In the past decade or so, indie games have had a huge surge in popularity, primarily for their open-world design. Who can refuse the freedom of being able to go anywhere or do anything while exploring vast, mysterious worlds. However, this genre has become over-saturated in the past few years, and it’s becoming more and more difficult to find games that live up to the hype. Indie games can provide a fresh take on this genre by honing in on what makes them truly unique.

An open-world game, as the name suggests, is a game where the world is fully explorable almost from the get-go. Players can venture out anywhere they want, irrespective of the storyline. That said, here are five indie games that have a really well-designed open-world environment.

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Top 5 indie games with an amazing open-world to explore

5) Kenshi

Kenshi takes place 1,000 years after an apocalyptic event that no one remembers, with society being taken back to a technological dark age. Venturing out into this world is very dangerous as it’s teeming with bandits, slavers, beasts, and cannibals.

Players will have to learn to deal with all of these dangers as they go out and explore various ruins that are overflowing with loot or stumble upon bases housing some of Kenshi’s most dangerous outlaws.

It can be easy to miss noticing Kenshi’s beautiful wastelands because of the constant…