#14
The Outer Worlds 2 is a late 2025 arrival and a solid one, first-person western RPG with the kind of dialogue choices and companion banter that made the original a cult favourite. Perk builds are flexible enough to support a few different playstyles, and the writing has the same dry humor running through it. It didn't crack the top 10 mainly because it's still finding its own identity next to bigger, more polished western RPGs like Cyberpunk 2077 on this same list. Not perfect yet. I played through the opening hours and came away liking it more than I expected to. Worth watching, and worth playing if you want something newer than the genre's established giants.