Best Value Open World Games Under $20
The Open World games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.
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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%
- 12MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.08/1hr102h83.59%83.45%
- 13Naval Action$0.08/1hr250h65.33%51.83%
- 14FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.08/1hr238h86.40%86.52%
- 15theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.09/1hr34h88.91%89.08%
- 16Fallout 4$0.09/1hr211h81.27%81.17%
- 17The Elder Scrolls Online$0.10/1hr195h81.15%80.89%
- 18Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr46h87.90%88.42%
- 19Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr47h89.40%89.53%
- 20Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 21Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr185h77.97%77.28%
- 22My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 23DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.11/1hr45h89.23%89.89%
- 24UnderRail$0.11/1hr130h85.33%86.10%
- 25ORION: Prelude$0.12/1hr8h78.05%75.47%
- 26ICARUS$0.12/1hr72h76.03%74.67%
- 27Borderlands 3$0.12/1hr48h81.28%81.04%
- 28Dying Light$0.12/1hr40h95.03%95.23%
- 29Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition$0.13/1hr57h85.54%85.60%
- 30Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
- 31Wartales$0.13/1hr73h85.54%85.60%
- 32Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr145h83.83%83.49%
- 33ARK: Survival Evolved$0.14/1hr108h83.36%83.33%
- 34Subsistence$0.14/1hr99h77.65%72.08%
- 35Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr49h89.27%94.47%
- 36Fallout: New Vegas$0.15/1hr67h95.59%95.98%
- 37Age of History II$0.15/1hr39h89.09%89.84%
- 38Generation Zero$0.15/1hr33h74.58%72.03%
- 39Mount & Blade: Warband$0.16/1hr127h97.04%97.72%
- 40RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr38h89.41%94.31%
- 41Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr62h84.98%85.44%
- 42The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim$0.16/1hr125h94.51%94.79%
- 43Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr123h96.23%97.42%
- 44Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 45觅长生$0.17/1hr88h91.23%93.07%
- 46The Guild II Renaissance$0.17/1hr58h84.80%83.52%
- 47Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.17/1hr116h79.96%78.39%
- 48Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr79h94.43%97.04%
- 49Internet Cafe Simulator$0.18/1hr6h78.62%72.66%
- 50DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.18/1hr56h91.34%92.22%
- 51Starbound$0.18/1hr82h89.59%89.94%
- 52SnowRunner$0.19/1hr63h89.37%90.09%
- 53Elin$0.20/1hr99h89.22%93.36%
- 54Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr73h94.74%94.91%
- 55L.A. Noire$0.21/1hr29h85.74%85.85%
- 56The Planet Crafter$0.21/1hr56h94.76%96.03%
- 57Insurgency: Sandstorm$0.22/1hr28h84.81%84.77%
- 58The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.22/1hr46h89.01%89.43%
- 59Wandering Sword$0.22/1hr80h93.15%94.87%
- 60Shadow Warrior 2$0.22/1hr14h86.63%87.07%
- 61Slime Rancher$0.22/1hr23h97.25%98.01%
- 62Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.22/1hr90h97.31%97.44%
- 63Soulmask$0.22/1hr87h79.60%77.04%
- 64DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE$0.23/1hr29h88.34%89.94%
- 65Assetto Corsa$0.23/1hr22h92.45%92.86%
- 66Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.23/1hr88h86.93%88.01%
- 67Sniper Elite 5$0.23/1hr22h84.15%83.76%
- 68American Truck Simulator$0.23/1hr87h96.35%96.91%
- 69Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.01%92.73%
- 70Outpath$0.23/1hr16h87.09%92.70%
- 71ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.23/1hr64h84.77%84.76%
- 72For The King II$0.24/1hr36h76.43%70.87%
- 73Dungeon Siege$0.24/1hr29h84.39%82.01%
- 74EVERSPACE 2$0.24/1hr41h85.44%85.94%
- 75The Isle$0.25/1hr82h80.57%80.17%
- 76河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.25/1hr73h83.39%81.64%
- 77Ostranauts$0.25/1hr80h83.35%77.27%
- 78Wasteland 3$0.25/1hr48h84.83%84.60%
- 79TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer$0.25/1hr20h84.49%79.11%
- 80Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.25/1hr79h79.32%77.61%
- 81Sniper Elite 3$0.26/1hr15h82.93%82.06%
- 82Necesse$0.26/1hr58h90.82%92.70%
- 83FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.26/1hr46h86.72%88.17%
- 84Survivalist: Invisible Strain$0.27/1hr45h85.73%86.61%
- 85METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN$0.27/1hr67h91.22%91.76%
- 86Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.27/1hr37h90.57%93.88%
- 87Rain World$0.27/1hr32h92.46%93.70%
- 88Hollow Knight$0.27/1hr55h96.71%96.92%
- 89STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic$0.27/1hr36h89.77%91.08%
- 90Hardspace: Shipbreaker$0.28/1hr38h88.10%89.30%
- 91Mist Survival$0.28/1hr30h79.65%75.70%
- 92Welcome to ParadiZe$0.28/1hr11h82.72%67.24%
- 93Motor Town: Behind The Wheel$0.28/1hr71h89.52%93.84%
- 94The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel$0.28/1hr70h88.81%94.55%
- 95Planetbase$0.29/1hr53h82.52%79.75%
- 96The Bureau: XCOM Declassified$0.29/1hr14h76.77%70.15%
- 97The Long Dark$0.29/1hr69h88.63%88.90%
- 98Yakuza: Like a Dragon$0.30/1hr68h92.17%93.98%
- 99Total War: ATTILA$0.30/1hr67h83.05%82.44%
- 100RUINER$0.30/1hr7h87.42%88.98%
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.