🏆 Best Open World × Indie games
There are 337 games with both "Open World" and "Indie" elements. Here are the 30 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.
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Kenshi
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2018SandboxRPGSurvivalA free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linea…
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Slime Rancher 2
· Very Positive 95% · 2025SimulationFPSAdventureContinue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a …
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Forager
· Very Positive 89% · 2019PuzzleActionAdventureForager is the popular crafting, exploration and base building game that can best be defined as “the…
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Empyrion: Galactic Survival
· Mostly Positive 78% · 2020SimulationFPSActionEmpyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world space sandbox survival adventure. Build mighty ships…
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Breathedge
· Very Positive 81% · 2018RPGActionAdventureSurvive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden s…
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The Ascent
· Mostly Positive 73% · 2021RPGActionAdventureThe Ascent is a solo and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns y…
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Polygon
· Mostly Positive 75% · 2020 · FreeSimulationFPSActionPOLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle wi…
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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
· Mixed 56% · 2020RPGAdventureActionAn isometric open world action-RPG. Shape shift into a highly customized character! Crush your foes,…
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My Summer Car
· Very Positive 95% · 2025RacingActionSimulationMy Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life …
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Dread Delusion
· Very Positive 90% · 2024RPGActionAdventureDread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own pat…
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Yoku's Island Express
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2018PlatformerActionPuzzleYoku’s Island Express is an open world/metroidvania-style pinball adventure, Seamlessly blending pla…
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Wytchwood
· Very Positive 93% · 2021PuzzleAdventureRPGWytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old wit…
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Universe Sandbox
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2008SimulationSandboxOpen WorldCreate and destroy on an unimaginable scale... with a space simulator that merges real-time gravity,…
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Bloody Spell
· Very Positive 89% · 2022RPGActionAdventure"Bloody Spell" is a martial arts action role-playing game. The core of the game is battle-oriented, …
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Chop Chop Inc.
· Very Positive 91% · 2026SimulationAdventureManagementBuild your own furniture empire after getting fired from Furnox Corp . Chop down trees, process wood…
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Skald: Against the Black Priory
· Very Positive 94% · 2024RPGAdventureOpen WorldSkald: Against the Black Priory is a classic, turn-based RPG. It's set in a dark and gritty fantasy …
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Wartales
· Very Positive 85% · 2023RPGAdventureSandboxWartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth ac…
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SurrounDead
· Very Positive 91% · 2022AdventureFPSActionSurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catast…
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Battle Brothers
· Very Positive 88% · 2017RPGActionAdventureBattle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a grit…
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Wurm Online
· Mixed 62% · 2012 · FreeRPGAdventureSandboxWurm Online is a totally unique, highly accessible online wilderness MMORPG that will drag you in, s…
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Xera: Survival
· Mixed 66% · 2021 · FreeSimulationFPSAdventureAction-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal Xoids. Raid…
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Hydroneer
· Very Positive 86% · 2020SimulationAdventureSandboxHydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit a…
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Foundation
· Very Positive 87% · 2025RTSManagementSandboxSetting to redefine the city-building genre, Foundation puts the emphasis on the organic aspects of …
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Creativerse
· Mostly Positive 78% · 2017RPGAdventureActionStranded in a vast, mysterious world. Surrounded by ferocious beasts and remnants of ancient technol…
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Blockland
· Mostly Positive 74% · 2007PuzzleActionAdventureBlockland is a non-linear sandbox game with no set goals, giving players the freedom to design and c…
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SpaceEngine
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2019SimulationOpen WorldSpaceEngine is a 3D astronomy program and game engine developed by Russian astronomer and programmer…
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Shapez 2: Factory
· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2026PuzzleSandboxStrategyDive into a factory-building game where the focus is on just that — building huge factories! Constru…
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Choo-Choo Charles
· Very Positive 91% · 2022AdventureActionHorrorNavigate an island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil sentient train…
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Darwin Project
· Very Positive 82% · 2020 · FreeActionSurvivalOpen WorldThe Darwin Project takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic landscape in the Northern Canadian Ro…
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Miscreated
· Mixed 66% · 2018RPGAdventureFPSMiscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will…
