Best Open World Games on Steam (2026)
Every game on the site tagged Open World on Steam, ranked by popularity and current follower momentum.
Updated daily · June 29, 2026
The best Open World games on Steam right now are Grand Theft Auto V Legacy, ARK: Survival Evolved, ELDEN RING. We rank every game carrying the Open World Steam tag by a popularity-and-momentum blend — total Steam reviews, follower count and 24-hour peak players, with extra weight for 7-day Steam follower growth so currently-rising games surface higher. 100 Open World games tracked, updated June 29, 2026.
| # | Game | Reviews | 24h Peak | 7d Growth | Similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Theft Auto V Legacy ▲ | 84% (639,050) | 104,754 | +1,956 | similar → |
| 2 | ARK: Survival Evolved ▲ | 80% (328,116) | 28,241 | +1,525 | similar → |
| 3 | ELDEN RING ▲ | 94% (554,593) | 30,529 | +1,991 | similar → |
| 4 | Euro Truck Simulator 2 ▲ | 97% (178,508) | 56,970 | +2,837 | similar → |
| 5 | Fallout 4 | 80% (256,866) | 30,379 | +198 | similar → |
| 6 | Destiny 2 ▲ | 78% (376,306) | 10,543 | +1,066 | similar → |
| 7 | Monster Hunter: World | 92% (168,190) | 20,133 | +534 | similar → |
| 8 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord ▲ | 87% (111,895) | 27,165 | +862 | similar → |
| 9 | DayZ ▲ | 74% (205,808) | 54,540 | +867 | similar → |
| 10 | The Forest | 95% (208,122) | 5,457 | +566 | similar → |
| 11 | Palworld ▲ | 95% (169,231) | 45,983 | +1,345 | similar → |
| 12 | Hogwarts Legacy | 91% (176,460) | 9,217 | +611 | similar → |
| 13 | Valheim | 95% (295,764) | 29,593 | +388 | similar → |
| 14 | Dying Light | 94% (131,407) | 5,382 | +340 | similar → |
| 15 | Project Zomboid ▲ | 94% (188,892) | 30,713 | +1,387 | similar → |
| 16 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | 92% (212,289) | 28,553 | +673 | similar → |
| 17 | Subnautica | 97% (190,886) | 4,824 | +523 | similar → |
| 18 | 7 Days to Die | 85% (181,233) | 27,850 | +762 | similar → |
| 19 | Sons Of The Forest ▲ | 88% (125,968) | 9,217 | +1,281 | similar → |
| 20 | Forza Horizon 5 ▲ | 88% (94,316) | 19,108 | +870 | similar → |
| 21 | theHunter: Call of the Wild™ ▲ | 90% (71,694) | 5,646 | +2,671 | similar → |
| 22 | American Truck Simulator | 97% (105,196) | 11,866 | +730 | similar → |
| 23 | Satisfactory | 97% (152,481) | 23,576 | +366 | similar → |
| 24 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | 80% (86,200) | 12,886 | +199 | similar → |
| 25 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II ▲ | 93% (75,576) | 25,397 | +1,187 | similar → |
| 26 | ARK: Survival Ascended ▲ | 60% (55,698) | 30,046 | +1,865 | similar → |
| 27 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 92% (305,136) | 35,573 | — | similar → |
| 28 | Kenshi | 95% (53,662) | 5,464 | +247 | similar → |
| 29 | Green Hell | 85% (32,542) | 10,516 | +263 | similar → |
| 30 | The Isle ▲ | 77% (58,524) | 9,517 | +961 | similar → |
| 31 | STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ | 90% (50,592) | 5,385 | +195 | similar → |
| 32 | Fallout 76 | 72% (80,351) | 19,145 | +319 | similar → |
| 33 | Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition | 81% (77,252) | 3,294 | +400 | similar → |
| 34 | No Man's Sky | 83% (225,629) | 18,197 | — | similar → |
| 35 | Days Gone | 92% (48,040) | 2,796 | +307 | similar → |
| 36 | Core Keeper | 95% (29,470) | 20,116 | +195 | similar → |
| 37 | Don't Starve Together | 95% (128,097) | 42,824 | — | similar → |
| 38 | RuneScape: Dragonwilds 🔥 | 81% (19,953) | 1,300 | +4,067 | similar → |
| 39 | Fallout: New Vegas | 96% (201,932) | 12,166 | — | similar → |
| 40 | Dying Light: The Beast | 89% (26,763) | 2,651 | +395 | similar → |
100 Open World games tracked · 59 currently gaining Steam followers · data via Steam & SteamDB · all tags · trending by genre · all trending games →