Best open world games on Steam
Games with a world you can wander, ranked by review score. Ranked by review score weighted by how many reviews stand behind it, not by the raw percentage — a game with 40,000 reviews at 92% places above one with 210 at 96%, because a small crowd of enthusiasts is not the same thing as a verdict.
40 games, best first
ranked by weighted review score
98%#1Stardew Valley
98%#2Schedule I
98%#3RimWorld
98%−75%#4Slime Rancher
97%#5Euro Truck Simulator 2
97%#6Terraria
97%#7BeamNG.drive
98%#8Mount & Blade: Warband
98%#9Factorio
97%#10Satisfactory
97%#11Subnautica
97%#12Hollow Knight
97%#13Stray
97%−80%#14The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
98%#15Dishonored
97%#16Dyson Sphere Program
97%#17American Truck Simulator
98%−80%#18South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
97%#19POSTAL 2
98%#20A Hat in Time
97%#21Oxygen Not Included
97%#22Ori and the Will of the Wisps
97%#23Don't Starve
96%#24Fallout: New Vegas
99%#25A Short Hike
96%#26God of War
96%−85%#27Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
96%#28The Forest
96%#29Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
96%#30Teardown
96%−80%#31Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
96%−75%#32Resident Evil Village
95%−80%#33Dying Light
95%#34Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
96%#35Kerbal Space Program
97%#36Wobbly Life
98%#37Fields of Mistria
96%−50%#38The Planet Crafter
96%#39Kenshi
96%#40Outer Wilds
The badge on each cover is the share of Steam reviews that are positive. Only games with at least 200reviews are eligible, and the order weights that share by how many reviews back it, so a large review count beats a slightly higher percentage from a small one. Prices are today’s US Steam prices and update hourly; player counts are live from Coilr’s own tracking.