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Outer Wilds

Mobius Digital · Annapurna Interactive · 2020-06-18

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Outer Wilds is an Action and Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 107998 reviews).

1,249
playing now
96%
positive of 109k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,333
twitch viewers (latest)
46.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (874 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (5.5k downloads)
4.75★
PlayStation Store rating (13,678 ratings)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 82% recommend · from 61 critics
20h
to beat · rushed 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

1,249 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 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
  • · 1,249 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,955 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,244/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2M–4.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109,273 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.49-50%

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 75 of 110 observed days · $1.74 above the all-time low (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: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,004 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 32 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.1k4482026-09-16 04:00 — 661 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 730 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,110 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 956 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 640 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,007 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 772 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 655 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,307 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 866 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 448 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 947 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 814 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,034 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,030 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,204 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 875 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,264 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,510 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,364 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,175 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,449 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,027 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 1,249 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k260Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 2,289 · peak 4,463Aug 2020 — avg 404 · peak 767Oct 2020 — avg 598 · peak 2,442Dec 2020 — avg 465 · peak 1,241Feb 2021 — avg 404 · peak 958Apr 2021 — avg 262 · peak 500Jun 2021 — avg 463 · peak 1,218Aug 2021 — avg 461 · peak 1,334Oct 2021 — avg 1,795 · peak 6,441Dec 2021 — avg 818 · peak 1,924Feb 2022 — avg 609 · peak 1,254Apr 2022 — avg 515 · peak 1,153Jun 2022 — avg 585 · peak 1,201Aug 2022 — avg 595 · peak 1,329Oct 2022 — avg 472 · peak 904Dec 2022 — avg 670 · peak 1,480Feb 2023 — avg 595 · peak 1,285Apr 2023 — avg 629 · peak 1,235Jun 2023 — avg 555 · peak 1,092Aug 2023 — avg 648 · peak 1,366Oct 2023 — avg 559 · peak 1,273Dec 2023 — avg 928 · peak 2,425Feb 2024 — avg 841 · peak 1,927Apr 2024 — avg 750 · peak 1,452Jun 2024 — avg 776 · peak 1,660Aug 2024 — avg 714 · peak 1,251Oct 2024 — avg 663 · peak 1,272Dec 2024 — avg 1,196 · peak 2,456Feb 2025 — avg 919 · peak 1,904Apr 2025 — avg 915 · peak 1,915Jun 2025 — avg 928 · peak 1,893Aug 2025 — avg 1,066 · peak 2,073Oct 2025 — avg 1,012 · peak 1,900Dec 2025 — avg 1,047 · peak 2,138Feb 2026 — avg 939 · peak 2,070Apr 2026 — avg 1,108 · peak 2,228Jun 2026 — avg 1,233 · peak 2,395Aug 2026 — avg 1,072 · peak 2,125
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2092092026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 209 new positive2026-09-21: 8 new negative2026-09-22: 37 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 34 new positive2026-09-24: 33 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 34 new positive2026-09-26: 40 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 36 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 49 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 35 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 34 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 48 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 38 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 56 new positive2026-10-04: 41 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 60 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 43 new positive2026-10-07: 48 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 41 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 49 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 34 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 40 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 59 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 42 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 34 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 38 new positive2026-10-15: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$9.992019-05-202026-10-142019-05-20 — 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 $17.992026-10-14 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.2k1.1k2026-05-30 — 1,695 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,408 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,262 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,199 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,247 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,109 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,112 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,433 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,319 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,881 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,498 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,616 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,363 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,337 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,569 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,285 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,438 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,285 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,243 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,349 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,424 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,313 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,788 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,533 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,219 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,259 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,309 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1,309 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1,510 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,273 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,377 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1,300 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,282 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,643 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.4k82026-10-01 21:34 — 195 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 1,396 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 144 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 578 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 209 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 98 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 416 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 479 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1,591 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 4,373 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 189 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 1,345 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 266 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-15 16:34 — 502 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 1,333 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-06-18, latest 2021-09-28 (Steam store data)

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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