Outer Wilds
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…
Outer Wilds is an adventure developed by Mobius Digital, released 28 May 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 19 hrs to finish.
What Outer Wilds is
Outer Wilds is an adventure game developed by Mobius Digital and released in 2019. It was published by Annapurna Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 secret is guarded by hazardous environments and natural catastrophes. Strap on your hiking boots…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, mystery, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Outer Wilds holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 899 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 19 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 32 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350, 6 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Outer Wilds launched on 28 May 2019, within three weeks of A Plague Tale: Innocence, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Rage 2 and Call of Duty: Mobile. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: A Plague Tale: Innocence, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Rage 2, Call of Duty: Mobile.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Outer Wilds yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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