The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
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The Outer Worlds 2 is the eagerly-awaited sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment (just look at the exciting number of dashes in this sentence!). Time to clear your calendar – get ready for an action-packed adventure with a new crew, new weapons, and new enemies in a new colony! So much newness!
As a daring and most likely good-looking Earth Directorate agent, you must uncover the source of devastating rifts threatening to destroy all of humanity. Your investigation leads to Arcadia, home of skip drive technology, where the fate of the colony, and ultimately the entire galaxy, rests on your decisions—your strengths, your flaws, your crew, and the factions you choose to trust.
The Arcadia colony is engulfed in a factional war, as the Protectorate’s so-called benevolent rule is challenged by the rebellion of their religious order and a corporate invasion. As destructive rifts spread across the colony, each faction fights to control or close them for their own ends. Navigate diverse zones, uncover hidden lore, and shape the fate of a system on the brink!
Build your character with the abilities and choices that reflect your playstyle. The colony reacts to your every move, crafting a narrative that’s yours to own—whether you’re a disciple of diplomacy, an astute strategist, a crusader for chaos, or something different altogether. And yes, you can dumb!
Recruit companions with unique traits, backgrounds and goals. Whether you choose to help them achieve their ambitions or steer them toward your own objectives, your influence shapes their growth (or death), making them an integral part of the immersive story you create together.
High Fidelity Graphics
Explore Arcadia with stunning visual detail. The Outer Worlds 2 supports true 4K resolution on compatible devices and unlocked framerates on PC, delivering smooth performance across sprawling alien landscapes, neon-lit cities, and fractured space environments.
Ray Tracing
Ray tracing adds depth and realism across Arcadia. From glowing rift anomalies to the reflections of neon signs on rain-soaked streets, advanced lighting, shadows, and reflections create a more dynamic and immersive experience.
DLSS, FSR, and XeSS Support
Play with optimized performance across the board. The Outer Worlds 2 supports NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS upscaling, ensuring sharp visuals and higher frame rates no matter your GPU.
HDR
Step into Arcadia with high dynamic range support. HDR enhances contrast and color depth across compatible displays, making every neon light, alien sky, and weapon blast more vivid and lifelike.
Ultra-wide Support
See more of Arcadia with ultra-wide 21:9 display support. From massive corporate facilities to the vastness of space, a wider field of view delivers a more cinematic perspective on the colony’s fractured future.
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Stats
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 628 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 624 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
This is a bad game. I keep picking it back up to try to continue it, but I'll never finish it. the gameplay is repetitive and shallow, the quests are all waypoint fetch quests, the writing is bad, and the characters have.....serious issues. This is another one of these recent games with an awkward, forced ultra feminism agenda, where most of the serious, tough characters are female. And if you meet a white male in the game, there is a pretty high chance they will either be silly/crazy or evil. There's feminism, which is cool. and then there's this game's forced awkward ultra feminism, which needs to stop :(
i was going to do the story for the first run but about 15min in i found i just couldnt care less for the writing of this game and proceeded to do a phsyco run thats what happens when the devs who did avowed get involed Obsidion just isnt what it use to be also all the quips and haha funny marvle writing is grating
The uninspired main story, forgettable side quests, dull combat, and lack of companion interaction all add up to a highly mediocre game.
Poor Man's rpg... 3/5 at most ... for a "open world" action RPG, its very lacking compared to others like the Borderlands games or Fallout series. The "worlds" are basically a small map with very linear paths to a couple of locations with a few sub smaller sub maps within it. The weapon choices are also very limited compared to other games Skill tree is also very linear with the "perks" not really affecting gameplay too much. I would wait for at least a 60% sale if you are considering this... plenty of better games to buy at full price
I want to recommend this game but at the moment I just can't. There is a bug for AMD drivers that always happened in one area of the game which completely bricked progression of the main faction quest. So once dlc is out maybe it will be fixed. Get it on sale
In short; no. Egregiously poor optimization, looks atrocious even with DLSS Quality and everything maxed. No. Refunded.
sucks to never have the correct dialogue option available... I feel like I need levels in everything so I don't miss out on parts of the game, or I have to play through a few times to get the permutations I want..? idk. not very fun.
Not a great story compared to the others they have done, Outer Worlds, and Avowed. Typical Obisidian playstyle (open area with main quest, and side quests, main quest leads to another open area etc) It starts to drag out out towards the end, and I started to rush through it just to say I finished it. Weapons aren't great, ended up sticking with 2 of them for most of the game, barely used any of the abilities they gave me. I would say for $10-$15 USD it's not a bad pick-up. You'll know before the first couple hours are up if you want to keep playing it. Really wish there was a "maybe," recommend button.
It is absolutely fantastic. I do not understand the haters. This is the most fun I have had in years of being a gamer.
The game has a bug that prevents ALL saves. Lost so many hours of progress for nothing
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Momentum
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Audience
Audience
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