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.
- 1Myth of Empires$0.03/1hr224h73.97%67.60%
- 2SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 3Fallout 4$0.04/1hr137h81.34%81.19%
- 4The Quinfall$0.04/1hr26h65.85%50.96%
- 5Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr52h75.70%72.68%
- 6Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 7Fallout: New Vegas$0.04/1hr57h95.68%95.97%
- 8RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 9shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 10Fallout 76$0.05/1hr155h72.80%71.92%
- 11FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.06/1hr324h86.39%86.53%
- 12The Elder Scrolls Online$0.06/1hr313h81.29%80.87%
- 13Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.39%93.89%
- 14Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 15The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 16Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 17Subsistence$0.08/1hr104h77.22%72.12%
- 18ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 19My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 20HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 21UnderRail$0.09/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 22Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 23Terraria$0.09/1hr106h97.31%97.37%
- 24Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr12h90.76%95.53%
- 25Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 26Don't Starve Together$0.10/1hr150h94.77%94.89%
- 27Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 28Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr24h91.42%94.25%
- 29Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 30Naval Action$0.11/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 31Against the Storm$0.11/1hr82h92.49%94.44%
- 32Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 33Space Haven$0.11/1hr89h85.49%85.76%
- 34Battle Brothers$0.11/1hr78h87.32%88.06%
- 35Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$0.12/1hr86h89.58%91.18%
- 36Hogwarts Legacy$0.12/1hr50h89.67%89.71%
- 37My Time at Sandrock$0.12/1hr100h87.39%88.14%
- 38LEGO City Undercover$0.12/1hr25h88.05%91.34%
- 39Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr40h88.64%88.94%
- 40LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr31h93.29%95.68%
- 41Stardew Valley$0.13/1hr113h98.38%98.48%
- 42Space Engineers$0.14/1hr145h88.56%88.81%
- 43Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 44GreedFall$0.14/1hr25h79.06%76.01%
- 45Red Dead Redemption 2$0.14/1hr105h92.48%92.53%
- 46Beasts of Bermuda$0.15/1hr137h77.13%68.88%
- 47The Surge 2$0.15/1hr20h80.53%75.35%
- 48Cyberpunk 2077$0.15/1hr121h87.02%87.01%
- 49Green Hell$0.15/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 50Mafia III: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr39h61.18%57.45%
- 51Dyson Sphere Program$0.15/1hr129h96.21%97.42%
- 52SnowRunner$0.16/1hr76h89.34%90.07%
- 53Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr25h94.95%96.19%
- 54LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr25h82.37%80.60%
- 55Black Desert$0.16/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 56Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 57Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr12h89.64%93.97%
- 58LEGO Worlds$0.16/1hr18h80.62%78.29%
- 59Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor$0.16/1hr24h91.83%92.52%
- 60觅长生$0.16/1hr91h91.20%93.07%
- 61FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.16/1hr73h86.52%88.17%
- 62ENDLESS Space 2$0.17/1hr59h83.87%83.30%
- 63The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim$0.17/1hr116h94.59%94.79%
- 64Streamer Life Simulator$0.17/1hr12h81.14%76.04%
- 65Stoneshard$0.17/1hr101h76.97%74.67%
- 66ARK: Survival Evolved$0.18/1hr85h83.40%83.34%
- 67Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$0.18/1hr17h95.22%96.37%
- 68Planetbase$0.18/1hr41h82.42%79.78%
- 69The Guild II Renaissance$0.18/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 70Supraland$0.18/1hr22h91.25%95.20%
- 71Elin$0.19/1hr108h89.11%93.36%
- 72Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.19/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 73Fields of Mistria$0.19/1hr74h94.21%97.04%
- 74Internet Cafe Simulator$0.19/1hr5h78.33%72.61%
- 75Kingdom: New Lands$0.19/1hr8h85.26%85.32%
- 76Stronghold 2: Steam Edition$0.19/1hr19h86.88%88.79%
- 77NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER$0.19/1hr26h83.85%83.61%
- 78Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.19/1hr103h79.91%78.37%
- 79Bus Simulator 18$0.20/1hr15h82.35%80.95%
- 80The Survivalists$0.20/1hr25h80.20%76.18%
- 81Quasimorph$0.20/1hr81h83.55%82.68%
- 82Smalland: Survive the Wilds$0.20/1hr35h83.35%81.61%
- 83ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.20/1hr74h84.52%84.77%
- 84Batman: Arkham Origins$0.21/1hr19h89.23%89.84%
- 85Empires of the Undergrowth$0.21/1hr36h91.19%94.36%
- 86LEGO Batman: The Videogame$0.21/1hr14h87.50%89.46%
- 87Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition$0.22/1hr23h82.19%81.66%
- 88Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.22/1hr92h86.77%88.01%
- 89Ostranauts$0.22/1hr91h82.51%77.13%
- 90Total War: ATTILA$0.22/1hr89h83.00%82.42%
- 91CONTROL Ultimate Edition$0.22/1hr27h85.93%86.05%
- 92Outpath$0.23/1hr17h86.78%92.65%
- 93Star Valor$0.23/1hr44h85.29%88.22%
- 94Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.00%92.73%
- 95Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion$0.23/1hr78h84.70%84.50%
- 96LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2$0.23/1hr17h84.89%85.51%
- 97The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.23/1hr43h89.00%89.43%
- 98Cataclismo$0.23/1hr39h86.28%88.80%
- 99Hollow Knight$0.23/1hr64h96.76%96.91%
- 100Tropico 5$0.23/1hr30h81.33%78.67%
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.