is all the time nice.
Murderer’s Creed Odyssey is ideal for individuals who like finishing varied duties alongside checklists with tons of waypoints and markers. Actually, contemplating these options are fundamental, any Ubisoft recreation is an efficient selection for you. In AC Odyssey, you will by no means run out of content material to finish or locations to discover except you are decided to spend 150 hours on it. That is the period of time it takes completionists to perform their objectives, in keeping with How Lengthy to Beat.
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no man’s sky
procedurally generated planets
No Man’s Sky might be probably the most distinctive selection on this checklist. That is primarily as a result of procedurally generated planets, a mechanic that takes nicely over 100 hours of play time. Gamers can anticipate to spend hours discovering new planets they’ve by no means seen earlier than each time they load the sport, and that sense of discovery is what actually drives gamers’ motivation to maintain enjoying. The very best characteristic of this recreation is that there isn’t a compelled option to play it, and your expertise could be fully totally different from different video games. All of it will depend on the participant’s creativeness.
Whether or not you wish to deal with the primary missions, akin to exploring, constructing a settlement, cultivating sure assets, caring for your spaceship, or finishing chores for cash. It is an enormous sandbox that all the time surprises you and leaves you wanting extra. No Man’s Sky did not do very nicely when it was first launched, however because of the onerous work the builders put into it, it grew to become one of the crucial addictive open-world video games of all time. prepare to pay attention
Kojima’s longest journey
Steel Gear Strong V: The Phantom Ache is the largest Steel Gear Strong recreation thus far, that includes an open world that may be explored in free-roam mode. Along with the prolonged major quest, which takes practically 50 hours, gamers can spend time finishing facet operations that present beneficial rewards. Not like different open-world video games the place gamers can settle for many facet quests at their leisure, gamers should progress via the primary missions to unlock many facet ops in The Phantom Ache.
Because the participant progresses via the primary story, side-ops are unlocked and supply such beneficial rewards that the typical participant often will get side-tracked to finish them. So in case you add up the time it takes to finish the facet ops whereas finishing the primary quest, it’ll take you over 100 hours. Moreover, the sport consists of detailed weapon customization and mom base upgrades, which contain accumulating the suitable supplies and including much more time to the general expertise. Completionists ought to anticipate it to take not less than 150 hours to do the whole lot.
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Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore
Change into the world’s greatest deliveryman
The unique Dying Stranding acquired combined evaluations from followers and critics when it was launched in 2019. Some gamers fully hated the supply system’s gameplay, whereas others fell in love with the enjoyable and cathartic ambiance it supplied. Personally, I beloved the unique Dying Stranding, which supplied a novel expertise totally different from the rest in the marketplace. Its sequel, Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore, is a good higher expertise, providing the identical gameplay loop however with extra actions to do and a extra polished expertise. Delivering packages has by no means felt so good, and the mechanics are so streamlined and user-friendly in comparison with its predecessor that gamers can spend over 100 hours on it as a result of its addictive nature.
The principle story solely lasts about 40 hours, which is kind of lengthy in itself, however gamers who wish to connect with the complete Chiral Community and full each supply the sport has to supply can anticipate to spend 3 times that quantity. Not like the unique, Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore presents two giant maps as an alternative of 1, with a good quantity of actions to finish, issues to see, roads to rebuild, trams to construct, and extra. Moreover, the sport presents a ton of unlockable gadgets like costumes and instruments, making for a recreation that takes endlessly to formally full.
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purple lifeless redemption 2
Tackle the Wild West
Purple Lifeless Redemption 2 is basically Grand Theft Auto within the Wild West by way of gameplay, however with a a lot better story and characters total. Like the opposite RPGs on this checklist, RD2 does not place many constraints on participant company and just about permits gamers to do as a lot or as little as they like. Wish to go to a bar, get drunk and begin a fist struggle? It is potential. Or possibly you wish to strap somebody to a horse and experience them round relentlessly. That is additionally a really enjoyable, albeit crude, process. These are just some examples of the numerous enjoyable actions you are able to do.
What I am saying is that there are such a lot of random issues you are able to do in Purple Lifeless Redemption 2 that gamers can play for over 100 hours. Exterior of the odd exercise, gamers can anticipate the primary quest to final round 60 hours, with a further 31 unusual facet missions taking about the identical period of time to finish. Purple Lifeless Redemption 2 is a kind of video games the place you will all the time discover one thing new to have interaction in, and since it is all based mostly on nice gameplay, there isn’t any restrict to how lengthy it’ll take you to cease enjoying.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Some of the immersive RPGs
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is without doubt one of the most immersive RPGs ever, and it is simple to see why it is nominated for the 2025 Sport of the Yr award. Its immersion lies within the true penalties of your actions that may change your playthrough, the necessity to remedy starvation and sleep, and a reactive world that may be fully totally different from different gamers. That is the true definition of an RPG and can add as much as over 100 hours of play time as you discover the complete map and attempt to full the whole lot. Personally, I spent 140 hours in that world and was nonetheless discovering new conditions to immerse myself in.
Along with finishing the primary quest, which might take over 60 hours, gamers may also anticipate to get sidetracked by different actions, akin to swordplay competitions, forging new weapons, accumulating herbs and different vegetation for alchemy, competing with NPCs with cube, and exploring an enormous world crammed with characters with distinctive personalities and every day lives. Every character you work together with leads you to new sidequests and mini-stories, demonstrating the stunning quantity of element and work that went into this recreation. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a fastidiously crafted recreation, and you’ll inform instantly by the sheer quantity of beneficial content material.
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cyberpunk 2077
Let’s take a step in direction of the long run
Then there’s Cyberpunk 2077, one other recreation from CD Projekt Purple. If you do not know, after all you do, Cyberpunk 2077 was launched in a totally damaged state, so unhealthy that PlayStation truly began issuing refunds. Nobody may play it as a result of it merely wasn’t completed. Happily, after years of dedication and onerous work, CD Projekt Purple mounted all the issues, and the consequence is without doubt one of the greatest RPGs ever. That includes a extremely vibrant world, filled with actions and quests to finish, and over 100 hours of countless content material to maintain you occupied.
Cyberpunk 2077 not solely presents an enormous metropolis to discover, but in addition an in depth construct customization system that is loads of enjoyable to play. Taking the time to provide you with totally different combos of talents, akin to hacking, slow-motion expertise, and invisibility, simply provides to the playtime and makes it very partaking. Moreover, there are contracts, facet jobs, gigs, alternatives to romance characters, earn XP and attain most ranges, and extra. What’s even higher is that the DLC Phantom Liberty makes the sport even greater, including one other 30 hours or so.
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The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom of Tears
This sequel goes to be even greater
2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was Nintendo’s first try at incorporating our favourite heroes into an open-world format. Nintendo not solely nailed it fully, however influenced the style in some ways and impressed different builders to comply with go well with relating to exploration and discovery. The sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom of Tears, will likely be launched in 2023 and is an even bigger and bolder model of the unique. Tears of the Kingdom takes place on the identical map, however with its complicated physics mechanics and factors of curiosity within the sky, there’s much more to do.
Like the unique, Tears of the Kingdom follows the shrine components, permitting gamers to find over 150 shrines scattered all over the world, every providing distinctive puzzles, rewards, and secrets and techniques. Along with discovering these areas, there are major quests, facet quests to find and full, armor, hidden areas, and extra. Completionists who take pleasure in the whole lot the sport has to supply can anticipate to spend over 200 hours on it. Particularly in case you’re decided to seek out all of the Korok seeds, as there are over 800 of them hidden nicely all through the extremely giant map.
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elden ring
change into the everlasting grasp
FromSoftware’s masterpiece, Elden Ring, is an expertise that can go down in historical past as one of many best video games of all time. Not solely is its sheer scale, however the sense of discovery and the quantity of secrets and techniques gamers can uncover is unimaginable, pushing the style to new heights. There are few waypoints or quest markers, so gamers comply with their very own curiosity and go on an journey to see what they will discover. Attributable to this lack of steering, gamers can anticipate to spend over 100 hours in a single playthrough of Elden Ring, and maybe even nearer to 200 hours within the Shadow of the Erdtree growth.
There are hidden areas akin to caves, catacombs, and even whole underground cities that gamers can miss fully if they don’t seem to be observing sufficient. Aspect quests could be began by discovering hidden NPCs, however the NPCs give little data on methods to full the duty and the participant should use their very own data to determine methods to full the duty. Along with the primary story, discovering secret areas, discovering hidden bosses, and finishing obscure questlines will take gamers’ play time into triple digits. Even in case you assume you have finished the whole lot there’s to do, you will discover one thing new in Elden Ring in case you discover sufficient.