10 Biggest Open World Maps In Video Games

3: Microsoft Flight Simulator – 196 Million Square Miles

I’m going to be honest, from here on out there’s probably going to be some disagreement over what classifies as an open world game map. In this case, the open world game is the entire 196 million square mile planet Earth, so, yeah, this is a big one.

Microsoft Flight Simulator was released in 2020 by Asobo Studio. Yes, that Asobo Studio, the ones who made Fuel 11 years earlier.

As the name implies, Microsoft Flight Simulator will have you piloting planes around the globe, between any number of its 37,000 airports, all of which actually exist. The game uses pretty clever technology to create its game world by simulating real satellite data and even weather data to reflect real time weather in the actual world translated to your little digital version. Real world air traffic is also simulated. To put it plainly, this game was a slam dunk with critics and fans, in no small part due to the incredible effort put into its enormous map.

And, yes, because this is a simulation of the Earth, you can totally fly to your house.