The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

Steam Deck Playable

Obsidian Entertainment · Action · Mar 7, 2023

Worth it for the right player.

At $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

76%
Mostly Positive
5k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 189 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 113 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise37% are divided36% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Customers often remark on the humor and creativity baked into dialogue and quest structures.
189 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music and voice acting are great, and the setting and visuals are wonderful.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Looks like whatever poor optimization there was has been patched, or I just got lucky.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters189 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Optimization7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay61 reviews
74%
Graphics58 reviews
74%
Performance26 reviews
88%
Interface12 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat113 reviews
76%
Difficulty28 reviews
75%
Crashes23 reviews
39%
Bugs11 reviews
27%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
68
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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