The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition

The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition is an adventure game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and released in 2023. It was published by Private Division. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 68 achievements to unlock.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 12 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or Radeon RX 590. A 12GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 62GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition launched on 7 March 2023, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4, Atomic Heart, Octopath Traveler II and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4, Atomic Heart, Octopath Traveler II, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.

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