The Outer Worlds 2 offers a whole new colony to explore. Become friendly with new factions, crush them completely under your very sleek boots, or ignore them completely because you got lost in side quests.

In The Outer Worlds 2 you carve your path through Arcadia, a colony teeming with factions, intrigue, and chaos. It’s also home of skip drive technology and where the fate of the entire colony – and the galaxy – rests. As a daring, undeniably good-looking, and questionably competent Earth Directorate agent, you’re tasked with uncovering the source of devastating rifts threatening the entire galaxy. Talk about stakes (not to be confused with raptidon steaks, those are very different)!  The choice of how to deal with the rifts is up to you. “Your worlds, your way,” as we say at Obsidian.

Are the rifts the only thing threatening Arcadia? Of course not! That would be too easy. A factional war between the “benevolent rulers” known as the Protectorate, a rebellious scientific religious order, and a corporate mega power has the colony torn apart. Each is trying to close or control the rifts for their own good/monetarily profitable needs. Church, state, and capitalism! Who will win?! Well, that’s really up to you. This is your game.

When it comes to crafting your commander, it is full-on “RPG with RPG elements” time from ability points to skill checks in conversations, to even how flawed you want to be because, let’s admit it, no one is perfect. Except those who think they are. Look at you go. Being perfect.

How you build your commander and chart your way through the narrative is uniquely yours as you plunge into this player-driven story. Whether you’re a disciple of diplomacy, a smart strategist, a crusader of chaos, or defiantly different (so we can keep the alliterations), the choice – you guessed it – is yours. Oh, and with this being The Outer Worlds, yes, you can dumb!

What good is being a commander if you don't have a crew? Meet the companions who will be joining you on your journey through the Arcadia colony as you look into what is happening with the rifts in space time that are somewhere between a moderate and immediate threat to the universe, or dealing with any of the factions who are vying for control of the colony. Or, you know, ignore the money that went into making this asset to teach you who they are, and go all lone wolf. The choice is yours.

Your Crew, Your Consequences

You’ll travel with six companions, each with personal stakes in the colony’s future – and their own opinions on what you’re doing.

One might beg you to spare a faction leader. Another might ask you to murder an entire town. Sacrificing a companion could help you survive a key moment, but lock you out of their questline – and you’ll hear about it. On the radio. From the faction you just betrayed.

These aren’t just followers. They’re allies, wild cards, and occasional liabilities who breathe fire (literally). And each one brings something different to the table:

• Niles: Another Earth Directorate recruit torn between duty and defection.
• Inez: A former experiment from Auntie’s Choice with a grafted combat edge and a moral core.
• Aza: A chaos-loving Rift worshipper with a taste for violence and room to grow – maybe.
• Marisol: A stoic killer from the Order of the Ascendant with calculations to settle.
• Tristen: A walking tank and judge from the Protectorate, looking to dispense justice – or redefine it.
• Valerie: A floating, chirping support unit with unexpected upgrades and untapped potential.

While The Outer Worlds 2 is a single-player RPG, you won’t be alone! Not virtually anyway. Enlist a crew of companions to help you achieve your goals. Nothing says “middle management” more than sending people out to fight your fights for you, then having them judge everything you do with a visual reminder of how much they loved or hated it. Maybe you’ll help them fulfill their dreams or goals along the way. Clearly you care enough about the people working with you to see their dreams realized… right?

The Outer Worlds 2 is coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC (Steam), and PS5 on October 29, 2025. It will also be available on day one with Game Pass.