You’re the newest member of Outer Wilds Ventures, a fledgling space program searching for answers in a strange, constantly changing solar system...

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Who built the ruins on the moon? What lurks in the heart of Dark Bramble? Why are you trapped in a time loop, and can it be stopped? To solve these mysteries you’ll have to venture into the most dangerous reaches of space.

The planets of Outer Wilds are packed with hidden locations that change with the passage of time. Visit an underground city before it’s swallowed by rising sand, or explore the crust of a hollow planet as it crumbles beneath your feet. Every secret is guarded by hazardous environments and natural disasters as the solar system spirals out of control.

Strap on your hiking boots, check your oxygen levels, and get ready to venture into space. Use the Little Scout space probe to illuminate dark caves, take photos, or test for hazards in your environment. Track down mysterious audio with your Signal Scope or use your Translator to decipher an ancient Nomai riddle. Navigate the darkness of space with your jetpack and ship.

​There’s a lot to discover in the Outer Wilds.

Timber Hearth, your home planet. So far, this was the only planet you've walked upon, but that is soon to be changed.

Today is launch day. You wake up beneath the stars. All your life they were unreachable, things to be purely observed from afar. But today you will finally become a part of the sky. Before you go however, how about exploring it once again? Who knows if you'll even want to return after visiting the other planets!

Go say hello to everyone. Play hide and seek with the children. Make sure you know how Zero G works one last time. Walk through the museum exhibit and think about how you're most likely going to be in an exhibit yourself. Breathe in, breathe out. There is no air in space, so savour it. Okay. You have the launch codes now, it's time.

...Wait...How did the Nomai statue move? What -- ! Why did your day so far just flash before your eyes? What's going on?!

But just as quickly as it started, it ended. You wait for a second, the statue still turned towards you (okay...at least you didn't hallucinate that...) but nothing happens.

Well, that was weird. You decide to move on with your day. It's time to go to space.

First stop! The Attlerock, the moon orbiting Timber Hearth! The flight is short and there isn't really anything interesting to explore, but it's good enough for a warm up.

Esker is happy to see you. Of course they are, if their words about the others forgetting about them are true.

Finally! Your first visit to another planet! You've heard about a Nomai city being on this planet, how exciting! Oh and Riebeck should be here somewhere, that's their ship.