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.
- 1Black Desert$0.02/1hr62h74.62%73.50%
- 2UnderRail$0.02/1hr176h85.03%86.08%
- 3Naval Action$0.02/1hr184h65.25%51.81%
- 4The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr183h81.30%80.88%
- 5Myth of Empires$0.03/1hr224h73.97%67.60%
- 6SCUM$0.03/1hr526h74.83%74.01%
- 7The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr43h89.00%89.43%
- 8The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.04/1hr110h92.09%92.19%
- 9Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 10Hunt: Showdown 1896$0.04/1hr321h74.20%73.70%
- 11Terraria$0.04/1hr130h97.31%97.37%
- 12The Quinfall$0.04/1hr26h65.85%50.96%
- 13Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr52h75.70%72.68%
- 14Oxygen Not Included$0.04/1hr184h95.97%96.72%
- 15Elite Dangerous$0.04/1hr146h77.96%77.29%
- 16Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.04/1hr80h79.28%77.61%
- 17RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 18The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 19shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 20Avorion$0.05/1hr177h87.67%90.01%
- 21Don't Starve Together$0.05/1hr102h94.78%94.90%
- 22Mortal Online 2$0.05/1hr315h70.42%59.82%
- 23Mount & Blade: Warband$0.05/1hr95h97.19%97.71%
- 24Hearts of Iron IV$0.05/1hr282h89.78%89.83%
- 25Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr73h88.27%89.20%
- 26MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.06/1hr70h83.60%83.47%
- 27theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr35h89.03%89.07%
- 28Empyrion - Galactic Survival$0.06/1hr103h79.91%78.37%
- 29Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.06/1hr50h80.06%78.65%
- 30X4: Foundations$0.06/1hr164h81.23%79.92%
- 31Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 32FINAL FANTASY XIV Online$0.06/1hr324h86.39%86.53%
- 33Fallout 76$0.06/1hr155h72.80%71.92%
- 34Rust$0.06/1hr311h86.70%86.69%
- 35CrossCode$0.07/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 36Just Cause 2$0.07/1hr23h89.68%90.55%
- 37FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.07/1hr73h86.52%88.17%
- 38Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr29h83.73%83.28%
- 39Space Engineers$0.07/1hr145h88.56%88.81%
- 40Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 41Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.39%93.89%
- 42Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 43Dying Light$0.07/1hr36h95.09%95.23%
- 44Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.07/1hr71h90.41%93.84%
- 45POSTAL 2$0.07/1hr14h96.15%96.95%
- 46The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 47Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr27h85.54%86.15%
- 48Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 49Fallout: New Vegas$0.07/1hr69h95.69%95.98%
- 50Kingdom Come: Deliverance$0.07/1hr61h84.62%84.43%
- 51Fallout 4$0.07/1hr108h81.34%81.19%
- 52WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship$0.08/1hr13h83.47%82.38%
- 53The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.08/1hr39h89.43%89.90%
- 54Saints Row 2$0.08/1hr19h78.51%75.88%
- 55ARK: Survival Evolved$0.08/1hr123h83.40%83.34%
- 56Just Cause 3$0.08/1hr37h84.47%84.42%
- 57ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 58ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game$0.08/1hr74h84.52%84.77%
- 59Stardew Valley$0.08/1hr127h98.38%98.48%
- 60My Time at Portia$0.08/1hr72h90.31%91.46%
- 61HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 62Monster Hunter: World$0.08/1hr92h88.80%88.81%
- 63Starbound$0.08/1hr71h89.79%89.93%
- 64Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$0.09/1hr92h86.77%88.01%
- 65Dishonored$0.09/1hr28h96.37%97.63%
- 66The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)$0.09/1hr43h93.45%95.01%
- 67Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.09/1hr34h78.13%76.47%
- 68Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr33h93.56%95.72%
- 69Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 70Risen$0.09/1hr40h86.65%88.84%
- 71Watch_Dogs$0.09/1hr21h80.51%79.63%
- 72RimWorld$0.09/1hr298h97.47%97.85%
- 73Subsistence$0.09/1hr104h77.22%72.12%
- 74Sniper Ghost Warrior 3$0.09/1hr21h73.27%66.92%
- 75Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr12h90.76%95.53%
- 76Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 777 Days to Die$0.10/1hr257h87.01%86.98%
- 78Arma 3$0.10/1hr77h90.34%90.41%
- 79STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic$0.10/1hr40h89.74%91.07%
- 80Metro Exodus$0.10/1hr30h89.62%89.95%
- 81Total War: ATTILA$0.10/1hr89h83.00%82.42%
- 82Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword$0.10/1hr24h86.33%87.81%
- 83Kenshi$0.10/1hr118h94.77%95.59%
- 84Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr24h91.42%94.25%
- 85Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 86Tom Clancy’s The Division$0.10/1hr29h72.26%70.92%
- 87Project Zomboid$0.10/1hr162h93.64%93.75%
- 88Saints Row: The Third$0.10/1hr24h94.29%95.60%
- 89Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.10/1hr48h89.21%90.27%
- 90Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.11/1hr28h93.12%94.11%
- 91Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition$0.11/1hr56h88.44%92.26%
- 92American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 93Eco$0.11/1hr204h82.55%80.69%
- 94Against the Storm$0.11/1hr82h92.49%94.44%
- 95Noita$0.11/1hr72h94.12%95.12%
- 96Foxhole$0.11/1hr171h80.37%79.46%
- 97Gothic 1$0.11/1hr45h89.63%92.55%
- 98Don't Starve$0.11/1hr22h95.62%96.54%
- 99Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr32h76.95%72.50%
- 100Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr45h89.49%89.53%
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.