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$0.01/1hr118h74.62%73.52%
- 2The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut$0.03/1hr47h88.99%89.45%
- 3The Elder Scrolls Online$0.03/1hr154h81.14%80.90%
- 4The Guild II Renaissance$0.04/1hr46h84.33%83.49%
- 5Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition$0.05/1hr81h88.27%89.29%
- 6ORION: Prelude$0.05/1hr18h77.92%75.45%
- 7Fallout: New Vegas$0.05/1hr91h95.58%95.98%
- 8Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.07/1hr36h90.63%93.90%
- 9Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands$0.07/1hr34h79.52%79.02%
- 10Gothic II: Gold Edition$0.08/1hr62h90.63%93.84%
- 11The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)$0.08/1hr46h93.41%95.02%
- 12The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition$0.09/1hr35h89.42%89.92%
- 13Risen$0.10/1hr39h86.94%88.80%
- 14Just Cause 3$0.10/1hr31h84.42%84.38%
- 15Drug Dealer Simulator$0.10/1hr21h85.79%86.19%
- 16LEGO City Undercover$0.10/1hr29h88.32%91.29%
- 17Just Cause 2$0.11/1hr14h89.65%90.56%
- 18Borderlands 2$0.11/1hr45h89.38%89.52%
- 19The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)$0.12/1hr43h93.41%95.02%
- 20Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales$0.12/1hr34h88.04%89.83%
- 21Dishonored$0.12/1hr21h96.33%97.63%
- 22Darksiders Warmastered Edition$0.12/1hr25h86.92%87.98%
- 23Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game$0.12/1hr20h91.59%94.24%
- 24Age of History II$0.13/1hr33h89.03%89.84%
- 25ENDLESS Legend$0.13/1hr23h83.98%83.48%
- 26Dying Light$0.13/1hr38h95.03%95.23%
- 27Need for Speed Heat$0.13/1hr26h84.22%84.17%
- 28Gothic 3$0.13/1hr37h83.08%81.58%
- 29Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel$0.13/1hr30h80.06%78.93%
- 30Titan Quest Anniversary Edition$0.14/1hr37h89.19%90.32%
- 31Outward Definitive Edition$0.14/1hr35h75.66%72.69%
- 32Deus Ex: Mankind Divided$0.14/1hr31h78.06%76.43%
- 33Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition$0.15/1hr20h93.07%94.10%
- 34Battlefield 1$0.15/1hr27h86.42%86.49%
- 35Gothic 1$0.15/1hr32h89.83%92.52%
- 36FINAL FANTASY VIII$0.16/1hr31h86.41%88.24%
- 37LEGO Marvel Super Heroes$0.16/1hr24h93.00%95.63%
- 38Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition$0.16/1hr27h80.61%78.62%
- 39For The King$0.17/1hr24h87.22%87.74%
- 40Need for Speed Payback$0.18/1hr17h85.33%85.45%
- 41Murdered: Soul Suspect$0.20/1hr10h85.52%85.85%
- 42Fallout 3$0.20/1hr12h82.56%81.49%
- 43LEGO The Lord of the Rings$0.23/1hr17h88.13%90.12%
- 44LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2$0.24/1hr17h85.25%85.55%
- 45Bus Simulator 18$0.25/1hr12h82.69%81.04%
- 46Battlefield V$0.26/1hr19h71.15%70.64%
- 47LEGO Jurassic World$0.27/1hr15h89.00%92.59%
- 48The Evil Within$0.27/1hr18h85.14%85.20%
- 49LEGO The Hobbit$0.28/1hr14h82.72%80.64%
- 50LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham$0.28/1hr18h86.68%88.34%
- 51Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint$0.29/1hr10h75.62%73.51%
- 52LEGO Batman: The Videogame$0.29/1hr10h87.76%89.49%
- 53Need for Speed Unbound$0.29/1hr17h63.79%60.23%
- 54The Bureau: XCOM Declassified$0.29/1hr14h76.84%70.14%
- 55RAGE$0.30/1hr13h80.35%77.84%
- 56Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered$0.31/1hr10h82.61%81.01%
- 57RUINER$0.32/1hr6h87.22%89.05%
- 58Need for Speed Rivals$0.32/1hr6h80.14%75.51%
- 59112 Operator$0.36/1hr14h86.55%88.74%
- 60Gears 5$0.37/1hr12h74.76%70.65%
- 61The Escapists 2$0.37/1hr13h89.29%90.58%
- 62Battlefield 4$0.37/1hr11h84.85%84.84%
- 63Need for Speed$0.39/1hr8h73.26%69.23%
- 64Street Racing Syndicate$0.43/1hr7h84.79%84.46%
- 65Burnout Paradise Remastered$0.46/1hr11h74.87%63.07%
- 66Need for Speed Most Wanted$0.46/1hr4h79.17%77.06%
- 67Calico$0.47/1hr8h85.49%86.59%
- 68Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier$0.47/1hr11h79.48%70.52%
- 69LEGO Worlds$0.57/1hr8h80.88%78.28%
- 70Gourdlets$0.58/1hr9h86.09%92.56%
- 71Witch It$0.58/1hr5h87.54%88.85%
- 72Satellite Reign$0.60/1hr5h80.23%71.44%
- 73Battlefield 3$0.67/1hr6h76.48%72.06%
- 74Alba: A Wildlife Adventure$0.88/1hr4h90.76%97.84%
- 75Superflight$0.91/1hr3h91.07%96.37%
- 76Hand Simulator$1.01/1hr3h84.03%83.78%
- 77Dystopika$1.07/1hr3h87.70%95.73%
- 78VVVVVV$1.11/1hr4h90.58%96.18%
- 79RUSSIAPHOBIA$1.49/1hr1h77.82%68.67%
- 80LIZARDS MUST DIE$1.55/1hr3h93.07%96.24%
- 81Chushpan Simulator$1.81/1hr2h85.04%85.40%
- 82Refunct$3.32/1hr1h91.87%95.84%
- 83Initial Drift Online$3.65/1hr1h76.62%62.27%
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.