I'm not waiting 5 years for everyone to realize The Outer Worlds 2 is another Obsidian classic—I'm giving it its flowers now

Personal Pick

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In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We'll post new personal picks each day throughout the rest of the month. You can find them all here.

The Outer Worlds 2 is not the best RPG of 2025⁠—that's Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Depending on who you ask it may not even be Obsidian's best game this year—at least one PCG editor thinks it was Grounded 2...