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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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.
  1. 1Black Desert$0.02/1hr
  2. 2UnderRail$0.02/1hr
  3. 3Naval Action$0.02/1hr
  4. 4The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr
  5. 5Myth of Empires$0.03/1hr
  6. 6SCUM$0.03/1hr
  7. 7The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr
  8. 8The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.04/1hr
  9. 9Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr
  10. 10Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.04/1hr
  11. 11Terraria$0.04/1hr
  12. 12The Quinfall$0.04/1hr
  13. 13Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr
  14. 14Oxygen Not Included$0.04/1hr
  15. 15Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr
  16. 16Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.04/1hr
  17. 17RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr
  18. 18The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr
  19. 19shapez$0.05/1hr
  20. 20Avorion$0.05/1hr
  21. 21Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr
  22. 22Mortal Online 2$0.05/1hr
  23. 23Mount & Blade: Warband$0.05/1hr
  24. 24Hearts of Iron IV$0.05/1hr
  25. 25Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr
  26. 26MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.06/1hr
  27. 27theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr
  28. 28Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.06/1hr
  29. 29Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.06/1hr
  30. 30X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr
  31. 31Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr
  32. 32FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.06/1hr
  33. 33Fallout 76$0.06/1hr
  34. 34Rust$0.06/1hr
  35. 35CrossCode$0.07/1hr
  36. 36Just Cause 2$0.07/1hr
  37. 37FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.07/1hr
  38. 38Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr
  39. 39Space Engineers$0.07/1hr
  40. 40Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr
  41. 41Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr
  42. 42Mad Max$0.07/1hr
  43. 43Dying Light$0.07/1hr
  44. 44Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.07/1hr
  45. 45POSTAL 2$0.07/1hr
  46. 46The Surge$0.07/1hr
  47. 47Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr
  48. 48Atomicrops$0.07/1hr
  49. 49Fallout: New Vegas$0.07/1hr
  50. 50Kingdom Come: Deliverance$0.07/1hr
  51. 51Fallout 4$0.07/1hr
  52. 52WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship$0.08/1hr
  53. 53The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.08/1hr
  54. 54Saints Row 2$0.08/1hr
  55. 55ARK: Survival Evolved$0.08/1hr
  56. 56Just Cause 3$0.08/1hr
  57. 57ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr
  58. 58ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.08/1hr
  59. 59Stardew Valley$0.08/1hr
  60. 60My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr
  61. 61HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr
  62. 62Monster Hunter: World$0.08/1hr
  63. 63Starbound$0.08/1hr
  64. 64Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.09/1hr
  65. 65Dishonored$0.09/1hr
  66. 66The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)$0.09/1hr
  67. 67Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.09/1hr
  68. 68Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr
  69. 69Darkwood$0.09/1hr
  70. 70Risen$0.09/1hr
  71. 71Watch_Dogs$0.09/1hr
  72. 72RimWorld$0.09/1hr
  73. 73Subsistence$0.09/1hr
  74. 74Sniper Ghost Warrior 3$0.09/1hr
  75. 75Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr
  76. 76Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr
  77. 777 Days to Die$0.10/1hr
  78. 78Arma 3$0.10/1hr
  79. 79STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic$0.10/1hr
  80. 80Metro Exodus$0.10/1hr
  81. 81Total War: ATTILA$0.10/1hr
  82. 82Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword$0.10/1hr
  83. 83Kenshi$0.10/1hr
  84. 84Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr
  85. 85Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr
  86. 86Tom Clancy’s The Division$0.10/1hr
  87. 87Project Zomboid$0.10/1hr
  88. 88Saints Row: The Third$0.10/1hr
  89. 89Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.10/1hr
  90. 90Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.11/1hr
  91. 91Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition$0.11/1hr
  92. 92American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr
  93. 93Eco$0.11/1hr
  94. 94Against the Storm$0.11/1hr
  95. 95Noita$0.11/1hr
  96. 96Foxhole$0.11/1hr
  97. 97Gothic 1$0.11/1hr
  98. 98Don't Starve$0.11/1hr
  99. 99Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr
  100. 100Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr

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.