A trademark characteristic of the RPG genre is side quests.

These are quests that can be completed with no relation to the main story of the game.

In this game, there are literally hundreds of quests that you might do.

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Around every corner, you’re free to find a side quest that can be completed.

6Fallout 4

Next up, we haveFallout 4.

In general, Fallout games have a hefty amount of side quests, but Fallout 4 takes the cake.

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5Breath Of The Wild

Breath of the Wildis another open-world game, packed with side quests.

While exploring, you will come across countless NPCs who have side quests available.

These side quests are often simple, like talking to another NPC or retrieving an item.

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4Xenoblade Chronicles

Xenoblade Chroniclesis the first game in the Xenoblade series, releasing back in 2010.

This game is notorious for the amount of side quests that you could complete.

There are 400 side quests (yes, 400), with many of them being quite long.

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3Death Stranding

Death Strandingbrings a unique spin to the classic side quest.

Instead of completing stories related to NPCs in the world, you will complete delivery tasks.

Overall, there are dozens of these delivery tasks for you to complete.

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2Final Fantasy 15

Final Fantasy 15is the most recent game in the Final Fantasy series.

This game has well over 100 side quests for you to complete.

Additionally, you’re free to complete bounty hunts, which involve defeating specific creatures in the wild.

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Like many entries on this list, these optional quests range from simple item recovery to longer stories.

The combination of side quests and bounty hunts will give you hours worth of content to complete.

1Skyrim

Last on our list, we haveSkyrim.

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Skyrim has a seemingly endless amount of side quests all around the map.

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