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. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Open World games on Steam.

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Total War: WARHAMMER Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.

Price -91% 5.68€
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 -95% 0.85€
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 -81% 0.39€
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 -57% 10.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 12 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
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 -25% 9.07€
Rating 7.1
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 0.99€
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 19.99€
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 -92% 0.63€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 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 -73% 4.18€
Rating 9.4
Release 21 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
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 -74% 4.01€
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 1.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 15 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 -68% 6.92€
Rating 9.2
Release 14 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% 0.99€
Rating 6.7
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 59.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 11 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 -80% 2.39€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 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 -70% 2.95€
Rating 7.0
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 -73% 5.59€
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