Outer Wilds will be released for Nintendo Switch in the summer of 2021.
Developed byMobius Digitaland inspired by films including Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey,Outer Wildsis described as an “open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop”.
The alpha build of the space exploration game won the Grand Prize and Excellence in Design award at 2015’s Independent Games Festival awards, and Mobius raised over $126,000 through crowdfunding site Fig to help develop it.
While Outer Wilds was originally planned for release onPC,MacandLinuxthroughSteam, the PC version of the title launched as a timedEpic Games Storeexclusive, angering some backers who claimed they wouldn’t have supported the project had they known.
The game debuted for PC andXbox One(including on Game Pass) in May 2019, before making its way toPS4in October 2019 and Steam in June 2020.
It won multiple Game of the Year awards from publications including Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer and The Guardian.
Mobius co-creative lead Loan Verneau has said subscription services likeXboxGame Passgive “weirder things” like Outer Wilds a chance to shine.
