Outer Wilds
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Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds

2019
Action, Adventure
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.

Outer Wilds

2019
Action, Adventure
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Average Percentile: 69.63%
23 Feb 2021
100
99th
The rare example of videogames reaching their most mature and fully formed artistic purpose. A combination of narrative and gameplay, not as separate phases, but interlinked parts of an emotionally profound interactive experience.
08 Jun 2025
75
53rd
discovery in a literal nutshell. but also frustration. i'd very much like to know someone who finished this without any hints whatsoever. and then push him into a black hole, because he makes the rest of us look bad.
19 Aug 2024
91
91st
An unforgettable artistic and mesmerizing experience.
06 Dec 2023
82
89th
Outer Wilds is the video game that I wish more video games were: filled with awe-inspiring wonder, tell unique yet universal stories, and have a commitment to the art, yes art, form. There are undeniable frustrations to be found but the moments of brilliance are simply transcendent and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts (which are pretty damn good themselves).
05 Nov 2023
100
0th
To me, the best game I've ever played. Absolute masterpiece. Go in without knowing what it's about and you'll be blown away.
12 Apr 2023
34
6th
Not engaging, nor fun, no sense of wonder. Mostly based on physics/astronomy puzzles. It relied too much on reading boring text (I liked disco elysium). I get why so many people loved it, but I could not play it for more than an hour. I enjoy Jacob Geller's essays, and I saw his video about this, which confirmed that I just could not feel the same. It just felt like a bunch of stuff to learn for no reward. Like a bad book, not a game. If you like the theme, it might be a great book, I guess.
29 Sep 2021
60
68th
Interstellar meets Groundhog Day (you'll find that comparison apt in more ways than one.) Decent but EXTREMELY frustrating at times.
09 Jun 2021
6
97th
Outer Wilds is utterly unique. The experience throughout is nothing short of mesmerising. Words cannot do this game justice. Even if the core gameplay loop is spoiled for you, this is a must play. The game is easily in my top 10 DESPITE some of the frustrating mechanical hiccups I occasionally experienced. If, like I was, you are on the fence, e.g. because you find the starting area and the tutorial boring: don't be. Just jump in and keep playing until it hooks you. You will know when it does.
08 Jun 2021
90
85th
GOAT-level, and not just because of the alien that looks like one! (I can’t remember if there actually is an alien that looks like a goat in this game but it seemed like a good joke so I wrote it anyway)
05 Nov 2019
80
60th
So I understand why the time limit mechanic works but I don't like it on a personal level. That's why I don't rate this higher. However, this game nails open world exploration in a way that most open world games don't. Each planet/place is unique and inspired, truly full of awe. You don't know what you will find.
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