Best Open World Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated open world games.

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SpaceBourne 2 Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 18 Nov 2025
Where Winds Meet Where Winds Meet is an epic Wuxia open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China at the tenth century. Players will assume the role of a young sword master as they embark on a journey to uncover the mysteries of their own identity. Let the wind carry your legend on an epic journey to the East!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Nov 2025
Salt 2: Shores of Gold Salt 2 is a pirate-themed open world adventure focused on exploration, crafting, and survival. Play solo or with up to 5 friends, sailing the sea with your ship as a mobile base. Discover islands full of quests, towns, caves, and secrets. Level up, craft gear, hunt, fish, and customize your ship.

Price -50% 8.54€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 Nov 2025
Voidtrain Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 07 Nov 2025
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator based on NASAs space programs; from the first American human spaceflight in Project Mercury, the rendezvous and EVAs of Project Gemini to the Moon landing in Project Apollo.

Price 33.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 07 Nov 2025
Whiskerwood Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Price -65% 10.72€
Rating 8.9
Release 06 Nov 2025
The Last Caretaker The Last Caretaker is a thoughtful take on the survival-crafting genre, where every decision you make and every action has a consequence. It offers a deep world exploration experience where step-by-step, you uncover the truth behind the reawakening of the last caretaker.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Nov 2025
The Front The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

Price -54% 9.06€
Rating 6.7
Release 30 Oct 2025
ARC Raiders ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

Price -32% 27.47€
Rating 8.7
Release 30 Oct 2025
The Outer Worlds 2 The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

Price 69.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 29 Oct 2025
Wreckreation Wreckreation hands you the keys to your very own driving and building open world! Explore 400 square kilometers of pure sandbox joy as you create, race and wreck alone or together with your friends.

Price -56% 17.62€
Rating 6.2
Release 28 Oct 2025
Outbreak Island Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Price -69% 4.68€
Rating 7.6
Release 28 Oct 2025
Master of Command Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Oct 2025
VEIN VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Price 16.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Oct 2025
MISERY MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Price -30% 6.85€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Oct 2025
Crown and Adventure An open-world adventure RPG. Choose your favorite character, train your elite legion step by step, and crush all enemies on the battlefield. Strengthen yourself, establish a powerful family, create a great dynasty, and become the dominator of this fantasy world.

Price 19.50€
Rating 6.1
Release 22 Oct 2025
Jurassic World Evolution 3 Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.

Price -37% 37.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Oct 2025
World of Sea Battle Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 21 Oct 2025
Pax Dei Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?

Price -71% 8.98€
Rating 6.5
Release 16 Oct 2025
Necesse Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Price -41% 8.94€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Oct 2025
Yooka-Replaylee Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?

Price -12% 25.78€
Rating 8.8
Release 09 Oct 2025
Seafarer: The Ship Sim Embark on the ultimate maritime experience with Seafarer: The Ship Sim. Choose between careers, take the helm of a variety of ships, and expand your fleet. Navigate a vast open world and become immersed in the beautiful expanses and rolling waves.

Price -55% 11.38€
Rating 6.7
Release 07 Oct 2025
Train Sim World® 6 Embark on your next journey and discover the joy of train simulation. Be ready for anything as you master formidable trains across 3 new routes. Unlock new skills and expand your hobby - Expect the Unexpected in Train Sim World 6!

Price -68% 13.00€
Rating 7.1
Release 30 Sep 2025
Car Dealership Simulator 2 Take charge of the car trade with Car Dealership Simulator 2! Buy, modify, and grow your dealership with strategic sales. Every opportunity will take you closer to the top of the automotive market!

Price 14.79€
Rating 6.8
Release 26 Sep 2025

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