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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9556950" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Even video games that let you pursue your goals in any order or have a world where you can go anywhere at any time is still an open world game if it has predefined quests and goals.  So Skyrim, or more recent games like the Horizon or Far Cry series are open world games because even though you can go anywhere you want, if you want to complete the game there are certain things you have to do.  Games like Minecraft, Microsoft Flight Simulator or The Sims are sandbox games because there is no storyline you have to follow.But like I said, the definition of sandbox is really fuzzy. A lot of games have parts of the game that could be considered sandbox because you can spend hours crafting daggers to up your skill level if you want.  But eventually you are going to hit linear parts of the story where you have specific quests and challenges, even if you can approach them in multiple ways and frequently in any order.  Other games, like many racing sims, have a core story at first but once that's done just let you drive in races and compete against AI or online opponents.</blockquote>