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Outer Wilds

by Mobius Digital

2019
PuzzleSimulatorAdventureIndie

Mystery · Open World · Sci-Fi · Time Manipulation

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Excellent

About

Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past.
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive, Limited Run Games
Engine
Unity
Modes
Single player
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Open world, Mystery
Perspective
First person

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Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye

Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye

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