I Wish More People Made Mods for Outer Wilds
So… like most people who played Outer Wilds, I think this game is a masterpiece.
And I hope nobody’s going to throw rocks at me for what I’m about to say.
You know, I like modding my games. Downloading mods, making small ones myself, changing things, improving things… I just love that feeling of expanding a game beyond what it originally was.
Outer Wilds is an incredible game that players have dissected down to the smallest detail. There are thousands of story analyses, interpretations, theories… Some people know this game so well they can literally speedrun it in 8 minutes.
But what about the modders?
Yeah, I know. Outer Wilds isn’t Skyrim. Its structure and story are so unique that it almost feels “untouchable.”
But Outer Wilds isn’t just its story. It’s an entire universe. And honestly, I feel like that universe is still massively underexplored by modders. The potential is almost infinite.
And honestly… what could be more “Outer Wilds” than modding a game?
The entire universe of the game is built around civilizations “modding” reality itself: the Nomai turning black holes into what are basically cosmic bus stops, or the Owlks creating their own artificial reality to escape the real one.
So now I want to say this to the people who loved this game and still love it:
If you have an idea you’d like to explore in Outer Wilds, go for it.
A new mystery. A new planet. A strange experiment. A different kind of loop. Even a tiny weird little mod.
There are people like me out there who are waiting for that kind of thing.
I genuinely think this is one of the most beautiful ways to honor this game.
Not by trying to replace the original game or recreate the exact same experience… but by continuing to explore the feelings it gave us.
Creating mods for this universe almost feels like an extension of that philosophy.
It’s like taking over the campfire for a little while and saying:
“What if we kept the journey going just a bit longer?”