{"id":16710,"date":"2025-12-24T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:00:00","slug":"game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"#Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/#Game_of_the_Year_Best_PS5_Open_World_Game_of_2025\" >Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/#Bronze_Trophy_Ghost_of_Yotei\" >Bronze Trophy: Ghost of Yotei<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/#Silver_Trophy_Atomfall\" >Silver Trophy: Atomfall<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/#Gold_Trophy_Death_Stranding_2_On_the_Beach\" >Gold Trophy: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\/#Platinum_Trophy_Kingdom_Come_Deliverance_2\" >Platinum Trophy: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Game_of_the_Year_Best_PS5_Open_World_Game_of_2025\"><\/span>Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Alongside our <strong>Game of the Year<\/strong> top 10 list and personal picks from the <strong>Push Square<\/strong> editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the <strong>best PS5 open world game of 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bronze_Trophy_Ghost_of_Yotei\"><\/span>Bronze Trophy: Ghost of Yotei<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c6c0919335f08\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/c6c0919335f08\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-2.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/c6c0919335f08\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 2\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Building on what it achieved in Ghost of Tsushima, developer Sucker Punch brings back its wind-based navigation mechanic and places it in a more freeing open world space. With Mount Yotei off in the distance, you&#8217;ll work through various regions in search of the Yotei Six, actually exploring all the towns and uncovering their secrets for clues of their whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Every feature is designed to benefit the open world, presenting a beautiful recreation of Japan you&#8217;ll want to take time out to explore fully. It may not offer anything completely new to the open world genre, but Ghost of Yotei is an example of it at its current best.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our <strong>Ghost of Yotei PS5 review<\/strong> through the link.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Silver_Trophy_Atomfall\"><\/span>Silver Trophy: Atomfall<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"cfd677974fd9e\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/cfd677974fd9e\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-3.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/cfd677974fd9e\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 3\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>In terms of sheer uniqueness, you&#8217;re going to struggle to find anything more standout than Atomfall in the open world space this year. You wake up in a dystopian take on Great Britain, with a traditional village at the centre and a ruined landscape surrounding it. The mystery of what&#8217;s gone on is woven into every location you come across, and it makes exploring each area intriguing and exciting. It&#8217;s not the biggest, but Atomfall packs so much mystique into its playspace that it feels like a genuine English village.<\/p>\n<p>Read our <strong>Atomfall PS5 review<\/strong> through the link.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gold_Trophy_Death_Stranding_2_On_the_Beach\"><\/span>Gold Trophy: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"2589a2b702b5b\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/2589a2b702b5b\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-4.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/2589a2b702b5b\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-4.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 4\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Nobody makes games like Kojima Productions does, and that rings true in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. A more streamlined sequel, delivering packages across a ruined country is still the core focus of Sam Bridges&#8217; latest adventure. However, this time he&#8217;s better kitted out with combat skills, vehicles, and the DHV Magellan.<\/p>\n<p>Oftentimes, there&#8217;s not a lot to Death Stranding 2&#8217;s open world \u2014 but that&#8217;s one of the best things about it. You and your fellow players can help restore Australia to glory by banding resources together to rebuild roads and structures. All while looking utterly stunning, the varied biomes of Death Stranding 2, along with all the Preppers in between, make for a captivating open world undertaking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile insert-extended lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_X694C628DAAD97\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px;display:flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items:center; justify-content: center;\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250,300x600\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-mobile-2\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our <strong>Death Stranding 2: On the Beach PS5 review<\/strong> through the link.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Platinum_Trophy_Kingdom_Come_Deliverance_2\"><\/span>Platinum Trophy: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"0510a6eed5f7b\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 5\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/0510a6eed5f7b\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-5.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/0510a6eed5f7b\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025-5.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 5\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Time travel machines won&#8217;t be invented in our lifetimes, so Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is probably the best you&#8217;ll get if you want to roleplay the life of a medieval man. An incredible achievement that includes two huge open world maps in one game, your playtime is split between the countryside and villages of Trosky, and the main city of Kuttenberg.<\/p>\n<p>The true magic is what happens as you explore them, though. Hundreds of quests populate the world, and then there are the historically accurate hamlets, merchants, and random encounters in between. You must dress for the occasion, deal with the consequences of any crime, and work your way up from the bottom. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has to be the best medieval simulator ever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_U694C628DAADC8\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px;display:flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items:center; justify-content: center;\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-mobile-3\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our <strong>Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 PS5 review<\/strong> through the link.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Do you agree with our picks for the <strong>best PS5 open world game of 2025<\/strong>? Share your thoughts in the comments below and check out more of our <strong>Game of the Year<\/strong> coverage through the link.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/related-info\/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e @ 1766613614 --><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/features\/game-of-the-year-best-ps5-open-world-game-of-2025\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game of the Year: Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025 Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. 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