

Here are the best free open-world games someone can dive into without spending a dime.

However, that hasn't prevented some from taking a different approach to monetization and releasing their big, beautiful digital worlds for free, though perhaps at the cost of paid DLC or microtransactions.

This is because open-world games such as Skyrim or Red Dead Redemption 2 entail high development costs and a market value that's difficult to ignore. RELATED: Open-World Games That Take The Longest To Beat There are some free RPG and co-op games here and there but rarely do open-world games go the free-to-play route. The free-to-play market is dominated by battle royales like Warzone and team-based multiplayer games like Team Fortress 2.
