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My favorite discovery in the vast ocean of the internet is Outer Wilds, the game created by a small indie studio Mobius Digital in 2019. Outer Wilds goes beyond being my favorite game, it's my favorite thing across all media.

My first experience with Outer Wilds was a few years ago when I saw this game in an indie games tier list, I downloaded it, played about 4 hours and forgot about it for quite a while... A year ago I was casually scrolling through the YouTube recommended page and I found a video about "Once per lifetime experience game"... The first thing in the video, and the first thing that you'll see in almost any video about OW, was a spoiler warning, but it wasn't a spoiler like in any other video I've seen, it was a long segment saying that I should play this game first and only then watch this video and I... just continued watching the video... Fortunately for me only for a couple of minutes, where video creator was showing one of the first puzzles in the game and I recalled it, I couldn't solve it in my first playthrough and was curious about its solution, so I watched the video for a solution and it was so simple yet so hard to think of, and it gave me some motivation to play this game myself, so I booted up Outer Wilds and started my new journey that soon would change my life. So...
If you got stuck at the start of your journey or if it feels boring - don't give it up too soon.

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I have completed many games in my life, most of the games I liked I completed a couple of times, Omori, Dark Souls 3, Undertale, Inscryption, I completed the story 2 or 4 or more times in each of these games to enjoy them once more, but why not Outer Wilds? The thing is that you can truly play it only once on your first playthrough, the game doesn't contain any upgrades that you need to complete it, its story and route are not linear, this is a game about knowledge, if you know certain things about Outer Wilds you won't ever forget them, and with that knowledge you can buy the game and complete it not in 20-30 hours, but in approximately 22 minutes...

That's why a very important thing is that I can't tell you more about Outer Wilds, telling more about this game is equivalent to stealing your experience, so don't read anything about this game, just try it yourself

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This game had a heavy impact on me, it changed my perspective on our purpose in the universe, and changed my mindset related to death. Even years after I completed this game, I still find myself watching videos about the lore or Let’s Plays. Honestly, I've probably consumed around 500 hours of content about this game. For me Outer Wilds is a piece of art that stands above everything else I've experienced online.
And if this review encourages even one person to play this game, I’ll consider it a success and I'll be genuinely happy.

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This game is my favorite rpgmaker game over Undertale or One Shot, and most certainly second favorite game of all time. This game has one of the best stories and is mostly known for its story, but rpg mechanics and battle mechanics in this game are awesome too, so the whole game makes you so immersed in it that you could just disappear from the real world for a brief moment. This game had such an impact on me, and a while after my first playthrough I decided to play Omori again, and it's even better than the first time, and I was immersed for an additional 30 hours. I loved this game, and I recommend it for most people, but... if you have trauma/ptsd/depression, this game could be dangerous for you, so be wary. Take care.