The Outer Worlds 2 Metacritic score matches the impressive reviews for the original 2019 RPG, with the two tied as Obsidian's fifth-best games

The Outer Worlds 2's Metacritic score has landed and it's right on par with the original RPG, and tied for fifth highest-rated game the developer Obsidian has ever made.

Obsidian has put in a shift this year, releasing three games. First was Avowed back in February, then Grounded 2 came out of nowhere and launched very shortly after its announcement during the summer. And now to close out the year, The Outer Worlds 2 is releasing next week on October 29.

The Outer Worlds 2's Metacritic score of 85 is on par with the original game, as well as South Park: The Stick of Truth, and places it just above Fallout: New Vegas at 84 and Avowed at 80. This makes it tied for the fifth highest-rated game from the studio behind Pentiment (which sits at 90 for Nintendo Switch 2), Pillars of Eternity (89 on PC), Pillars of Eternity (88 on PC) and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords (86 on Xbox).

In GamesRadar+'s The Outer Worlds 2 review, senior staff writer Heather Wald gave the game four-and-a-half stars out of five and said: "The Outer Worlds 2 is bigger and better than the first game in every respect, with deep, rich role-playing and plenty of freedom to tailor your experience. Every world feels curated, and exploration is always purposeful and rewarding. Topped off with a vast range of weapons, brilliant writing, and a story and character that's yours to shape, this is Obsidian doing what it does best to deliver an engrossing RPG you'll want to replay again and again."

Screw up too hard in The Outer Worlds 2 and your companions may fight you "to the death" because Obsidian wanted the RPG's cast to feel "like they're their own people"