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The Outer Worlds

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App ID 578650
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Private Division
Franchise Private Division, The Outer Worlds
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 30973116
Last Record Update 6 September 2025 – 04:06:02 UTC ()
Release Date 23 October 2020 – 14:00:00 UTC ()
😎 81.33%
27k reviews
387
In-Game
🌍 Open World 💥 Action RPG 🎲 RPG 🗺 Exploration 🔫 FPS

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

Additional Information

Developer Obsidian Entertainment
metacritic_name The Outer Worlds
controller_support full
metacritic_score 82
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-outer-worlds?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Private Division
Store Release Date 23 October 2020 – 14:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 23 October 2020 – 14:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 8 March 2023 – 15:50:15 UTC () (1678290615)
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review_percentage 82
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 26 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6392287
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 6 January 2017 – 18:05:40 UTC (), in changelist #2590952
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌍 Open World 💥 Action RPG 🎲 RPG 🗺 Exploration 🔫 FPS 🗺️ Adventure 👤 Singleplayer 📚 Story Rich 🧞 Choices Matter 🚀 Sci-fi 🙌 First-Person 🔫 Shooter 🌠 Space 🦹 Character Customization 💥 Action 🌲 PvE 🤡 Comedy 🌄 Action-Adventure 🎨 Colorful 😃 Funny

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp28 January 2025 – 04:13:25 UTC

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timestamp 23 October 2020 – 14:36:02 UTC

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User File System

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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
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