Best Value Open World Games Under $40
The Open World games on Steam games under $40 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%
- 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%
- 19The Elder Scrolls Online$0.10/1hr195h81.15%80.89%
- 20Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr46h87.90%88.42%
- 21Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr47h89.40%89.53%
- 22Stardew Valley$0.11/1hr139h98.35%98.48%
- 23Elite Dangerous$0.11/1hr185h77.97%77.28%
- 24My Time at Sandrock$0.11/1hr110h87.43%88.15%
- 25DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.11/1hr45h89.23%89.89%
- 26UnderRail$0.11/1hr130h85.33%86.10%
- 27Oxygen Not Included$0.12/1hr212h95.98%96.72%
- 28ORION: Prelude$0.12/1hr8h78.05%75.47%
- 29Myth of Empires$0.12/1hr248h74.04%67.57%
- 30ICARUS$0.12/1hr72h76.03%74.67%
- 31Borderlands 3$0.12/1hr48h81.28%81.04%
- 32Dying Light$0.12/1hr40h95.03%95.23%
- 33Avorion$0.13/1hr197h87.88%90.01%
- 34Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition$0.13/1hr57h85.54%85.60%
- 35Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.67%84.61%
- 36Wartales$0.13/1hr73h85.54%85.60%
- 37Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.13/1hr145h83.83%83.49%
- 38Project Zomboid$0.14/1hr182h93.60%93.77%
- 39ARK: Survival Evolved$0.14/1hr108h83.36%83.33%
- 40Subsistence$0.14/1hr99h77.65%72.08%
- 41Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.14/1hr49h89.27%94.47%
- 42Mortal Online 2$0.15/1hr271h70.62%59.91%
- 43Fallout: New Vegas$0.15/1hr67h95.59%95.98%
- 44Age of History II$0.15/1hr39h89.09%89.84%
- 45Generation Zero$0.15/1hr33h74.58%72.03%
- 46The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.15/1hr261h92.01%92.19%
- 47Eco$0.15/1hr195h82.64%80.67%
- 48Mount & Blade: Warband$0.16/1hr127h97.04%97.72%
- 49RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.16/1hr38h89.41%94.31%
- 50Survival: Fountain of Youth$0.16/1hr62h84.98%85.44%
- 51The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim$0.16/1hr125h94.51%94.79%
- 52Dyson Sphere Program$0.16/1hr123h96.23%97.42%
- 53Streamer Life Simulator$0.16/1hr12h81.27%76.03%
- 54The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$0.16/1hr183h67.85%65.36%
- 55觅长生$0.17/1hr88h91.23%93.07%
- 56The Guild II Renaissance$0.17/1hr58h84.80%83.52%
- 57Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.17/1hr116h79.96%78.39%
- 58Fields of Mistria$0.18/1hr79h94.43%97.04%
- 59Internet Cafe Simulator$0.18/1hr6h78.62%72.66%
- 60DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT$0.18/1hr56h91.34%92.22%
- 61Valheim$0.18/1hr165h93.74%93.89%
- 62Starbound$0.18/1hr82h89.59%89.94%
- 63SnowRunner$0.19/1hr63h89.37%90.09%
- 64Elin$0.20/1hr99h89.22%93.36%
- 65Factorio$0.20/1hr171h97.02%97.51%
- 66Don't Starve Together$0.21/1hr73h94.74%94.91%
- 67L.A. Noire$0.21/1hr29h85.74%85.85%
- 68The Planet Crafter$0.21/1hr56h94.76%96.03%
- 69Insurgency: Sandstorm$0.22/1hr28h84.81%84.77%
- 70The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.22/1hr46h89.01%89.43%
- 71ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$0.22/1hr184h81.89%81.71%
- 72Wandering Sword$0.22/1hr80h93.15%94.87%
- 73Shadow Warrior 2$0.22/1hr14h86.63%87.07%
- 74Slime Rancher$0.22/1hr23h97.25%98.01%
- 75Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.22/1hr90h97.31%97.44%
- 76No Man's Sky$0.22/1hr107h85.19%85.19%
- 77Soulmask$0.22/1hr87h79.60%77.04%
- 78DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE$0.23/1hr29h88.34%89.94%
- 79Assetto Corsa$0.23/1hr22h92.45%92.86%
- 80Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.23/1hr88h86.93%88.01%
- 81Sniper Elite 5$0.23/1hr22h84.15%83.76%
- 82American Truck Simulator$0.23/1hr87h96.35%96.91%
- 83Farming Simulator 22$0.23/1hr87h92.01%92.73%
- 84Outpath$0.23/1hr16h87.09%92.70%
- 85ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.23/1hr64h84.77%84.76%
- 86Coral Island$0.23/1hr128h88.00%88.96%
- 87For The King II$0.24/1hr36h76.43%70.87%
- 88Stormworks: Build and Rescue$0.24/1hr105h89.76%90.50%
- 89Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen$0.24/1hr168h81.15%72.95%
- 90Dungeon Siege$0.24/1hr29h84.39%82.01%
- 91Palworld$0.24/1hr124h94.38%94.57%
- 92EVERSPACE 2$0.24/1hr41h85.44%85.94%
- 93The Isle$0.25/1hr82h80.57%80.17%
- 94河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)$0.25/1hr73h83.39%81.64%
- 95Ostranauts$0.25/1hr80h83.35%77.27%
- 96Satisfactory$0.25/1hr160h96.85%97.27%
- 97Wasteland 3$0.25/1hr48h84.83%84.60%
- 98TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer$0.25/1hr20h84.49%79.11%
- 99Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.25/1hr79h79.32%77.61%
- 100Sniper Elite 3$0.26/1hr15h82.93%82.06%
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.