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Outer Wilds

Mobius Digital · Annapurna Interactive · 2020-06-18

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 15, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2019 (Xbox One)

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

1,273
playing now
96%
positive of 106k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
124
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (874 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

1,273 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Outer Wilds is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game follows the player character as they explore a planetary system stuck in a 22-minute time loop that resets after the sun goes supernova and destroys the system. Through repeated attempts, they investigate the alien ruins of the ancient civilization called Nomai to discover their history and the cause of the time loop.

Trailer

Outer Wilds trailer thumbnail

Outer Wilds - Official Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,273 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,457 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,307/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106,420 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.75 at GameBillet (2022-10-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 85 of 117 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.9k2.9k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 2,398 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,743 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,586 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,946 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,225 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,637 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,636 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,393 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,580 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 882 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,043 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,021 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,143 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,205 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,386 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 971 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 970 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,637 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,685 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,565 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,013 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,397 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,322 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,436 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k6382026-08-06 21:00 — 1,122 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 668 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,089 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,085 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 823 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,278 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,330 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 898 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,500 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,446 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 728 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,202 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,103 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 679 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,123 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 972 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 704 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,106 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,548 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 754 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 786 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,111 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 836 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,185 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,427 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,099 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 927 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,408 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,273 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$9.992019-05-202026-08-262019-05-20 — best price $24.992020-11-26 — best price $16.242021-06-17 — best price $24.992021-11-26 — best price $14.972021-12-29 — best price $11.002022-02-10 — best price $11.982022-04-07 — best price $14.992022-05-11 — best price $12.492022-06-09 — best price $11.342022-07-08 — best price $16.952022-08-24 — best price $11.342022-10-11 — best price $14.992022-12-08 — best price $14.992023-02-07 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $12.172023-05-03 — best price $19.152023-06-19 — best price $12.992023-08-07 — best price $12.492023-09-28 — best price $24.992023-11-06 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $10.952024-02-12 — best price $18.892024-03-25 — best price $24.992024-04-26 — best price $10.982024-05-28 — best price $14.992024-07-13 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $19.992024-11-05 — best price $19.992025-02-27 — best price $14.992025-04-17 — best price $13.592025-07-23 — best price $13.592025-09-06 — best price $24.992025-11-06 — best price $17.992026-01-06 — best price $13.192026-02-26 — best price $12.272026-04-10 — best price $10.102026-05-14 — best price $14.992026-06-26 — best price $11.752026-08-10 — best price $17.992026-08-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.3k1.0k2026-05-30 — 1,695 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,491 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,273 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,268 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,199 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,278 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,284 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,025 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,112 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,246 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2,219 pageviews2026-07-02 — 1,485 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,881 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,300 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1,204 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1,283 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,363 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,397 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1,300 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2,273 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,285 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,231 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2,063 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1,196 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,243 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,197 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,382 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1,306 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,313 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,416 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,592 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.7k192026-08-26 19:15 — 371 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 993 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 805 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 101 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 286 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,122 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 500 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 277 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 122 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 184 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 496 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 230 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 256 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 250 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 633 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 460 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 534 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 687 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 733 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 596 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 122 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 124 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
34.7%
earned "Gone In 60 Seconds"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only Option2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33,4477%31
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)13,3392%31
PS5 (PlayStation)7,8357%32
PS4 (PlayStation)7,6234%32
PS4 (PlayStation)5,6014%32
Switch (Nintendo)7340%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSpaceHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureBeautifulOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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