Best Video Games With Teleportation Powers

Summary

Teleporting adds creative gameplay in huge open worlds by providing shortcuts to objectives.
Unique games like Furi and Out There Somewhere use teleportation for traversal and puzzle-solving.
Various video games like Final Fantasy 15 and Guild Wars 2 incorporate teleportation as a key mechanic.

Despite all the demand for gigantic open worlds, getting around in video games can be a slog, especially with all the backtracking or checkbox ticking. There's one faster way to get around, be it across long distances or to find a shortcut to the enemy's big glowing weak spot: teleportation.

Instant movement across space looks and feels cool and can potentially lead to some rather creative gameplay. Besides, who wouldn't relish the chance to break the laws of physics once in a while just out of convenience?

Final Fantasy 15 - Warp

Launching Weapons And Catching Them As They Land

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Released: 2016-11-09
Developer(s): Square Enix
Genre: Action RPG

Thanks to his royal lineage, Final Fantasy 15's Lucis is able to break the laws of physics with his Warp ability. This involves throwing a weapon at an enemy and teleporting to it just as it lands. By blessing his friends, they, too, are able to use this ability in battle.

Besides using it to shift between foes in deadly style, Lucis is able to warp a short distance ahead when not targeting an enemy, adding a potent traversal option for open-world travel. Whether zipping to vantage points in the open world or dashing to a foe's weak spot, the Warp Strike cultivates a fluid, cinematic feel to every movement.

Out There Somewhere - The Teleporter Gun

Putting A Twist (In Spacetime) In Classic Platformers

Platform: PC
Released: 2016-03-14
Developer(s): MiniBoss
Genre: Puzzle, Platformer

Teleportation in 2D games is not unheard of. For example, Starbound and Noita each have teleportation mechanics, and their smaller number of dimensions allows for tighter precision and far easier level design that could be afforded to a 3D space. However, a game that really puts teleportation front and center is the short and sweet indie Out There Somewhere, which uses jumping around points in space as a traversal and puzzle-solving tool.

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The sci-fi adventure has an astronaut armed with a teleporter gun explore a strange world filled with danger, roaming goop monsters, and inexplicable floating platforms. Perhaps because of the aforementioned cutting through physical space, Out There Somewhere can be finished in around an hour or two, providing the player has enough lateral thinking skills (the "thinking with a teleport gun" equivalent of Portal's "thinking with portals.")

Guild Wars 2 - Shadowstep

Pick A Point On The Ground And Go

Platform: PC
Released: 2012-08-28
Developer(s): ArenaNet
Genre: RPG, MMO

Shadowstep is a mechanical holdover from the original Guild Wars assassin profession. In Guild Wars 2, the thief inherited most of its abilities, including the ability to jump from one place to another through the shadows. However, shadowstepping is not limited to one profession, as the guardian, mesmer, revenant, necromancer, warrior, elementalist, and engineer each have at least one ability that magically transports them across short distances.

The two classes, besides the thief, known for doing so are the illusionist-themed mesmer and the light-and-justice-styled guardian. With an instant cast in an MMO with an excellent (if excessively flashy) combat system, porting from one place to the other feels snappy and clean, regardless of the profession, especially when using it to break out of a stun. Teleporting isn't just limited to professions, as some of Guild Wars 2's mounts also gain access to blink abilities.

The Sims 3 - Meditation, The LLAMA, And The Quantum Power Suit

Instantaneous Travel Via Zen, Phone Boxes, And Tears In Space

Platform: PC
Released: 2009-06-02
Developer(s): Maxis
Genre: Simulation

Teleportation has been with the series since the beginning (for example, it is one of the learnable "Makin' Magic" powers in The Sims), and it has even appeared in the latest game in the series. However, teleportation is the most fun in The Sims 3, thanks to its open-world neighborhood. If a sim is able to earn five Martial Arts points in the "World Adventures" expansion, meditation gives them the power to "Zeniport" anywhere in the neighborhood with a little mindfulness.

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Items can also provide sims with the ability to displace themselves around. For example, the LLAMA (Lightning Leap Atomic Molecular Arranger) in "Supernatural" (which strangely resembles a British phone booth) can instantly send sims between one another. The Quantum Power Suit from "Into The Future" can summon a wormhole for a sim's travel convenience.

Furi - Dash

Snap-Flashing To Break The Enemy's Guard

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Released: 2016-07-05
Developer(s): The Game Bakers
Genre: Action, Bullet Hell

In Furi, style is king. The Stranger's moveset includes a blaster, a sword made of crackling light, a parry, and a short-range dash teleport. The Stranger can zip around multiple times in quick succession in a fight and is geared towards one-on-one combat.

This is good, as the whole game consists pretty much of intense boss rushes set to a ripping soundtrack. The Stranger can charge up their dash ability, giving them extra distance to work with. Mastering the dash is necessary for defeating each enemy, and mastering the skill-based mechanic is incredibly gratifying.

Dishonored - Blink

Snapping Through Space With Pinpoint Accuracy

Platform: PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360
Released: 2012-10-09
Developer(s): Arkane Studios
Genre: Action, Stealth

One of the frustrations of first-person stealth games is the feeling that the character is somehow too sluggish or slow in moments when they need to snap out of an enemy's line of sight. Another frustration with first-person games is platforming, as the lack of physical presence can be unsettling when making a leap from one rooftop to the next.

Dishonored fixes both of these problems by giving the player access to Blink. This upgradable ability allows Corvo to flicker across distances and even scale upward to gain ground. Of course, it is well-suited to assassination and revenge for those inclined to do so.