Assassin’s Creedmaps have been getting larger ever since the franchise shifted toward open-world RPGs following the release ofOrigins. It’s been previously reported thatAssassin’s Creed: Odysseyweighed in at a whopping 230 km², but Ubisoft’s own developers have confirmed that the most recent addition to the series,Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, iseven larger.
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Players can and have estimated map sizes when developers don’t advertise the exact dimensions. One of the most common ways is by assuming the height of a player model and seeing how long it takes to walk from one end of the map to the other. A bit of simple algebra later, and you’ve got a map’s approximate dimensions. Read on to explore some of the gaming world’s largest creations.
Updated on May 31, 2025 by Ritwik Mitra:Assassin’s Creed has gone through a drastic overhaul after the release of Syndicate. Ubisoft realized that the series needed to freshen up to be more accessible in modern times, and the success of The Witcher 3 prompted the studio to emulate what made CD Project Red’s game so successful while combining it with the familiar and beloved Assassin’s Creed gameplay. This resulted in the studio forming some truly massive maps for their games, with Valhalla boasting the biggest size of the lot. Here are some other games that are bigger than the latest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed series.
15The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall
The second game inThe Elder Scrollsserieswas a massive step in the right direction. Featuring better controls, a cohesive story, and one of the biggest open worlds in gaming history,Daggerfallis a game that set the foundations for games likeMorrowindandSkyrimto be a massive success across the board.
Daggerfall’s world is a whopping 209,331 km², but there’s a catch here. The map was actually procedurally generated in several places, leading to vast stretches of empty and boring landscapes that are a chore to travel through.
14Final Fantasy 15
Final Fantasy 15needed a few more years in the oven to finally be complete, but the product that was released was pretty great in its own right. A big part of what soldFinal Fantasy 15was its vast and beautiful open world.
That being said, a lot ofFinal Fantasy 15’s landscapes don’t really feature a lot to do aside from hunting down monsters and finding campsites. This leads to a ton of wasted potential when it comes to the massive 1800 km² map.
13Burnout Paradise
Racing games that adopt an open-world format are bound to have massive worlds. This is imperative to ensure that players can explore to their heart’s content without feeling limited by the confines of this game world.
Burnout Paradiseis one of the most beloved racing games of all time, with its vast open world contributing to this notion. Speeding around and wrecking cars in this massive sandbox is a blast every single time.
12Xenoblade Chronicles X
Xenoblade Chronicles Xis one of the best games in a series that has absolutely taken off since its advent on the Switch. This prequel fleshes out the world and lore quite a bit, with a story that will captivate any fan of great JRPGs.
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Xenoblade Chronicles Xfeatures a massive map that will take players eons to explore. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that this game is easily the biggest single-player game on the Switch in terms of sheer landmass.
11The Crew
Anotherracing game makes its way on the listin the form ofThe Crew. Ubisoft’s attempt at a sandbox open-world game has proven to be quite successful, with many fans absolutely loving what The Crew brings to the table.
With a map of almost 1900 km², it’s easy to see whyThe Crewis such a fun game to explore. Using high-speed cars to roam the map of the US is a blast every single time.
10Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Tom Clancy’sGhost Recon: Wildlandstakes place in a fictional Bolivia during the near future. Ruled by drug cartels, players can team up in 3-person co-op to bring some semblance of justice toWildlands’ lawless landscape.
The game world itself is massive by any open-world standards: at 273 km² it’s larger even than its successorGhost Recon: Breakpoint.A sandbox game with loads to do,Wildlandsfeels like a lived-in world thanks to its massive map size, but its hordes of narco enemies ensure players are always occupied. And if players ever do get bored of this enormous world, there aretons of great modsout there, too.
9The Lord Of The Rings Online
One does not simply walk into Mordor — unless of course, you’re playingThe Lord of the Rings Online. Released in 2007, thisLOTRMMO might look and feel a little dated (so much so thatdevelopers considered a facelift for the gamein 2020), but its faithfully recreated version of Middle-Earth feels alive and brimming with locations that never made it into Peter Jackson’s trilogies.
Conservative estimates place theLOTROgame world at somewhere around 410 km² (larger thanWorld of Warcraft), although the game has seen several updates since that figure was calculated. There are more regions to visit besides the traditional path of the Fellowship, too. In 2019, aHobbit named Lil of Laurelin walked for 14 hours straight, journeying from the Ice Bay of Forochel in the far north down to Gondor, before turning north-east and walking all the way past Mirkwood, Lothlorien, and Erebor.
8True Crime: Streets Of LA
Released nearly 20 years ago in 2003,True Crime: Streets of LAfeatures the real-life city of Los Angeles as a playable area. The map stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in the west all the way to the LA River in the east. Players can drive through iconic neighborhoods like Venice, Hollywood, Koreatown, and Los Feliz as they embark on a crusade against LA’s organized crime.
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LA is a massive place in real life, and the game — as old as it is — recreates a huge part of it, even including the neighboring city of Santa Monica. At 622 km², this version of the City of Angels even beats outGTA 5’s Southern San Andreas map.
7Just Cause 3
Set on the sunny Mediterranean island of Medici,Just Cause 3features one of the largest land-based game worlds in existence. Weighing in at an astounding 2,000 km², it makesSkyrimlook like a child’s plaything. To the doubters, keep in mind thatJust Causefeatures drivable vehicles, giving players the sensation that they’re in a much smaller location than they truly are.
With all this space comes a lot to do: players — making use of an array of high-tech gadgets and weapons of mass destruction — can partake in the game’s riveting story, or they can simply embrace the action-adventure genre and start blowing stuff up.
6Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Back with a vengeance,Microsoft Flight Simulatoris about as real as it gets for everyday flight enthusiasts. Featuring a 1:1 replica of the Earth, the game world inFlight Simulatormatches the real world’s surface area: 510 million km². With loads of different aircraft to try out, players can experience the world of flying in countless ways.
And thanks to the powers of photogrammetry — the same technology DICE used to makephotorealistic environmental assets forStar Wars: Battlefront—Flight Simulatoractually mirrors reality. Real-world buildings in some of the planet’s most iconic cities are rendered in exactly the same places as they are in real-life, makingFlight Simulator’s game world not just large, but accurate and detailed.
