Outer Wilds (2019)

Mobius Digital

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

4.40 from 1800 ratings · #72 top rated on Grouvee

5160 members have it in their collection · 279 playing now · 2037 backlogged · 1387 wish listed

How long? Main story 25h · with extras 25h · 100% 29h (from 73 logged playthroughs)

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 … Read more
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. Read less

Release dates

  • May 28, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
  • Oct 15, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4
  • Sep 15, 2022 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
  • Dec 07, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Dec 12, 2023 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo Switch

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donnyblot

Status donnyblot Dec 18, 2025

Alright, I think I'm finally ready to play this game. This game has been praised until the church bell rang! Let's see how it goes. I haven't seen anything crazy from the game besides trailers and gamers top 10 videos on why I should play it. I'm, going in blind. Wish me luck.

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monkeyvoolution

Status monkeyvoolution Jun 7, 2025

this really makes you feel something

what an amazing sweet little atmospherical horror game

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TombstoneTT

Status TombstoneTT Jan 29, 2025

Spent today trying out some Outer Wilds mods since I haven't and I just finished Astral Codec, and that? That's an extremely impressive mod, feels like it could be official DLC and really feels like a love letter to the Outer Wilds community and all the little secrets we've discovered about the game in the years since. Would heavily recommend …

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Spent today trying out some Outer Wilds mods since I haven't and I just finished Astral Codec, and that? That's an extremely impressive mod, feels like it could be official DLC and really feels like a love letter to the Outer Wilds community and all the little secrets we've discovered about the game in the years since. Would heavily recommend checking it out if you want to feel a bit of that Outer Wilds magic again.

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BMO

Status BMO Dec 26, 2024

I wonder if I’ve finally forgotten enough about this game to replay it.

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Syler

Status Syler Dec 19, 2024

Jouez a outer wilds c'est le jeu du siecle merci

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Silvally

Status Silvally Jun 20, 2024

I'm honestly playing this on and off as my bed time game and I'm trying to figure out if I like it, I love it, or I don't like it and it feels like a mix of all 3. It's a very "I don't know" game because it makes you feel smart, feel bad, feel stupid, feel scared, feel joy, …

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I'm honestly playing this on and off as my bed time game and I'm trying to figure out if I like it, I love it, or I don't like it and it feels like a mix of all 3. It's a very "I don't know" game because it makes you feel smart, feel bad, feel stupid, feel scared, feel joy, and so many more complexities. I had to spoil myself on one or two things because I did get scared (I knew about them before hand once I played further. I watched a video of the angler fish and I did see the one at the museum to recognize what it looks like.) but it just puts me on so much edge and I'm trying to figure out where I just lie with this game.

I assume I'm going to have a Danny DeVito "I Get It" moment once I hit the end of the game but, until then, I think it's just such a love-hate relationship. I agree you should go in blind as possible and that there IS no wrong way to play, but I think pointing someone in one direction when they ask for a "where do I start" point would be great and friendly place than me nearly dropping it when people kept just saying to "be curious and explore" when for someone like me, fraught with paralysis with decisions, I just need a start point. Once I made an effort to just start with Giant's Deep, I understood how to move from there using the rumor log. I just wish more people would point you towards any planet and just say "Start There." It's not like you're railroading them into sticking to that spot and you know they'll eventually figure it out unless they ask for help. I think my biggest problem is when I'm forced into a directionless start, I don't know what to do. Once you give me a tool to start, I can then go FROM there.

Soundtrack is easily once of the best parts though and I could listen to it without playing.

Died 2009 - Haruhi Suzumiya; Born 2019 - Outer Wilds; Welcome Back Endless Eight

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DucksOnQuack

Status DucksOnQuack May 26, 2024

2 of the clutchest, most horrifying moments of my time playing video games.

  1. I was at the Sun Station and I escaped before the sun expanded to destroy it. I was panicking in a way I haven't done with most games.

  2. Running out of oxygen just in time to reach the black forge district. I heard the choking sound effects. …

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2 of the clutchest, most horrifying moments of my time playing video games.

  1. I was at the Sun Station and I escaped before the sun expanded to destroy it. I was panicking in a way I haven't done with most games.

  2. Running out of oxygen just in time to reach the black forge district. I heard the choking sound effects. I thought I was fucked, but at the very last second, I made it to the black forge district and got all of my O2 back.

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Heanihilator

Status Heanihilator Apr 15, 2024

Only a few hours into this game, but it's blowing my mind so far. The exploration and mystery of it combined with space is just mwah. I like that there are some physics involved in using the rocket and getting around but it's also fairly simple once you get into it, they're not trying to be Kerbal Space Program.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Feb 1, 2024

It's never a bad time to remember that this masterpiece exists.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Jan 22, 2024

Checking old photos I found a photo I took of the Eye of the Universe's coordinates and now I want to replay this game so bad.

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Inc

Status Inc Jan 8, 2024

Ooooooo, that moment when you've been lost for a while and stumble across some big revelations is tasty yum yum.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Nov 29, 2023

This is FINALLY coming to Switch on December 7th. A day late and a dollar short, but better late than never I suppose.

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BMO

Status BMO Nov 14, 2023

I wonder if the Archeologist physical edition is coming to platforms other than Switch. I love the physical edition I already have, but I wouldn't mind a complete physical edition for PS4/5.

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Drypper

Status Drypper Jun 23, 2023

Para mí es un perfecto ejemplo de una experiencia que solo se puede vivir dentro de un videojuego, y uno de esos juegos que una vez te lo has pasado y pasa el tiempo lo valoras mucho más. Además da un mensaje muy bonito(según como lo interpretes)

Simplemente jugadlo y difrutad.

El único inconveniente es que no es rejugable.

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Trost

Status Trost May 27, 2023

Help. I really like the premise of this game. After first 3 hours I was thinking that this is a best game ever and sending it to everyone. But I'm not very patient and later on, as I've been to every planet at least 2 times (at different points in time), I just got to the point, where I couldn't …

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Help. I really like the premise of this game. After first 3 hours I was thinking that this is a best game ever and sending it to everyone. But I'm not very patient and later on, as I've been to every planet at least 2 times (at different points in time), I just got to the point, where I couldn't find anything new in 5 consecutive runs.
Now I don't feel like coming back to this game. Should I just watch a walkthrough for the rest of the plot?

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