Outer Wilds (2019)

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.

Release date

May 28, 2019

Genres

Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Developer

Mobius Digital

Publisher

Annapurna Interactive, Limited Run Games

How long to beat Outer Wilds (HowLongToBeat): Main Story 17 hours · Main + Sides 22½ hours · Completionist 28½ hours.

Metacritic Metascore: 85.

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