The Outer Worlds
Obsidian Entertainment
· Private Division
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Shooter
Release Date: October 25, 2019
The Outer Worlds is a new single-player sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter a host of factions all vying for power, who you decide to become will determine the fate of everyone in Halcyon. In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.
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Critic Reviews
11 reviews
Destructoid
9/10
90
For the uninitiated, when publishers wanted a sure-thing studio to come in and elevate an existing IP, Obsidian was the one developer you called. They rocked The Old Republic for BioWare and continued the Neverwinter Nights series. Look, they made the best modern Fallout game, New Vegas. Our audience even agrees!
PlayStation Universe
10/10
100
Find out how Obsidian's latest RPG and unique take on the Fallout formula and first-person RPG stacks up in our The Outer Worlds PS4 Review.
ComicBook.com
5/5
100
The Outer Worlds is basically everything I want out of a modern role-playing game. The writing is clever, the world is interesting, and the mechanics reinforce the fantastical plot of being a long-lost colonist that’s been recently awoken in order to help every other colonist from that doomed mission rediscover their own future. In many […]
Video Games Chronicle
★★★★
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80
Fallout similarities are distracting, but get into The Outer Worlds’ narrative meat and a more distinctive adventure emerges.
TheSixthAxis
8/10
80
Fallout minus the apocalypse.
PC Gamer
79/100
79
A bold, colourful solar system full of jokes.
Metro GameCentral
9/10
90
The makers of Fallout: New Vegas offer their own take on the first person role-playing game, but can they beat Bethesda at their own game?
COGconnected
91/100
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The Outer Worlds is a beautiful sandbox open world game with rich dialogue, colorful characters, explosive combat, and the most important wildcard in gaming: you.
GamesRadar
★★★★
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The Outer Worlds marks a strong foundation for a new franchise that seems destined for greatness
IGN
8.5/10
85
Worlds collide in this familiar but new roleplaying game.
RPG Site
8/10
80
Obsidian’s new IP takes first-person RPGs to the stars.