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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Hiiro Hiiro is a 2D platform game focused on ambient exploration and puzzle solving. Discover a grand world filled with mysterious artifacts and forgotten ruins. Become immersed in relaxing gameplay and meditative music. Remain observant as you unravel an explanation for your solitude.

Price -69% 0.93€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Jul 2016
Zezenia Online Zezenia is a free to play 2D MMORPG with intense PvP wars & PvE combat. Choose from three classes and seven subclasses to discover a large map with four continents, hundreds of quests, a random equipment system & more.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 07 Jul 2016
Riders of Icarus Take the battle to the sky with fantastical flying mount combat unlike anything you’ve seen before in Riders of Icarus, the new unprecedented action-adventure MMORPG experience that lets you ride and fight on the back of the realm’s most dangerous winged beasts…dragons.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.5
Release 06 Jul 2016
Hero Zero - Multiplayer RPG Become a hero, build your own Hide-Out and start by saving your neighbourhood. Level up your skills, collect incredibly weird superhero gadgets, and join a superhero team to save the world!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 05 Jul 2016
The Technomancer The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.

Price -95% 0.57€
Rating 6.7
Release 28 Jun 2016
LEGO® STAR WARS™: The Force Awakens The No. 1 LEGO® videogame franchise triumphantly returns with a fun-filled, humorous journey based on the blockbuster film. The game will also feature brand new story content from the Star Wars Universe that explores the time between Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Price -98% 0.86€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Jun 2016
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 -29% 10.07€
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 -39% 11.73€
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 -81% 9.83€
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 -83% 2.54€
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 -80% 4.11€
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% 2.08€
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% 0.99€
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 -46% 4.79€
Rating 7.0
Release 27 May 2016
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 -92% 5.29€
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 -97% 0.60€
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 -72% 0.55€
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 -62% 9.66€
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 11.99€
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

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