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Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Outer Wilds is a exploration, space and mystery game developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive.
Released on June 18th 2020 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain and Turkish.

It has received 84,488 reviews of which 80,833 were positive and 3,655 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Outer Wilds into these genres:

Exploration Space Mystery Story Rich Adventure Great Soundtrack Atmospheric Puzzle Open World Singleplayer Indie Sci-fi Horror First-Person Beautiful Psychological Horror Epic 3D Simulation Action

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage: 8 GB available space
Additional Notes: Gamepad or Controller Recommended (Xbox and PS4 Natively Supported)

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July 2025

Everyone says that Outer Wilds is best experienced when you know nothing about it before jumping in. And they're right. But still, this makes it difficult for an outsider to decide whether or not they want to buy the game (yes you should); so I'm going to try and describe the kind of game it is and what the experience is like, without spoiling anything. This game is a spatial exploration game in a fictional solar system, mostly based on uncovering the knowledge and actions of an ancient civilization. The game is entirely based on discovery and information gathering; your ship log records what you learn, and that's your progression. There is no other character progression than the knowledge you accumulate. Early on in the game, you'll find that something is going very wrong. There's a mystery that you will want to solve, and the only way you'll solve it is by going out in the universe, gathering clues and piecing them together. You decide where to go and what to do based on your own curiosity and desire to learn; when you explore a place, you learn things that give you background knowledge and/or hints about how to get past obstacles in other places. If you find yourself blocked, go explore another planet: chances are the information on how to overcome what's blocking you is written somewhere else. The game is totally non-linear and encourages you to try new things. At first, you get scattered bits and pieces of information and you don't understand anything, it's totally baffling. Then, as you get more bits, you start seeing connections and elaborating theories on what the hell is happening. This is a very exciting and enthralling part of the game, the reason why spoilers are so bad for this game, and the reason why you shouldn't use Internet guides. Making hypotheses and figuring out where you need to go next in order to check these hypotheses is a huge part of the fun and the experience, and you shouldn't spoil yourself out of it. Then you get key elements of information, and the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place. In the end, when you've almost explored everything, you finally understand what's going on, and it's incredible. Everything is cohesive, all the things that you couldn't figure out at start make perfect sense, and you're awestruck by the immaculate story put together by the developers, and by the grandeur and beauty of it all. And in the same moment, you know exactly what you need to do to finish the game. During the whole experience, you meet a lot of characters. Your fellow Hearthian explorers, who each have their own personality, but also Nomai characters whose lives you read about on the walls they left behind, and you grow attached to them. The game isn't only a pleasure for the deductive center of the brain; it's full of emotion, too, and the end of the game is powerful enough to make the most cold-hearted of us melt into a puddle of tears. This game is unique, it's exciting, it's nerve-wracking at times, it's fun, it's tragic, it's heart string-pulling, it's awe-inspiring, and my only regret is that it can only be fully experienced once. Once you have played it, it will be your regret too.

June 2025

Spent half the game angry and lost. Then felt lost and angry after I realized it was all over.

Feb. 2025

The best game I've ever played. Don't spoil yourself. No matter what. Stop reading reviews and play the game. Venture forward into the cosmic unknown.

Dec. 2024

The best game you can only finish once. I promise once you finish you'll be begging all your friends to get it and play so you can live vicariously through them.

Dec. 2024

This game really affected me deeply. I went into it almost completely blind, as one should, and exploring space piece by piece was one of the greatest experiences I've had in gaming. I tried my hardest not to rely on tutorials and rather figure things out by myself, and it worked almost completely. The game does exploration really well and you often do not feel truly stuck. The soundtrack, world, characters and story will definitely stick with me for the rest of my life. Highly recommended. My tip for the game is, do not look up anything about it and take your time with it, as there will be no first time ever again. (oh and use the fuel refill in your ship because I didnt know about it for the first 10 hours)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Outer Wilds is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

Outer Wilds is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.

Outer Wilds received 80,833 positive votes out of a total of 84,488 achieving an impressive rating of 9.42.

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Outer Wilds was developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive.

Outer Wilds is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Outer Wilds is not playable on MacOS.

Outer Wilds is not playable on Linux.

Outer Wilds is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Outer Wilds. Explore additional content available for Outer Wilds on Steam.

Outer Wilds does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Outer Wilds supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Outer Wilds is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Outer Wilds.

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