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Outer Wilds

Platforms

Nintendo Switch
PC
PS4
PS5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S

Initial releaseMay 28, 2019

Developers

Mobius Digital

Genres

Action Adventure
Exploration
Indie
Puzzle
Science Fiction
Simulation

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A composite image from puzzle games: LeChuck from Return To Monkey Island, some weighted cubes from Portal, little ghosts from How To Say Goodbye and a banjo-playing alien from Outer Wilds, all in a forest from The Witness

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The best puzzle games on PC

A very puzzling collection

April 10, 2024Alice Bell

55 comments

Artwork for No Man's Sky, Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Elite Dangerous form the header image for the RPS Bestest Best: Reader Edition for favourite space games

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These are your 25 favourite space games of all time

As voted for by the RPS readership

June 2, 2023Katharine Castle

134 comments

First-person view of a translator tool scanning an alien language in Outer Wilds

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Outer Wilds fan makes a functional version of the alien translator

The latest in Earthian technology

May 9, 2023Kaan Serin

4 comments

Artwork from Stellaris, No Man's Sky and Mass Effect comprise our header image for our Best Space Games list.

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The 20 best space games on PC

Be pilots, pirates and space truckers

May 3, 2023Katharine Castle

106 comments

Riebeck from Outer Wilds playing his banjo by the fire

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What's better: time loops, or resuming interrupted reloads?

Vote now!

March 29, 2023Alice O'Connor

48 comments

Julianna punches Colt in a Deathloop screenshot.

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Supporters only | Forget time loops, I hope 2022 brings us more time skips

Hear me out

Jan. 7, 2022Ed Thorn

9 comments

The default Femshep in a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition screenshot.

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Outer Wilds and Mass Effect Legendary Edition hit Game Pass today

Space is the place

Jan. 6, 2022Alice O'Connor

20 comments

Four games from our GOTY 2021 list, including Resident Evil Village, Wildermyth, Deathloop and Inscryption

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Our 24 favourite games of 2021

Unwrapping our games of the year

Jan. 4, 2022Katharine Castle

25 comments

Stuart Turton's books The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil In The Dark Water

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If you're excited about Deathloop and liked Outer Wilds, you should read The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle

Obra Dinn fans should also check out The Devil In The Dark Water

Nov. 12, 2021Katharine Castle

28 comments

A space man from Outer Wilds trudging through some water with a lantern.

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Echoes Of The Eye is sensational DLC for Outer Wilds - don’t let anyone spoil it for you

GOTY 2019 is now GOTY 2021

Sept. 28, 2021Matthew Castle

33 comments

Podcast

The Weekspot podcast #055: eye and mighty

The loop begins again

Sept. 28, 2021Colm Ahern

11 comments

Podcast

The Weekspot podcast #049: Outer Wilds card

Inner wilds?

Aug. 3, 2021Colm Ahern

1 comment

The beginning of an eclipse in Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye

Trailer

Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye reveal trailer

Through the looking glass

July 30, 2021Colm Ahern

A space man from Outer Wilds trudging through some water with a lantern.

News

Outer Wilds' "first and only" expansion arrives this September

Echoes Of The Eye will "weave directly into the existing world and narrative"

July 29, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

19 comments

Games shown at Annapurna's showcase, clockwise from the top left: Outer Wilds, Solar Ash, The Artful Escape, and Neon White.

News

Everything announced at the Annapurna Interactive showcase 2021

Stray, Solar Ash, the Outer Wilds expansion, and lots more newness

July 29, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

15 comments

Podcast

The Weekspot podcast #036: Stir of Echoes

In The Loop

May 4, 2021Colm Ahern

4 comments

An Outer Wilds alien (?) plays the banjo by a fire.

News

Outer Wilds might be getting a DLC

Not to be confused with The Outer Worlds, which already has several

April 29, 2021Imogen Beckhelling

27 comments

The 9 best spaceships in PC games

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The 9 best spaceships in PC games

One Off The List

Oct. 2, 2020Brendan Caldwell

113 comments

Outer Wilds writer has now written for The Outer Worlds, so I'll never get the names right

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Outer Wilds writer has now written for The Outer Worlds, so I'll never get the names right

I'M SORRY, WHICH?

July 23, 2020Alice O'Connor

25 comments

An Outer Wilds alien (?) plays the banjo by a fire.

News

Clockwork spacefarer Outer Wilds lands on Steam today

Steam-powered spaceships

June 18, 2020Natalie Clayton

24 comments

Find out how Mobius Digital wrote the story of Outer Wilds in this great podcast

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Supporters only | Find out how Mobius Digital wrote the story of Outer Wilds in this great podcast

A treat for interactive fiction fans

April 17, 2020Katharine Castle

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Animal Crossing players are making outfits inspired by their favourite PC games

They're all, obviously, adorable

March 25, 2020Imogen Beckhelling

3 comments

Outer Wilds blasts off on Steam in June

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Outer Wilds blasts off on Steam in June

If you've been waiting for Epic exclusivity to end

March 24, 2020Alice O'Connor

39 comments

The most satisfying architecture in PC games

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The most satisfying architecture in PC games

One Off The List

March 6, 2020Brendan Caldwell

48 comments

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Our PC Games of the Year 2019

A good year for games

Jan. 6, 2020RPS

19 comments

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