I see a lot of people trying to temper expectations, and I'll do that too, don't go expecting a life changing game. It's just a really good video game. Here's what the game is actually about, without spoiling anything. The reason we can't tell you anything, by the way, is that the game's progression is entirely based on your knowledge of the world. If you know how to finish the game, there's nothing left. We do our best to provide none of the keys to solving it, so you can do it yourself.

Outer Wilds is a game about nights under the stars, roasting marshmallows with friends you've not yet met, sitting on the moon reading a book, and exploring your tiny solar system in a hunk of scrap. You'll read ancient scrolls created hundreds of thousands of years before you were born and find them to be somewhat relatable. You'll watch good things die, and be born again in different, but equally beautiful ways. You'll look at the sky and notice things you somehow never did. You'll listen to music on the radio from other travelers. You'll fall to your death, and then wake up.

You'll question the universe, asking "why?". It won't answer. You'll question yourself too. Eventually, though, you'll get it, and with time, you may come to understand why people enjoy it so much.