Game Maps the largest ones

[Brian Boru]

Read an article and decided to compile a table for all of us. Two tables below, one alphabetical by game title, the other by ascending map area.

Quick search gave me 5 sources with 2024 articles:
Gamerant 1
Gamerant 2
Destructoid
Dualshockers
Insider-gaming
I'm not familiar with the last 2, are they well-known and/or credible?

The biggest space games are 'Unknown' area as they deal in ultra-huge galactic areas.

5 Largest

Top 5 of the measured ones as a teaser:

Game Map

Sq Mi​

Sq KM​

Minecraft	1,500,000,000​	3,884,982,165​
Microsoft Flight Simulator	197,000,000​	510,227,658​
The Elder Scrolls: Arena	3,000,000​	7,769,964​
Minecraft	2,500,000​	6,474,970​
WWII Online	200,000​	517,998​
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall	80,823​	209,331​
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall	63,000​	163,169​

Differences

As you can see, there are differences among the sources, especially for Minecraft. Could be as simple as a timing difference, ie map changed size due to updates—or maybe some sources include DLCs etc and others don't.

If you know the reason(s) please post, I assume the most meaningful figure would be what's available now including expansions, DLCs and patches.

If you have games to add, or different measures, please post a link to a reasonably credible source for the new measurement(s).

Spoiler: Alphabetical by Game name

Game Map	Sq Mi	Sq KM
Arma 3	104​	269​
Arma 3	112​	290​
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag	65​	168​
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag	90​	233​
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50​	129​
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90​	233​
Atlas	17,400​	45,066​
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora	98​	254​
Burnout Paradise	200​	518​
DayZ	87​	225​
Death Stranding	230​	596​
Elden Ring	31​	79​
Elite Dangerous	Unknown	Unknown
EVE Online	Unknown	Unknown
Final Fantasy 15	750​	1,942​
Final Fantasy 15	780​	2,020​
Fuel	5,560​	14,400​
Fuel	10,000​	25,900​
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint	782​	2,025​
Grand Theft Auto 5	49​	127​
Guild Wars Nightfall	15,000​	38,850​
Just Cause 3	400​	1,036​
Just Cause 4	395​	1,023​
Lord Of The Rings Online	125​	324​
Microsoft Flight Simulator	197,000,000​	510,227,658​
Minecraft	2,500,000​	6,474,970​
Minecraft	1,500,000,000​	3,884,982,165​
No Man’s Sky	Unknown	Unknown
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising	107​	277​
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising	135​	350​
Skull And Bones	240​	622​
Spore	Unknown	Unknown
Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters	Unknown	Unknown
Starfield	Unknown	Unknown
Test Drive Unlimited 2	618​	1,601​
The Crew	1,900​	4,921​
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall	63,000​	163,169​
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall	80,823​	209,331​
The Elder Scrolls: Arena	3,000,000​	7,769,964​
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom	46​	119​
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom	53​	137​
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	49​	127​
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	52​	135​
True Crime: Streets Of LA	240​	622​
World Of Warcraft	80​	207​
World Of Warcraft	496​	1,285​
WWII Online	200,000​	517,998​
Xenoblade Chronicles X	154​	399​

…

Spoiler: Numerical by Ascending map Area

Game Map	Sq Mi	Sq KM
Elden Ring	31​	79​
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom	46​	119​
Grand Theft Auto 5	49​	127​
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	49​	127​
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50​	129​
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	52​	135​
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom	53​	137​
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag	65​	168​
World Of Warcraft	80​	207​
DayZ	87​	225​
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag	90​	233​
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90​	233​
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora	98​	254​
Arma 3	104​	269​
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising	107​	277​
Arma 3	112​	290​
Lord Of The Rings Online	125​	324​
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising	135​	350​
Xenoblade Chronicles X	154​	399​
Burnout Paradise	200​	518​
Death Stranding	230​	596​
Skull And Bones	240​	622​
True Crime: Streets Of LA	240​	622​
Just Cause 4	395​	1,023​
Just Cause 3	400​	1,036​
World Of Warcraft	496​	1,285​
Test Drive Unlimited 2	618​	1,601​
Final Fantasy 15	750​	1,942​
Final Fantasy 15	780​	2,020​
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint	782​	2,025​
The Crew	1,900​	4,921​
Fuel	5,560​	14,400​
Fuel	10,000​	25,900​
Guild Wars Nightfall	15,000​	38,850​
Atlas	17,400​	45,066​
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall	63,000​	163,169​
The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall	80,823​	209,331​
WWII Online	200,000​	517,998​
Minecraft	2,500,000​	6,474,970​
The Elder Scrolls: Arena	3,000,000​	7,769,964​
Microsoft Flight Simulator	197,000,000​	510,227,658​
Minecraft	1,500,000,000​	3,884,982,165​
Elite Dangerous	Unknown	Unknown
EVE Online	Unknown	Unknown
No Man’s Sky	Unknown	Unknown
Spore	Unknown	Unknown
Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters	Unknown	Unknown
Starfield	Unknown	Unknown

Note:
1Sq Mi = 2.59 Sq KM
1 Sq KM = 0.386 Sq Mi

 

[Zloth]

It's hard to compare them because the modes of travel and game expectations are so different. Not only does Microsoft Simulator give you jets to fly around in, there's also no expectation that you cover even half the map. If all you had was a Cessna and you had to fly from Brazil to Siberia, there would be trouble!

Meanwhile, a game like Horizon: Forbidden West has (I'm guessing) under 10 square miles, but you're expected to travel all over it, mostly by foot! {I think I posted earlier about how amazed I am at how games with such small areas can fool you into making it seem big - at least I meant to post that. H:FW has entire mountain ranges but, in reality, you could only fit maybe two mountains into an area that small.}

 

[Frindis]

The star map of No Man's Sky contains 18.4 quintillion planets. It would take some time to comb through

 

[Brian Boru]

No Man's Sky contains 18.4 quintillion planets. It would take some time

One of the articles said if you visited a different planet every second, it would take you billions of years to get thru map!

 

[Brian Boru]

Gameranx has no shame! Couldn't wait even a day before jumping on my bandwagon

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-VhKUAaJgg


Their area for each is given in the video, their 11 games are:

0:18 Marvel's Spider-man 2 (2023)
2:10 Horizon: Forbidden West (2022)
3:31 Satisfactory (2024, came out of early access)
4:42 Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
6:49 Dragon's Dogma 2 (2024)
8:21 Elden Ring (2022)
11:08 Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown (2024)
13:08 Forza Horizon 5 (2021)
14:55 The Crew Motorfest (2023)
16:56 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (2023)
17:50 Starfield

 

[Pifanjr]

It's hard to compare them because the modes of travel and game expectations are so different. Not only does Microsoft Simulator give you jets to fly around in, there's also no expectation that you cover even half the map. If all you had was a Cessna and you had to fly from Brazil to Siberia, there would be trouble!

Meanwhile, a game like Horizon: Forbidden West has (I'm guessing) under 10 square miles, but you're expected to travel all over it, mostly by foot! {I think I posted earlier about how amazed I am at how games with such small areas can fool you into making it seem big - at least I meant to post that. H:FW has entire mountain ranges but, in reality, you could only fit maybe two mountains into an area that small.}

Exactly. I would like to see an "expected time to travel" or something like that, as well as whether the world is handcrafted or procedurally generated and how much of the game world 90% of players actually end up seeing.

 

[Zloth]

Exactly. I would like to see an "expected time to travel" or something like that, as well as whether the world is handcrafted or procedurally generated and how much of the game world 90% of players actually end up seeing.

Well, only 91% of players managed to get out of the tutorial in Baldur's Gate 3, so I bet most games won't have much! (Unless mods stop achievements in BG3? Hmmm...)