Best Rated Open World Games Under $40
The best rated Open World games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Stardew Valley1,038,43898.35%98.48%
- 2Schedule I316,00897.40%97.78%
- 3RimWorld246,29197.36%97.85%
- 4Euro Truck Simulator 2942,62997.31%97.44%
- 5Terraria1,555,19997.30%97.38%
- 6Slime Rancher157,23397.25%98.01%
- 7Mount & Blade: Warband172,12697.04%97.72%
- 8Factorio234,61497.02%97.51%
- 9BeamNG.drive418,55596.92%97.20%
- 10Satisfactory279,42096.85%97.27%
- 11Subnautica380,13096.79%97.09%
- 12Hollow Knight561,27596.71%96.92%
- 13Stray178,27896.58%97.21%
- 14Dishonored88,28796.38%97.63%
- 15American Truck Simulator196,16296.35%96.91%
- 16Dyson Sphere Program91,70696.23%97.42%
- 17POSTAL 2137,84496.16%96.95%
- 18South Park: The Stick of Truth73,45396.10%97.57%
- 19Oxygen Not Included143,82595.98%96.72%
- 20A Hat in Time53,44695.84%97.80%
- 21Ori and the Will of the Wisps146,26495.78%96.50%
- 22Don't Starve113,47495.63%96.54%
- 23Fallout: New Vegas261,64995.59%95.98%
- 24The Forest682,54395.38%95.52%
- 25Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition87,56995.24%96.37%
- 26Teardown136,05695.13%95.85%
- 27Dying Light495,18395.03%95.23%
- 28Resident Evil Village153,97095.00%95.63%
- 29Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition78,23694.95%96.18%
- 30Kerbal Space Program146,88694.94%95.60%
- 31A Short Hike22,69494.92%99.14%
- 32Kenshi116,65094.78%95.59%
- 33The Planet Crafter73,92294.76%96.03%
- 34Outer Wilds107,95694.74%95.61%
- 35Don't Starve Together543,04294.74%94.91%
- 36Wobbly Life35,98194.64%97.23%
- 37The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim317,79694.51%94.79%
- 38Fields of Mistria34,85494.43%97.04%
- 39Palworld487,79794.38%94.57%
- 40Saints Row: The Third69,70494.31%95.60%
- 41DREDGE56,94694.26%95.83%
- 42Human Fall Flat226,79094.23%94.62%
- 43My Summer Car117,54694.17%94.92%
- 44Noita88,79494.14%95.13%
- 45CarX Drift Racing Online89,33894.11%95.09%
- 46Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,51693.86%95.05%
- 47Universe Sandbox32,22693.84%96.48%
- 48Valheim548,36993.74%93.89%
- 49Rise of the Tomb Raider156,08793.64%94.18%
- 50Project Zomboid481,52593.60%93.77%
- 51Car Mechanic Simulator 202138,67393.58%95.71%
- 52Brick Rigs59,61193.56%94.94%
- 53The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)53,03793.47%95.01%
- 54Farming Simulator 1976,31293.43%94.49%
- 55LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga25,48793.35%96.71%
- 56Mon Bazou20,79293.29%97.11%
- 57LIZARDS MUST DIE26,44293.28%96.21%
- 58S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat31,41793.19%95.69%
- 59Wandering Sword45,41293.15%94.87%
- 60Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition79,63893.13%94.11%
- 61S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl48,14093.07%94.67%
- 62LEGO Marvel Super Heroes31,31393.03%95.66%
- 63Goat Simulator 315,94093.00%97.81%
- 64Slime Rancher 250,02492.96%94.49%
- 65The Expendabros18,25592.82%97.23%
- 66Raft378,55992.80%92.99%
- 67Mafia II (Classic)58,72292.53%93.76%
- 68The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition28,62392.52%95.23%
- 69Against the Storm37,48292.52%94.43%
- 70Dwarf Fortress31,50392.48%94.75%
- 71Rain World57,23692.46%93.70%
- 72Assetto Corsa174,01492.45%92.86%
- 73Contraband Police25,73792.32%95.01%
- 74WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition13,31792.32%97.51%
- 75Yakuza: Like a Dragon37,57192.17%93.98%
- 76Darkwood24,97492.15%94.88%
- 77Days Gone117,08992.15%92.73%
- 78Townscaper21,64492.14%95.28%
- 79SpaceEngine16,57492.08%96.15%
- 80Little Kitty, Big City13,86392.05%96.90%
- 81Disco Elysium - The Final Cut131,08892.04%92.55%
- 82The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition377,45492.01%92.19%
- 83Refunct17,46592.01%95.84%
- 84DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT58,33492.01%93.16%
- 85Farming Simulator 2292,81692.01%92.73%
- 86NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE22,56192.00%94.95%
- 87Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor97,24791.85%92.51%
- 88Metro 2033 Redux141,78291.83%92.29%
- 89shapez15,89291.82%95.90%
- 90Descenders24,01691.76%94.43%
- 91SPORE72,72191.74%92.62%
- 92Mad Max90,49791.65%92.35%
- 93Kingdoms and Castles31,42091.58%93.57%
- 94Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game25,21191.56%94.25%
- 95ASTRONEER139,35591.47%91.91%
- 96Assetto Corsa Competizione48,25191.42%92.68%
- 97Supraland15,38691.38%95.19%
- 98DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT68,12091.34%92.22%
- 99West of Loathing10,30491.33%97.69%
- 100Scrap Mechanic122,77391.32%91.81%
