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Games like Outer Wilds

2019USK 0PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified95 % positive22.99 €

Explore a solar system caught in a 22-minute time loop and unravel a cosmic mystery.

Lore and world history
Interconnected level design
Open world
Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Outer Wilds

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Outer Wilds special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

Obduction

93 %Match

2016PEGI 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable78 % positive30.49 €

A puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst: you are whisked to an alien world and solve intricate environmental puzzles across surreal, interlinked landscapes to uncover the mystery behind it.

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Riven sends you alone through a decaying, lovingly crafted island world where you must decipher interlocking mechanical puzzles with almost no guidance. Its dense atmosphere and coherent world design make it a classic of the adventure genre.

Myst: Masterpiece Edition

Lore and world history

You explore the mysterious island of Myst alone and travel through magical books to other worlds, unraveling their puzzles and the story behind them. A quiet, atmospheric puzzle adventure with no combat, where observation and thinking are everything.

The Talos Principle II

Emotional impact

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.