The Outer Worlds similar games & best alternatives

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The Outer Worlds

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

What works

  • Engaging story and dialogue with meaningful choices
  • Strong companion system with personality and combat support
  • Colorful, well-designed sci-fi world and atmosphere
  • Good character customization and build variety
  • Polished gameplay with tactical combat and weapon upgrades

Things to keep in mind

  • Relatively short game length with limited exploration
  • Combat can feel repetitive and unchallenging on normal difficulty
  • Some players find level cap and skill system limiting
  • Occasional bugs and performance issues reported
  • Lack of multiplayer and competitive features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

  • Voidtrain

  • Avowed

Less social

Games that feels like The Outer Worlds but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Prey

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE

  • Black Mesa

  • FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like The Outer Worlds but with less leadership over others

  • BioShock Infinite

  • GreedFall

  • Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet

Less intimate

Games that feels like The Outer Worlds but with less focus on close relationships

  • Terminator: Resistance

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Survival Nation

  • Planet Alcatraz 2

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

More competitive

Games that feels like The Outer Worlds but with more competition against others

  • STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

  • Onirism

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

  • Borderlands 2

  • Once Human

  • GOD EATER 3

More exploratory

Games that feels like The Outer Worlds but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • ELEX

  • The Last Hero of Nostalgaia

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition

  • StarRupture

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

  • Avowed

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

  • Grounded

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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The Outer Worlds: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026