Outer Wilds 2019

Is it still worth playing?

Mobius Digital's 2019 exploration game for Windows and Xbox One. You are an unnamed space explorer in a small planetary system that resets every 22 minutes when the sun goes supernova. Dying also resets the loop, and only the ship's computer carries information and mysteries over. A translator reads the writing of the Nomai, found around the system, a signalscope detects audio transmissions, and you fly a small spacecraft freely, with a jetpack that uses fuel and oxygen. Locations change during each loop, so some areas are only reachable at certain times. The Echoes of the Eye expansion came in 2021. There is no progression system, no perks and no quest givers, and what you gain is knowledge. Planets move on a fixed schedule, so timing and what you have learned solve the mysteries, and that is what makes it worth playing today.