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Shares faction politics with The Outer Worlds.
- $2.49 (Price checked Oct 20)
- Deck Playable
- 2010
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Outer Wilds
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Outer Worlds.
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 82% of 16,855 reviews
- Genres: RPG
- Metacritic 82
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Choices impact the story significantly
- Humorous and satirical take on capitalism
- Atmospheric
- Immersive
- Character building
- Dialogue choice system
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Why this: Same immersive mood as The Outer Worlds.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Outer Worlds.
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Why this: Shares faction politics with The Outer Worlds.
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Outer Wilds
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About The Outer Worlds
The closest matches to The Outer Worlds: Fallout: New Vegas, Starfield, The Outer Worlds 2, GreedFall, and Dragon Age™ Inquisition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Outer Worlds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fallout: New Vegas, Starfield and The Outer Worlds 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric and immersive, and single out its character building and dialogue choice system. 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.
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.
Is The Outer Worlds worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 82% of 16,855 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 28 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 16 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Choices impact the story significantly
- Humorous and satirical take on capitalism
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Game is honestly Doo-doo poopy. The world is like a bad episode of Rick and Morty and the gameplay is like a unity Indy game trying to be like Fallout 4 without V.A.T.S.”
People who play it also play: Fallout: New Vegas, Starfield, The Outer Worlds 2
Frequently asked about The Outer Worlds
Can I run it?
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.
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 Fallout: New Vegas, Starfield, The Outer Worlds 2.
Who developed The Outer Worlds?
The Outer Worlds was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division, Xbox Game Studios.