Games like The Outer Worlds
If The Outer Worlds is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Outer Worlds 2, Starfield and Fallout 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →The Outer Worlds is a single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment set in a space colony where corporate interests dominate society. Players explore an open world while building their character and navigating faction politics through dialogue-choice systems. Reviewers highlight the game's humorous and satirical take on capitalism, and players describe it as atmospheric and immersive. The choices players make significantly impact the story's direction. Released in 2020 at $29.99, the game runs at a normal difficulty with a long playtime. It is marked as playable on Steam Deck and holds an 82% positive rating from over 16,000 Steam reviews.
About The Outer Worlds: The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
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The Outer Worlds 2
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The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Starfield
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Second-strongest match for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Fallout 4
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Third-strongest match for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Within the Cosmos
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Ranked #4 for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.
Humanity Lost
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Ranked #5 for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
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Ranked #6 for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
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Ranked #7 for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Ranked #8 for The Outer Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Outer Wilds
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
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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.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
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Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Mass Effect (2007)
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As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
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5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
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It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
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Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
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STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Outer Worlds at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under The Outer Worlds on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Fallout: New Vegas
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Priced ~67% under The Outer Worlds on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~83% under The Outer Worlds on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Don't Starve Together
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Priced ~50% under The Outer Worlds on Steam right now.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Noita
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Priced ~73% under The Outer Worlds on Steam right now.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Persona 4 Golden
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Priced ~67% under The Outer Worlds on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Other recommendable Steam games by Obsidian Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Grounded
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
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Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
WHY THIS
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
Grounded 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds.
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
Pillars of Eternity
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
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Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with The Outer Worlds.
Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds. Shares RPG with The Outer Worlds.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Frequently asked about The Outer Worlds
- Does The Outer Worlds run on Steam Deck?
- The Outer Worlds is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Outer Worlds cost?
- The Outer Worlds is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Outer Worlds?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Outer Worlds are The Outer Worlds 2, Starfield, Fallout 4.
- Who developed The Outer Worlds?
- The Outer Worlds was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division, Xbox Game Studios.
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