Open-world games with little or no shooting

Sometimes you want a big world without a gun in your hand. Maybe you are tired of shooters, maybe you want something calmer at the end of the day, or maybe you just want to look around. Here are open-world games where shooting is rare, optional or absent, with an honest note on how much fighting each one has.

These are our picks, not a ranking. We checked each game's platforms and cost at the time of writing (October 2026); sources are at the bottom.

No fighting at all

Euro Truck Simulator 2

A truck, a scaled-down Europe and a delivery to make. There is nothing to fight: the challenge is the road, the traffic laws and the fuel gauge. A Convoy mode lets you drive online with friends. Paid, on PC.

Assassin's Creed Origins: Discovery Tour

A surprising one. Assassin's Creed Origins itself is a combat game set in Ptolemaic Egypt, but Ubisoft added a Discovery Tour mode that removes all combat and offers guided tours of landmarks and daily life, curated with historians and Egyptologists. It was later released on its own as well. On PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Minecraft Classic

The 2009 version of Minecraft, free in your browser since 2019. It is creative only: a small set of blocks, no enemies and nothing to fight. As simple as an open world gets.

Little fighting, no guns

A Short Hike

A small open-world park of islands, and one goal: climb to the top of Hawk Peak. Along the way you fly, climb, fish, race and help the people you meet, at your own pace. Paid, on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Sky: Children of the Light

A social game from thatgamecompany where you fly with a cape through a kingdom and make friends with other players as you go. It is free to play, with optional paid cosmetics. On phones, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC.

Subnautica

An alien ocean planet to survive and explore. Its developers set out to make a game without lethal guns, and the danger comes from the planet's creatures and from running out of oxygen, food and water. Paid and single-player, on PC, Mac, consoles and phones.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Hyrule is one of the great open worlds, and it has no firearms. There is combat, with swords, shields and bows, but much of the joy is climbing and gliding wherever you like. Paid, on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.

Shooting kept in its place: AJ Cities

Our own game, so here is exactly how it works rather than a sales pitch. AJ Cities is a free open-world game in your browser, set on the edge of Ajegunle, Lagos. It is 18+, and crime is part of its story, so it is not a peaceful game. But it is mostly a game about people, and shooting is tightly fenced in.

• No shooting anywhere in the estate. The only place a gun is ever fired near it is the bush, a patch of rough ground south of the estate with a street football pitch and an unfinished building.
• The gun is borrowed, and goes back. Three police officers on a long smoke break keep a shotgun there. They lend it for target practice at the unfinished building, and the targets are bottles and cans. You return it before you leave the bush.
• Fists, not guns, for everyday trouble. Punch and kick are the controls you use most. One later story mission, a chase through the lanes after a thief who snatched a church offering bag, is fists only.
• Story missions with gunfights, in set places only. As AJ's story goes on, a few missions in Chapter 1 include short gunfights. They happen only in set places, only while that mission is running, and never in party mode. The violence is brief: no gore, and hurting a bystander fails the mission.

Most of your time is spent somewhere else: talking to Chuks at his coal pot, saying hello to Funke at the clinic, working as a ball boy at the football and betting on the match, and paying the gate police, a little at a time, until AJ has the ₦2,500,000 that gets him out. In party mode, signed-in adults meet other players live at the estate, change their look free at the salon, and listen to the estate radio together.

If you want no violence at all, pick one of the games above. If you want a crime story where the gun is the exception, not the point, this may suit you.

At a glance

Looking for more places to wander? See what free roam means and the best to try, or open-world exploration games for short sessions.

Are there open-world games with no combat?

Yes. Euro Truck Simulator 2 has nothing to fight, Minecraft Classic in the browser has no enemies, and Assassin’s Creed Origins has a Discovery Tour mode with all combat removed.

Is there shooting in AJ Cities?

Very little. There is no shooting anywhere in the estate. A borrowed shotgun is fired at bottles and cans in the bush beside it, and a few later story missions include short gunfights in set places. Everyday trouble is settled with fists.

Is AJ Cities a peaceful game?

Not entirely. It is an 18+ crime story with fighting, but most of the game is talking to people, earning money and finding a way out of the estate.

What is a free open-world game with no shooting?

Sky: Children of the Light is free to play and built around flying and making friends. Minecraft Classic is free in the browser with no enemies.