Best Open World Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our 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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Radiator 2: Anniversary Edition A free collection of three short experimental games (Hurt Me Plenty, Succulent, and Stick Shift) about male sexuality, punishing, eating, and driving.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Jun 2016
Transmissions: Element 120 TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 16 Jun 2016
Crea Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!

Price -68% 4.49€
Rating 7.3
Release 09 Jun 2016
The Solus Project The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Price -32% 12.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Jun 2016
Hearts of Iron IV Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Price -84% 8.48€
Rating 8.8
Release 06 Jun 2016
Allods Online Allods Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, set in the fantasy space opera universe of Sarnaut. It is the fourth opus of the Rage of Mages series which started in the mid-90s, conquering the minds of millions of gamers around the world.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 03 Jun 2016
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition Take in the beauty of a magical world floating above the clouds, then take on a menacing race of vampires hidden in the dark. Ara Fell combines the best parts of Japanese-style roleplaying games with the best parts of western RPGs. The new Enhanced Edition features a slew of new features!

Price -81% 2.94€
Rating 9.0
Release 02 Jun 2016
Anima: Gate of Memories A third-person action RPG that brings to life the world of Gaia from the Anima: Beyond Fantasy RPG table-top books. Explore a deep and multifaceted story where your choices and actions directly impact the journey and decide the fate of the characters.

Price -48% 10.48€
Rating 6.5
Release 02 Jun 2016
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Price -90% 2.01€
Rating 7.0
Release 31 May 2016
Dead Island Definitive Edition Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – and now more beautiful than ever. Caught in the midst of an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive!

Price -96% 0.80€
Rating 8.1
Release 31 May 2016
The Way of Life Free Edition The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 31 May 2016
35MM Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.

Price -49% 4.56€
Rating 7.0
Release 27 May 2016
Total War: WARHAMMER The Old World is yours to command. Lead Legendary Lords in a combination of turn-based campaign and magically charged, strategic real-time battles, and decide the fate of your chosen race in a fight against Chaos.

Price -92% 4.84€
Rating 7.7
Release 24 May 2016
Shadwen Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!

Price -98% 0.50€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 May 2016
Sins Of The Demon RPG Follow the journey of Kenshi, a wandering demon hunter, and his brother, a demon cat seeking a way to return to his true form. Can they find a way to end the curse and save Lanistra?

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 May 2016
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster celebrates two of the most cherished and beloved entries to the world-renowned franchise, completely remastered in gorgeous High Definition & now available on PC / Windows!

Price -63% 9.30€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 May 2016
Dead Effect 2 Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.

Price -42% 7.07€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 May 2016
Ryzom Enter a unique science fantasy MMORPG and dive into a unique organic living world !

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 06 May 2016
Fantasy Tales Online Fantasy Tales Online is a retro MMORPG where you must form parties, collect gear, fight through dungeons and defeat bosses. Featuring puzzles, a rich item system and complex encounters. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill grindfest MMO title!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 05 May 2016
Share In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 03 May 2016
Bigscreen Beta Bigscreen lets you use your PC desktop in VR. Watch movies with friends in a virtual movie theater. Play your favorite PC video games on a huge screen. Hangout in social VR chat rooms. Participate in weekly 3D Movie Nights, VR LAN parties, live rocket launch events, and more!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 28 Apr 2016
侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia) Tale of Wuxia has been dedicated to providing gameplayers with a player-defined platform, where they can customize their own Wuxia. Instead of being restricted to characters’ basic properties, in this new version, gameplayers can also choose the personalities and talents of their own.

Price 16.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 28 Apr 2016
Worlds Adrift Island Creator Worlds Adrift is a Community-Crafted MMO: each and every island has been crafted by our playerbase. With the free Island Creator tool, this is your chance to create your own adventure for the community to experience. A crumbling ruin, or a teeming jungle, help expand the edges of Foundation ever further!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 28 Apr 2016
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Price -80% 3.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 27 Apr 2016
Wayward You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Price -93% 0.59€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 Apr 2016
Bottle (2016) Bottle is a short game which you play as a man of solitude. It is about the mood of melancholy in the winter nature.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 21 Apr 2016
Don't Starve Together Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Price -90% 1.49€
Rating 9.4
Release 21 Apr 2016
Ice Lakes Ice Lakes is a modern ice fishing simulator with different single and multiplayer game modes and sandbox approach to wintertime fishing. Use and customize wide selection of fishing gear and learn how changing season, bottom topology, time of day and weather conditions affects fish behavior.

Price -83% 2.55€
Rating 8.2
Release 19 Apr 2016
Spaceport Hope A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.

Price 2.09€
Rating 7.3
Release 15 Apr 2016
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Price -96% 0.86€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Apr 2016
FINAL FANTASY IX Selling over five million copies since its release in 2000, FINAL FANTASY IX proudly returns on Steam! Now you can relive the adventures of Zidane and his crew on PC !

Price -73% 5.70€
Rating 9.2
Release 14 Apr 2016
DARK SOULS™ III Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!

Price -61% 23.84€
Rating 9.3
Release 11 Apr 2016
StarsOne You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.

Price -82% 1.78€
Rating 7.0
Release 08 Apr 2016
Ace of Seafood In the seas of the distant future, humans have all but disappeared. In your current, newly-awakened state, you are no more than a piece of seafood. However, you have been blessed with the talent for leading your allies into battle. Do whatever it takes to become the Ace of Seafood.

Price -83% 2.04€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Apr 2016
Windlands A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

Price -36% 8.21€
Rating 7.4
Release 05 Apr 2016
Age of Conquest IV Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 05 Apr 2016

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