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Games like The Outer Worlds

2019USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable82 % positive

Obsidian's satirical space RPG drops you into a corporate-run colony where your dialogue choices and allegiances decide the fate of its factions. Biting humor, likeable companions and first-person gunplay define the experience.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Companions and relationships
  • Build variety

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In short: Games like The Outer Worlds

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

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Mass Effect

91 %Match

2007USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable93 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Outer Worlds: choices with consequences, dialogue where you play your role and companions you grow fond of.

As Commander Shepard, you lead your Normandy crew across the galaxy chasing a rogue Spectre in a landmark sci-fi RPG built around its dialogue wheel, companion bonds and choices that carry into the sequels. Combat is real-time cover shooting with pausable squad powers.

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High on Life

Sci-fi setting

A brightly colored first-person shooter drenched in Rick and Morty-style humor, where you fight an alien drug cartel alongside talkative, sassy living guns. Jokes and inventive weapon abilities take priority over challenge.

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Sci-fi setting

As the Pathfinder, you explore open alien planets on foot with a jetpack and in the Nomad rover, searching for a new home for humanity in an uncharted galaxy. It pairs fast, mobile third-person combat built on freely mixed skill profiles with BioWare's trademark companion relationships.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Sci-fi setting

As Star-Lord you lead the bickering Guardians through a linear, cinematic space adventure packed with banter and an '80s soundtrack. In combat you direct your team's special moves. Its real strength is a heartfelt, funny story about a found family.

Starfield

Loot and gear

Bethesda's space RPG lets you roam hundreds of star systems as a custom character, building ships, chasing faction questlines and landing on countless planets. Classic Bethesda freedom meets a grounded NASA-punk look, though the procedural worlds can feel sparse.

Mass Effect

Choices with consequences

You step into Commander Shepard's shoes for an epic space saga where your decisions shape companions and the galaxy. This Legendary Edition version brings the original opener of the trilogy to modern systems with updated visuals.

Mass Effect 2

Choices with consequences

Commander Shepard assembles a crew of specialists for a suicide mission, blending cover-based shooting with unforgettable companions and choices that decide who lives and dies.

Fallout: New Vegas

Build variety

A post-apocalyptic RPG set in the Mojave, where rival factions vie for control of Vegas and your choices, dialogue and skills decide the fate of the whole region. Sharp writing, dark humor and huge freedom in how quests unfold make it a genre classic.

Everspace 2

Loot and gear

Everspace 2 is a fast-paced space combat shooter with loot-driven RPG progression. You explore handcrafted star systems full of secrets, fight in dogfights, and build up your ship through loot, mining, and crafting.

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