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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Domestic Dog Have you ever wanted to be a dog? Well now you can, kinda...

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Apr 2015
Copa Petrobras de Marcas COPA PETROBRAS DE MARCAS is a 100% free official game simulating the thrill of competing wheel-to-wheel with models from various automakers in some of the main Brazilian race tracks.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.5
Release 08 Apr 2015
Elite Dangerous Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

Price -88% 2.40€
Rating 7.7
Release 02 Apr 2015
VoidExpanse Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!

Price -95% 0.76€
Rating 6.8
Release 02 Apr 2015
RUNNING WITH RIFLES RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.

Price -74% 3.94€
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Apr 2015
RIDE Bikes from the world's most beloved motorcycle manufacturers, breathtaking races, and a round-the-world trip taking in 15 different locations, all this and more in the new videogame: RIDE.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 27 Mar 2015
Age of Fear 2: The Chaos Lord GOLD Play as either Bel'Kara, a seductive Succubus at odds with the Underworld, or Katzok, a brutal Orc Chieftan fighting for his clan's dominance. The Age of Fear series is a deep and complex turn-based strategy (full of humour!) that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Mar 2015
Spirits of Xanadu At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth.

Price -71% 1.47€
Rating 7.4
Release 26 Mar 2015
Pillars of Eternity Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

Price -93% 2.61€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Mar 2015
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.

Price -74% 3.94€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Mar 2015
Ori and the Blind Forest “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 for PC.

Price -74% 2.98€
Rating 9.3
Release 10 Mar 2015
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue Introducing Assassin’s Creed® Rogue, the darkest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed franchise yet. As Shay, you will experience the slow transformation from Assassin to Assassin Hunter. Follow your own creed and set off on an extraordinary journey through New York City, the wild river valley, and far away to the icy cold waters of the North...

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 09 Mar 2015
Zombie Army Trilogy The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.

Price -94% 2.90€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Mar 2015
The I of the Dragon The world of Nimoa is as beautiful as the morning dew, but only at first glance. Under the surface of hills and fertile valleys lurks an old and eternal evil. Living as a mould, stretching threads through an infected area like deadly toadstools. The center of this "being?" deep in the under world is the giant daemon, Skarborr.

Price -95% 0.42€
Rating 6.6
Release 06 Mar 2015
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE revisits famous battles from the series through your custom Avatar and other classic characters. New features include the mysterious Toki Toki City, new gameplay mechanics, new animations and many other amazing features!

Price -91% 3.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Feb 2015
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

Price -98% 0.39€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Feb 2015
Disney's Chicken Little Based on Walt Disney’s feature 3D animation film Chicken Little, Chicken Little the action-packed video game catapults you into the hair-raising adventures of the movie and beyond.

Price -88% 1.18€
Rating 6.6
Release 24 Feb 2015
Disney•Pixar Cars Play as Lightning McQueen, a rookie racecar looking to win fame and fortune at the Piston Cup Championship, in the video game adaptation of Disney•Pixar's Cars.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Feb 2015
Reassembly A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Price 12.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Feb 2015
Total War: ATTILA Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

Price -89% 5.02€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Feb 2015
Lucius II Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.

Price -26% 18.14€
Rating 6.1
Release 13 Feb 2015
SUNLESS SEA LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Price -95% 0.98€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Feb 2015
Destination Sol Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 05 Feb 2015
Grow Home Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

Price -88% 1.00€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Feb 2015

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