The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds: A focused story RPG built around exploration, crew building, and choices. Ranked #89 of 98 in PC Games by our editors (3.0/10); pricing: Paid; best for RPG players who value crew and story choices.
At a glance
- Editor score3.0 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forRPG players who value crew and story choices
- Free planNo
- Supported OSWindows
- Facts checked5 Oct 2026
Where it wins
- Explore settlements and space stations across the Halcyon colony.
- Build a crew as part of a single-player role-playing journey.
- Choices can lead to multiple possible endings; controller support is listed.
Where it doesn't
- Listed for Windows only.
- No online multiplayer; the experience is single-player.
- The listed feature set centers on narrative RPG play rather than broader modes.
Our verdict on The Outer Worlds
In The Outer Worlds, you explore the Halcyon colony through a single-player science-fiction role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment. Its focus is a good fit for RPG players who want a story shaped by their choices, with settlements and space stations to explore and a crew to build. The published listing also identifies controller support. Players looking for online multiplayer should look elsewhere: the game is listed as single-player, with online multiplayer marked false.
The feature set points to a narrative-centered experience rather than a broad collection of play modes. Exploration, crew building, and choices with multiple possible endings are its defining elements. That gives players who value story and agency a clear reason to consider it, while those seeking multiplayer or a wider set of listed modes may prefer another game. The listing identifies Windows as the supported operating system and desktop as the deployment format, so its stated PC platform coverage is narrow.
The game is paid, and there is no free plan. No plan tiers are described, so the relevant buying decision is whether its single-player RPG focus matches what you want from a PC game. The available Steam information describes Spacer’s Choice Edition, the remastered edition, rather than the original PC listing, so it should not be treated as a definitive account of every edition. Choose The Outer Worlds for a Windows PC role-playing adventure centered on exploration, crew, and consequential choices; skip it if online multiplayer or broader platform coverage is important to you.
The Outer Worlds pricing
The Outer Worlds fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Single-player | Yes |
| Online multiplayer | No |
| Controller support | Yes |
| Mod support | Not verified |
| Supported OS | Windows |
| Deployment | Desktop |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Pricing | Paid |
| Website | outerworlds.obsidian.net |
| Facts checked | 5 Oct 2026 |
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