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2019 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch free 👍 83 % Very positive, 26,052 reviews on Steam

Obsidian's satirical space RPG drops you into a corporate-run colony where your dialogue choices and allegiances decide the fate of its factions. Biting humor, likeable companions and first-person gunplay define the experience.

What defines The Outer Worlds:

  • Choices with consequences
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots of humour
  • Strong character progression

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Star Control: Origins

90 %

2018 PC 20.49 € 👍 74 % Mostly positive, 2,617 reviews on Steam

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots of humour
  • Lots to discover

As a starship captain you roam a large galaxy, survey planets, talk with quirky alien races and fight top-down ship-to-ship duels. Its humor and diverse species give the adventure its character.

Mass Effect

Strong, story-driven narrative

As Commander Shepard, you lead your Normandy crew across the galaxy chasing a rogue Spectre in a landmark sci-fi RPG built around its dialogue wheel, companion bonds and choices that carry into the sequels. Combat is real-time cover shooting with pausable squad powers.

Mass Effect 2

Strong, story-driven narrative

Commander Shepard assembles a crew of specialists for a suicide mission, blending cover-based shooting with unforgettable companions and choices that decide who lives and dies.

Fallout 4

Lots to discover

As the lone survivor of Vault 111, you roam the irradiated ruins of Boston, blending gunplay with the slow-motion V.A.T.S. targeting system and building your own settlements. Faction choices and countless darkly funny side quests shape the fate of the Commonwealth.

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Strong character progression

As the Pathfinder, you explore open alien planets on foot with a jetpack and in the Nomad rover, searching for a new home for humanity in an uncharted galaxy. It pairs fast, mobile third-person combat built on freely mixed skill profiles with BioWare's trademark companion relationships.

Fallout: New Vegas

Strong character progression

A post-apocalyptic RPG set in the Mojave, where rival factions vie for control of Vegas and your choices, dialogue and skills decide the fate of the whole region. Sharp writing, dark humor and huge freedom in how quests unfold make it a genre classic.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

Strong character progression

A sci-fi JRPG with fast real-time combat in which a group is stranded on a technologically backward planet after an attack. Known for its deep skill and item creation systems, character relationships, and a famously surprising story twist.

Mass Effect 3

Strong, story-driven narrative

The emotional finale of Shepard's trilogy pairs tight cover-shooting and combinable squad powers with a galaxy-wide war effort, where choices carried across three games decide who lives, who dies, and which civilizations survive.

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Strong character progression

A Star Wars MMORPG that stands out for its fully voiced, class-specific BioWare-style storylines, with light-or-dark-side choices and companions who react to your decisions. Group flashpoints, raids and PvP round out the online experience.

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