The Outer Worlds

Released: October 25, 2019

Type: Main Game

Platforms:

Xbox Series X|S PlayStation 4 PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Genres:

Shooter Role-playing (RPG) Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Science fiction Open world

Player Perspectives:

First person

Ratings

User Rating

78.7

Based on 549 ratings

Critics Rating

85.9

Based on 15 ratings

Total Rating

82.3

Based on 564 ratings

Summary

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.

Storyline

In The Outer Worlds, you awake from hibernation on a colonist ship lost in transit to its destination on the edge of the galaxy, only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the colony. As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter various factions, all vying for power, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds.

Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later than you expected only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony. 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.

Welcome to the future - try not to break it.