2019 game guide

Outer Wilds

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.

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At a glance

IS IT A
GOOD FIT?

Platforms: Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
Play modes: Solo
Best for: a relaxing experience, a challenge, a strong story, exploration, building and improving, and fast action
Time commitment: 1–3 hour sessions, sessions under 30 minutes, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Themes: Action, Science Fiction, Open World, Mystery

Why it may fit

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TO THE MOMENT.

Outer Wilds is available on Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch and supports solo. It may be a good choice when you want a relaxing experience, a challenge, a strong story, exploration, building and improving, and fast action. Its genre may suit 1–3 hour sessions, sessions under 30 minutes, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play.

This is a compatibility match, not a review score. Pick My Next Game compares the game with your platform and the kind of session you want; it does not claim that one game is best for everyone.

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