Meaningful choices and varied quest solutions
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I love how choices matter and effect the gameplay moving forward in different questlines”
Steam review · 46.3 h played ↗
The Outer Worlds
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Obsidian Entertainment2020Action RPG · FPS · RPG
The verdict
A short, funny, choice-driven Fallout-style RPG with great writing and companions but bland combat and a small world. Skip it if you want New Vegas depth.
Great for
Fans of Fallout-style dialogue-driven RPGs who like satire, companions and a compact ~25-hour story
Main risk
Expecting New Vegas depth and getting a bland, shallow, short game with weak combat
What players love
Sharp, funny writing and corporate satire
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The corporate satire is top tier, the sarcasm is peak”
Steam review · 33.3 h played ↗
Memorable companions, especially Parvati
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Parvati might honestly rank among my top 3 RPG companios ever.”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Colorful, beautiful visuals and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It looks incredible on my PC as well, very visually pleasing with lots of details and bright and vibrant colours”
Steam review · 27 h played ↗
Fun flaws, perks and time-dilation systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“having negative perks show up throughout the game as part of the world and story is a fantastic idea”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Compact, focused length that respects your time
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“A focused RPG that respects your time.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring, bland and forgettable overall
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Simply one of the most mediocre games i've ever played, to the point of extreme boredom”
Steam review · 33.4 h played ↗
Weak story and shallow, unmemorable characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“a game with an uninteresting story, uninteresting fetch quests, and characters that you forget as soon as you've met them”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Weak, repetitive gunplay and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the combat feels soft and boring the guns have no impact”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Small, empty, repetitive worlds and short length
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the planets and levels you can visit are all very closed off and there aren't many of them”
Steam review · 32.2 h played ↗
Headache-inducing garish colors and unlikable humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Why is everything so bright? Why is it so unpleasant?”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
Poor weapon and armor variety, meaningless loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“just slapping "Mark 2" at the end of every gun and bumping the stats felt horrifically lazy”
Steam review · 43.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 (SP1) 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3225 or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 650 Ti or AMD HD 7850
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700K or Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 470
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 7 (SP1) 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3225 or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 650 Ti or AMD HD 7850
Storage40 GB available space
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