Outer Wilds — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Outer Wilds Patch 16 is Now Available | 2025-05-06 | Patch 16 Changes (Steam only, other platforms coming soon): This minor patch is now out on Steam only, but will be brought to all other platforms except Nintendo Switch in late May. If you’re not on Steam, don’t worry, you’re not missing out! This is a minor patch mainly for adding a couple folks to the credits and fixing two PC-only bugs: clicking out of the game disabling certain inputs (such as the key for the ship’s lock on), which affected streamers in particular, and diagonal movement being faster than normal with mouse and keyboard. Why stagger the releases like this? It’s to increase the chance that, if any bad bugs on Steam slipped t |
| New Merch Roundup | 2024-11-23 | Hello Travelers, There’s been so much new Outer Wilds merch the past year that we’ve made a little guide to it all! There have also been restocks of some of the more popular items, like the Outer Wilds Soundtrack Vinyl. A lot of our partners are doing sales and promotions for the holidays, so be sure to take a look. You can read this same update on our website by clicking here. In particular, we want to highlight a project over 2 years in the making: The Hearthian Lander Model Kit! The Mobius Digital team worked incredibly closely with the manufacturer to produce this high quality, 100% accurate, 1/58 scale model kit. When fully constructed, |
| Annapurna Interactive Puzzle Bundle | 2024-06-28 | Hello Outer Wilds players! Today we're launching the Annapurna Interactive Puzzle Bundle, featuring four acclaimed, puzzle-centric games we've published. The games are... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497440/COCOON/ COCOON (Developer: Geometric Interactive) Steam - Overwhelmingly Positive (95%) Metacritic - 88 Winner - Best Independent Game (DICE Awards), Best Debut Indie Game (The Game Awards) https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/Gorogoa/ Gorogoa (Developer: Buried Signal) Steam - Overwhelmingly Positive (97%) Metacritic - 84 Winner - Innovation Award (GDC Awards), Best Debut Game (BAFTAs) https://store.steampowered.com/app/200892 |
| Outer Wilds is Steam Deck Verified | 2023-09-27 | Outer Wilds is now Verified for Steam Deck! Thanks to Patch 14, you should now be able to play Outer Wilds on your Steam Deck with default settings. We hope this update makes Outer Wilds more enjoyable for our Steam Deck players! As always, you can reach us via email to report any issues. Patch 13 available on Steam If you want to go back in time a bit, we’ve made Patch 13 available via Steam’s Betas. With this addition, Steam players can access versions of Outer Wilds as early as Patch 10. Our standard disclaimer applies: these builds have known issues that were fixed in later versions. Recent save files might also be corrupted if you use th |
| Outer Wilds Patch 14 is Now Available | 2023-09-26 | PATCH 14 IS NOW AVAILABLE 9/22/2023 Outer Wilds and Echoes of the Eye Patch 14 is now available! This is a small patch to address some issues on the Steam Deck, and we fixed some bugs while we were at it. It includes accessibility improvements on all platforms: a new Large UI Mode, improvements to the legibility of some button icons, and an FOV slider on consoles! Introducing: Large UI mode! We hope this mode will help folks playing on smaller screens or who just wish the text and UI was a bit bigger. By default, the game will automatically detect what size the UI should be based on your platform and display. If you’d like to manually set the |
| Echoes of the Eye is here! | 2021-09-28 | Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye is now available on Steam! Purchase it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622100/Outer_Wilds__Echoes_of_the_Eye/ Along with the expansion comes patches version 1.1.8, 1.1.9, and 1.1.10. Here's what's changed in the current version: 1.1.8 Changelog Writing Turkish is now an available language Fixed writing and localization throughout the game Polished clue for Southern Observatory and fixed a contradiction regarding the museum statue New Nomai computer on Hollow’s Lantern Tech Overhauled input rebinding system and controller support Planetary bodies and the sun no longer become invisible beyond a viewing d |
| Legacy Branch Announcement! | 2021-09-27 | Accessing the Legacy Branch Hello travelers! Firstly, thank you all for making fun and engaging content for fans of the game! We wanted to share with you that we are releasing a legacy branch of Outer Wilds because Patch 8 introduces a massive overhaul to our input system which could make mods from previous versions of the game unplayable. To ensure everyone can continue using their favorite mods, speedrun, or just enjoy this version of the game, we are making this branch publicly available. Please see below for how to access this legacy version of Outer Wilds: This will require a Steam version of the game bought on Steam to install. Log into |
| Hearthian Introduction | 2018-10-18 | (this is a crosspost) Hello everyone! Now that we have zipped through the solar system, we’re going to take a look at the playable characters alien race, the Hearthians. Hearthian Introduction The alien race known as the Hearthians are an amphibious race with four eyes, little sense of self preservation, and great curiosity for the outside world. Their home planet is Timber Hearth, which was discussed in a previous update. On their redwoods-inspired home planet, the Hearthians work together through to reach a greater understanding of the solar system they live in. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32343243/cfe |
| Brittle Hollow...Rocks!!! | 2018-08-06 | (this is a crosspost) Hello everyone! We’re making our way to Brittle Hollow in this week’s developer update. Meaningful Play Our writer Kelsey Beachum will be presenting a talk at Meaningful Play this year, October 11 - 13th. This talk will address the challenges of writing for an open-world game and in telling a linear story through a nonlinear delivery. This would be an excellent talk to listen to for those who are interested in writing for video games! Details about the event can be found here. Brittle Hollow Brittle Hollow is one of the most alien locations in Outer Wilds. From the outside, it appears to be a rocky planet with glacial p |
| E3 + VFX Development Update | 2018-06-22 | (this is a crosspost from the Mobius website) Hello everyone! Before we get into our development update, we’d like to recap our E3 experience. E3 Recap We won one of the Rock Paper Shotgun’s Editors Choice Award 2018 and received two nominations from Game Informer for Best in Show 2018 and PC Gamer for Best of E3 2018. Thank you to all of you who made it out to E3 and for all the enthusiastic responses to everything we show! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32343243/d562fb97da0bf61e2f20b576ee67a4ebedbbc745.png Before our Twitch segment at E3. For those curious, here are links the various articles that mention |