Best Value Open World Games Under $5
The Open World games on Steam games under $5 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%
- 5The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr43h89.00%89.43%
- 6The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition$0.04/1hr110h92.09%92.19%
- 7Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition$0.04/1hr107h83.79%83.47%
- 8Terraria$0.04/1hr130h97.31%97.37%
- 9The Quinfall$0.04/1hr26h65.85%50.96%
- 10Outward Definitive Edition$0.04/1hr52h75.70%72.68%
- 11Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$0.04/1hr80h79.28%77.61%
- 12RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe$0.05/1hr33h89.33%94.31%
- 13The Guild II Renaissance$0.05/1hr55h84.68%83.51%
- 14shapez$0.05/1hr21h91.78%95.91%
- 15Mount & Blade: Warband$0.05/1hr95h97.19%97.71%
- 16Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr73h88.27%89.20%
- 17MONSTER HUNTER RISE$0.06/1hr70h83.60%83.47%
- 18theHunter: Call of the Wild$0.06/1hr35h89.03%89.07%
- 19Tom Clancy’s The Division 2$0.06/1hr50h80.06%78.65%
- 20Euro Truck Simulator 2$0.06/1hr81h97.35%97.44%
- 21CrossCode$0.07/1hr61h89.73%92.37%
- 22Just Cause 2$0.07/1hr23h89.68%90.55%
- 23FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.07/1hr73h86.52%88.17%
- 24Styx: Master of Shadows$0.07/1hr29h83.73%83.28%
- 25Tales of Maj'Eyal$0.07/1hr51h89.16%94.49%
- 26Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.39%93.89%
- 27Mad Max$0.07/1hr43h91.64%92.35%
- 28Dying Light$0.07/1hr36h95.09%95.23%
- 29Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.07/1hr71h90.41%93.84%
- 30POSTAL 2$0.07/1hr14h96.15%96.95%
- 31The Surge$0.07/1hr27h79.58%74.54%
- 32Drug Dealer Simulator$0.07/1hr27h85.54%86.15%
- 33Atomicrops$0.07/1hr41h87.85%92.05%
- 34Fallout: New Vegas$0.07/1hr69h95.69%95.98%
- 35Kingdom Come: Deliverance$0.07/1hr61h84.62%84.43%
- 36WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship$0.08/1hr13h83.47%82.38%
- 37The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.08/1hr39h89.43%89.90%
- 38Saints Row 2$0.08/1hr19h78.51%75.88%
- 39Just Cause 3$0.08/1hr37h84.47%84.42%
- 40ORION: Prelude$0.08/1hr12h78.01%75.47%
- 41HITMAN World of Assassination$0.08/1hr36h87.04%87.31%
- 42Dishonored$0.09/1hr28h96.37%97.63%
- 43The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)$0.09/1hr43h93.45%95.01%
- 44Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.09/1hr34h78.13%76.47%
- 45Car Mechanic Simulator 2021$0.09/1hr33h93.56%95.72%
- 46Darkwood$0.09/1hr22h92.11%94.89%
- 47Risen$0.09/1hr40h86.65%88.84%
- 48Watch_Dogs$0.09/1hr21h80.51%79.63%
- 49Sniper Ghost Warrior 3$0.09/1hr21h73.27%66.92%
- 50Stronghold HD (2012)$0.10/1hr12h90.76%95.53%
- 51Batman: Arkham Knight$0.10/1hr42h89.45%89.72%
- 52STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic$0.10/1hr40h89.74%91.07%
- 53Metro Exodus$0.10/1hr30h89.62%89.95%
- 54Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword$0.10/1hr24h86.33%87.81%
- 55Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.10/1hr24h91.42%94.25%
- 56Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen$0.10/1hr47h87.87%88.42%
- 57Tom Clancy’s The Division$0.10/1hr29h72.26%70.92%
- 58Saints Row: The Third$0.10/1hr24h94.29%95.60%
- 59Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.10/1hr48h89.21%90.27%
- 60Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.11/1hr28h93.12%94.11%
- 61American Truck Simulator$0.11/1hr45h96.50%96.92%
- 62Gothic 1$0.11/1hr45h89.63%92.55%
- 63Don't Starve$0.11/1hr22h95.62%96.54%
- 64Gold Mining Simulator$0.11/1hr32h76.95%72.50%
- 65Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr45h89.49%89.53%
- 66Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales$0.11/1hr35h88.10%89.78%
- 67Generation Zero$0.12/1hr32h74.55%72.04%
- 68Ultimate Fishing Simulator$0.12/1hr10h87.07%89.14%
- 69Dead Island Definitive Edition$0.12/1hr17h82.49%81.86%
- 70DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2$0.12/1hr43h89.22%89.90%
- 71Wayfinder$0.12/1hr23h66.93%60.13%
- 72Assassin’s Creed Rogue$0.12/1hr34h86.10%86.51%
- 73LEGO City Undercover$0.12/1hr25h88.05%91.34%
- 74Craft The World$0.12/1hr38h87.43%88.40%
- 75Metro: Last Light Redux$0.12/1hr16h90.64%91.31%
- 76Car Mechanic Simulator 2018$0.12/1hr13h89.99%90.84%
- 77Middle-earth: Shadow of War$0.13/1hr40h88.64%88.94%
- 78Street Racing Syndicate$0.13/1hr6h84.96%84.45%
- 79LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.13/1hr31h93.29%95.68%
- 80Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.13/1hr23h87.26%88.05%
- 81Gothic 3$0.13/1hr38h82.76%81.54%
- 82Green Hell$0.13/1hr19h84.66%84.61%
- 83Ori and the Will of the Wisps$0.13/1hr22h95.78%96.50%
- 84Thief Simulator$0.13/1hr13h87.52%88.10%
- 85GreedFall$0.14/1hr25h79.06%76.01%
- 86Battlefield 1$0.14/1hr28h86.57%86.50%
- 87Nuclear Nightmare$0.14/1hr10h82.40%81.12%
- 88Afterimage$0.14/1hr34h81.46%77.34%
- 89Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel$0.15/1hr27h80.09%78.92%
- 90The Surge 2$0.15/1hr20h80.53%75.35%
- 91Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr13h76.79%71.07%
- 92Metro 2033 Redux$0.15/1hr13h91.83%92.29%
- 93Watch_Dogs 2$0.15/1hr16h82.36%82.09%
- 94The Forest$0.15/1hr28h95.42%95.52%
- 95Saints Row IV: Re-Elected$0.16/1hr19h87.37%87.65%
- 96Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$0.16/1hr25h94.95%96.19%
- 97LEGO The Hobbit$0.16/1hr25h82.37%80.60%
- 98Breathedge$0.16/1hr15h82.10%80.93%
- 99Scribblenauts Unlimited$0.16/1hr12h89.64%93.97%
- 100Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition$0.16/1hr31h86.21%86.60%
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.