Waiting for the arrival of GTA 6 might feel a lot like time has frozen. Luckily, we’re on hand with ten free games that you can play today while you wait. Best of all, because they’re free, you can save your hard-earned cash for GTA6 when it eventually comes out. Bring on the fun and while away your hours with these ten free games with interesting worlds to explore.
Infinity Nikki
A massive open-world experience
A strong starter, Infinity Nikki offers up the free-to-explore world of Miraland, a fantastical fashion-fueled paradise. You wander through grassland and forests, float across huge skytop islands and battle cloth-based foes as the infamous stylist, Nikki. With your quirky cat companion Momo in tow, you’ll search for long-forgotten gods, miracle-granting deities and uncover the magic and secrets of Miraland.
Infinity Nikki blends many gaming genres together. You’ll be platforming, puzzle solving, farming, fishing and taking magical bicycle journeys all at your own pace. Certain outfits you unlock gift you abilities and the whole experience feels surprisingly deep and well polished for a free-to-play game. With new seasons and content being added all the time, this one could go on for infinity (sorry).
Once Human
Like Fallout meets Bloodborne
Once Human’s world couldn’t be further removed from the sun-soaked keys of Leonida. With very positive reviews, this bleak post-apocalyptic game will have you struggling for survival. The game offers a gritty open world filled with danger and mutated enemies to deal with. Crawling through abandoned cities and fighting off mutated creatures, you must craft, scavenge and fight to survive. Finding secrets and forging allies out of the human survivors is key.
The narrative here is strong and working together with friends in multiplayer can add countless hours of gameplay to this challenging survival experience. The world around you changes based on choices you make and seeing humans mutate into monsters is certainly unique. Gritty world building, a strong narrative and countless hours of survival gameplay make this a must for those that like a challenge.
Palia
Animal Crossing? Who needs it!
Player stood at their worktable crafting in Palia
Palia offers a cozy, community-driven game set in a magical world. You build, farm, craft potions and explore while also engaging in online activities with NPCs and human players alike. The game really emphasizes wholesome friendship, collaboration and community building, which makes for a refreshing change of pace. The gameplay feels relaxing and exploration is encouraged.
Regular updates, new locations and new content see this huge world ever expanding. Whether you’re trying to get your head around Elderwood Relics, building a new home or just chilling with your friends in the open world, there’s always something for you to do. Grab a fishing rod and a friend and head off to the Pavel Mines. Who knows, you might even catch yourself a Long Nosed Unicorn fish.
The First Descendant
For the sci-fi fans
Haley from The First Descendant Posing with a weapon
A third person looter shooter set in a fictional sci-fi version of Earth. Alien invaders are running amok, and it’s up to you and your team to keep them at bay, while also picking up some pretty sweet loot. Grinding for supply coins to unlock all the new gear each season will keep you playing this one for a very long time. Filled with intense battles, futuristic landscapes and high-caliber action as you try to save the world.
The First Descendant is a fast-paced shooter with some RPG elements thrown in for good measure. You can upgrade your gear, customize your loadout and enhance your abilities as you progress. It’s a co-op focused shooter at heart and has some pretty stellar boss battles and high-octane action set pieces to boot. It’s varied and vibrant characters, along with the progression system, make it a standout.
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad
It costs nothing, Jon Snow
Although Game of Thrones: Kingroads reviews might suggest it launched with more of a whimper than a bang, it has since gone from strength to strength. Set in the open world of Westeros, you can fully explore all the iconic scenery we’ve grown familiar with from the TV series. The game revolves around building alliances, managing resources and engaging in strategic battles as you rise through the ranks.
Content paywall grievances aside, there has never been a more faithful and fully realized Westeros in digital form. Character likenesses, political intrigue, familiar locales and a gripping narrative all go a long way to steeping you in the lore of Game of Thrones. One for the fans that will have you role-playing through the power struggles of Westeros first hand. Now if only they’d fix that darn momentum system!
Genshin Impact
One for Zelda fans
Genshin Impact Key Art.
Genshin Impact is an open world RPG set in the sprawling land of Teyvat. You assume the role of the traveler, and get to battle and explore across many diverse regions. The anime-style vibrant visuals and over-the-top fighting moves are a sheer joy to experience. Aside from the gacha system to unlock new characters and weapons, there is a huge amount of content here for you to explore.
The world is simply stunning, beautifully crafted like a hand-drawn comic which combines nicely with the dynamic and often visually impressive combat. The game is also tirelessly updated with new seasons bringing a wealth of new characters, story content, weapons and locales to explore. The depth of the combat and the world building feel polished and fresh, making this one of the best free-to-play RPGs out there.
Wuthering Waves
Gacha? I barely know her!
Wuthering Waves keyartCustom Image created by Katarina Cimbaljevic
Wuthering Waves is set in a post-cataclysmic world where humanity is struggling to survive. Explore the ancient ruins and the remnants of a forgotten civilization in the vast open world. Playing as a Resonator, you’re tasked with harnessing your unique abilities to battle foes and uncover the secrets of the past.
This award-winning open world RPG is a mix of fast, skilled-based combat and deep exploration in a vast, beautifully realized post-apocalyptic world. Having the ability to capture enemy moves in combat is certainly unique and adds a layer of strategy to every encounter. Solo or co-op are both possible and the deep narrative will have you pushing forward to find all the secrets the game has to offer.
The Finals
One last thing…
The Finals player looking down at a moving platform in Power Shift mode.
The Finals is an over-the-top first-person shooter that is presented in a whacky game show style. Battle your way through fully destructible arenas, grab as much loot as you can and try to get out alive. The gameplay is frenetic fun with an emphasis on fast-paced shooting and chaos across every map. Nothing beats taking out your enemies while buildings are literally crumbling all around you.
Each level feels expertly designed with an emphasis on verticality. You’ll feel like Spider-Man once you’ve mastered traversal and getting one over on your mates has never been more satisfying. With a slew of shooters out there, The Finals just does things better with its game-show style presentation, lightning-fast traversal and insanely over-the-top action. So grab a grappling hook, a friend or two and go blow some stuff up.
EVE Online
Space, but not as you know it
EVE Online is a truly massive online space adventure. Comprised of a huge community of players exploring the furthest reaches of the galaxy. Ever wanted to pilot your own spaceship and explore the unknown? EVE Online offers crafting, exploration, space battles, alliances, resource mining all blended together with some political intrigue and a world that feels galactic in scale.
Player choice governs many outcomes with the games economy, politics and conflicts centering around the decisions you make. Often this player driven narrative results in epic battles and large scale real world events like billion dollar heists or insanely huge battle between entire fleets of ships. With major expansions and community-driven events, the universe of EVE Online feels alive and ever evolving.
Where Winds Meet
A major 2025 highlight
Where Winds Meet is truly remarkable. Set in a huge open world version of Ancient China, you take on the role of a martial artist on a quest to find your missing Uncle. It’s the biggest RPG of 2025 by far, and you’ll find yourself almost overwhelmed by all the activities and gameplay mechanics on offer. Master Thai Chi, fight epic bosses, solve mysteries and fight out who will win in a fight between a bear and a goose!
The combat and indeed the bosses feel like they’ve been lifted from a Dark Souls game and mastering your dodges and parries is quite the challenge. There is an unmatched sense of freedom as you glide, fly and ride your way across gorgeous landscapes. The sheer amount of things to do in the game puts many AAA titles to shame, and it’s honestly shocking that no gameplay content is locked behind a paywall.
Where Winds Meet is a staggering achievement in game design. With its dedication to detail, layers of systems that build on each other, hundreds of NPCs to interact with and so much more. It doesn’t hurt either that you can whizz across the gorgeous landscapes like Superman with a pole! A truly unique and memorable experience that deserves your attention.
Systems
Released
November 14, 2025
ESRB
Teen / Use of Alcohol, Violence, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
Developer(s)
Everstone Studio
Publisher(s)
NetEase, Inc.
Engine
Proprietary