Outer Wilds
Worth it · Action · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $24.99, a BANGER if it drops to $22.08. Typically $14.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.46/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 109,979
- Critics
- 85 players 11 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $22.08 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 17.1h
- To 100%
- 29.2h 1.7x the story
- Achievements
- 31
Price and sales
- Sales
- 55 on record
- Typical cut
- 40% off
- Steam low
- $12.49 February 2026
- Sale every
- 37d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 746 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 4% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
35% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 55 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $22.08 BANGER line 55 times.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including The Swapper ($14.99, scores 70) and Heaven's Vault ($7.49, scores 67).
More about Outer Wilds
Critics scored it 85. Players sit 11 points higher at 96 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
23 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 3,725 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
The rating rests on 109,979 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Incredible game, easy 10/10. If a genie offered me 3 wishes, one of them might have to be the ability to wipe this game from my mind at will so I could experience it over and over again.
2 more reviews
For several years I heard about how it's one of the best puzzle and exploration games to have come out. I wasn't too driven to try a puzzle game immediately, but it's about outer space so it was in my "must play" list for a long time. And two of my friends recently started to praise the ever living hell out of it, which I have to thank them for because it got me to try it out too. I'm making a game that involves a...
One of the most intentional, memorable, and emotionally thought provoking games I have ever played. Don't read about the game, it's one that is at its best when you experience it yourself, at your own pace.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Outer Wilds scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/753640/outer-wildsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.