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Outer Wilds

Mobius Digital

2019•Puzzle•PEGI 7•About 19 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredisastermysteryscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastfresh & originalunsavourylightimaginarysurrealglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical puzzle game that is wide-ranging, unsentimental and original. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

87 / 100

902 ratings

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About This Game

Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Welcome to the Space Program! You're the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly evolving solar system. What lurks in the heart of the ominous Dark Bramble? Who built the alien ruins on the Moon? Can the endless time loop be stopped? Answers await you in the most dangerous reaches of space. The planets of Outer Wilds are packed with hidden locations that change with the passage of time. Visit an underground city of before it's swallowed by sand, or explore the surface of a planet as it crumbles beneath your feet. Every...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDisasterMysteryScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Space simulationExplorationTime travelAstronaut

Where to play

Details

Developer: Mobius Digital
Publishers: Annapurna Interactive, Limited Run Games
Released: 28 May 2019
Series: Outer Wilds
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 12h rushed, 19h normally, 60h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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