Best Value Open World Games
The Open World games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.
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By price
Price divided by median reviewer playtime — how much you pay per hour of gameplay. Lower is better. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
- 1Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.03/1hr393h74.12%73.71%
- 2The Quinfall$0.03/1hr29h66.03%50.99%
- 3shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.82%95.90%
- 4Rust$0.05/1hr392h86.72%86.73%
- 5Black Desert$0.05/1hr187h74.64%73.51%
- 6Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.06/1hr72h88.31%89.21%
- 7Monster Hunter: World$0.06/1hr124h88.73%88.80%
- 8X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr156h81.29%79.94%
- 9Terraria$0.07/1hr152h97.30%97.38%
- 10Transport Fever 2$0.07/1hr60h89.15%90.32%
- 11Space Engineers$0.07/1hr142h88.57%88.81%
- 12RimWorld$0.08/1hr369h97.36%97.85%
- 13Foxhole$0.08/1hr395h80.38%79.45%
- 14MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.08/1hr102h83.59%83.45%
- 15Naval Action$0.08/1hr250h65.33%51.83%
- 16FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.08/1hr238h86.40%86.52%
- 17theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.09/1hr34h88.91%89.08%
- 18Fallout 4$0.09/1hr211h81.27%81.17%
- 19SCUM$0.10/1hr459h74.89%74.07%
- 20The Elder Scrolls Online$0.10/1hr195h81.15%80.89%
- 21Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr46h87.90%88.42%
- 22Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr47h89.40%89.53%
- 23Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 24Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr185h77.97%77.28%
- 25My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 26DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.11/1hr45h89.23%89.89%
- 27UnderRail$0.11/1hr130h85.33%86.10%
- 28Oxygen Not Included$0.12/1hr212h95.98%96.72%
- 29ORION: Prelude$0.12/1hr8h78.05%75.47%
- 307 Days to Die$0.12/1hr372h86.98%87.02%
- 31Myth of Empires$0.12/1hr248h74.04%67.57%
- 32ICARUS$0.12/1hr72h76.03%74.67%
- 33Borderlands 3$0.12/1hr48h81.28%81.04%
- 34Dying Light$0.12/1hr40h95.03%95.23%
- 35Avorion$0.13/1hr197h87.88%90.01%
- 36Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition$0.13/1hr57h85.54%85.60%
- 37Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
- 38Wartales$0.13/1hr73h85.54%85.60%
- 39Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr145h83.83%83.49%
- 40Project Zomboid$0.14/1hr182h93.60%93.77%
- 41ARK: Survival Evolved$0.14/1hr108h83.36%83.33%
- 42Subsistence$0.14/1hr99h77.65%72.08%
- 43Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr49h89.27%94.47%
- 44Mortal Online 2$0.15/1hr271h70.62%59.91%
- 45Fallout: New Vegas$0.15/1hr67h95.59%95.98%
- 46Age of History II$0.15/1hr39h89.09%89.84%
- 47Generation Zero$0.15/1hr33h74.58%72.03%
- 48The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.15/1hr261h92.01%92.19%
- 49Eco$0.15/1hr195h82.64%80.67%
- 50Mount & Blade: Warband$0.16/1hr127h97.04%97.72%
- 51RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr38h89.41%94.31%
- 52Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr62h84.98%85.44%
- 53The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim$0.16/1hr125h94.51%94.79%
- 54Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr123h96.23%97.42%
- 55Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 56The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.16/1hr183h67.85%65.36%
- 57觅长生$0.17/1hr88h91.23%93.07%
- 58The Guild II Renaissance$0.17/1hr58h84.80%83.52%
- 59Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.17/1hr116h79.96%78.39%
- 60Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr79h94.43%97.04%
- 61Internet Cafe Simulator$0.18/1hr6h78.62%72.66%
- 62DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.18/1hr56h91.34%92.22%
- 63Valheim$0.18/1hr165h93.74%93.89%
- 64Starbound$0.18/1hr82h89.59%89.94%
- 65Hearts of Iron IV$0.19/1hr264h89.87%89.99%
- 66SnowRunner$0.19/1hr63h89.37%90.09%
- 67Elin$0.20/1hr99h89.22%93.36%
- 68Factorio$0.20/1hr171h97.02%97.51%
- 69Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr73h94.74%94.91%
- 70L.A. Noire$0.21/1hr29h85.74%85.85%
- 71The Planet Crafter$0.21/1hr56h94.76%96.03%
- 72Insurgency: Sandstorm$0.22/1hr28h84.81%84.77%
- 73The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.22/1hr46h89.01%89.43%
- 74ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$0.22/1hr184h81.89%81.71%
- 75Wandering Sword$0.22/1hr80h93.15%94.87%
- 76Shadow Warrior 2$0.22/1hr14h86.63%87.07%
- 77Slime Rancher$0.22/1hr23h97.25%98.01%
- 78Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.22/1hr90h97.31%97.44%
- 79No Man's Sky$0.22/1hr107h85.19%85.19%
- 80Soulmask$0.22/1hr87h79.60%77.04%
- 81DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE$0.23/1hr29h88.34%89.94%
- 82Assetto Corsa$0.23/1hr22h92.45%92.86%
- 83Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.23/1hr88h86.93%88.01%
- 84Sniper Elite 5$0.23/1hr22h84.15%83.76%
- 85American Truck Simulator$0.23/1hr87h96.35%96.91%
- 86Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.01%92.73%
- 87Outpath$0.23/1hr16h87.09%92.70%
- 88ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.23/1hr64h84.77%84.76%
- 89Coral Island$0.23/1hr128h88.00%88.96%
- 90For The King II$0.24/1hr36h76.43%70.87%
- 91Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.24/1hr105h89.76%90.50%
- 92Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen$0.24/1hr168h81.15%72.95%
- 93Dungeon Siege$0.24/1hr29h84.39%82.01%
- 94Palworld$0.24/1hr124h94.38%94.57%
- 95EVERSPACE 2$0.24/1hr41h85.44%85.94%
- 96The Isle$0.25/1hr82h80.57%80.17%
- 97河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.25/1hr73h83.39%81.64%
- 98Ostranauts$0.25/1hr80h83.35%77.27%
- 99Satisfactory$0.25/1hr160h96.85%97.27%
- 100Wasteland 3$0.25/1hr48h84.83%84.60%
How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.