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Outer Wilds

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App ID 753640
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Annapurna Interactive
Franchise Annapurna Interactive
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 31538660
Last Record Update 8 October 2025 – 01:12:06 UTC ()
Release Date 18 June 2020 – 15:50:00 UTC ()
🤩 94.19%
91k reviews
1,355
In-Game
+4
🗺 Exploration 🌠 Space 🤫 Mystery 📚 Story Rich 🗺️ Adventure

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.

Additional Information

Developer Mobius Digital
metacritic_name Outer Wilds
controller_support full
metacritic_score 85
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/outer-wilds?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Annapurna Interactive
Store Release Date 18 June 2020 – 15:50:39 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 18 June 2020 – 15:50:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 18 August 2022 – 19:20:27 UTC () (1660850427)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Autodesk_FBX SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Game_Development_Kit SDK, SteamworksNET SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 28 September 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 12228193
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-8.0-4
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 10 November 2017 – 20:14:41 UTC (), in changelist #3671459

Supported Languages

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

Tags

🗺 Exploration 🌠 Space 🤫 Mystery 📚 Story Rich 🗺️ Adventure 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🌫 Atmospheric 🧩 Puzzle 🌍 Open World 👤 Singleplayer 🌱 Indie 🚀 Sci-fi 😱 Horror 🙌 First-Person 🦚 Beautiful 🕴 Psychological Horror 💎 Epic 🧊 3D 🖥️ Simulation 💥 Action

Categories

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

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Gamepad Preferred

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timestamp16 October 2024 – 16:50:31 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 1,355 players right now
  • 1,904 24-hour peak
  • 7,936 all-time peak 29 September 2021
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  • 350 24-hour peak
  • 78,571 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 94.19% SteamDB Rating
  • 87,586 95.7% positive reviews
  • 3,983 4.3% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Outer Wilds right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1355 players live playing Outer Wilds on Steam.

Outer Wilds had an all-time peak of 7936 concurrent players on 29 September 2021.

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