Obsidian has been on a roll in 2025, starting with Avowed early in the year, then entering Early Access for Grounded 2, and recently releasing The Outer Worlds 2 – a reactive FPS RPG that improves upon the formula of the original game in just about every way.

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To complete In Pursuit of Purloined Propaganda, Outer Worlds 2 players must locate all ten copies of Science Adventures Quarterly in Paradise.

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One of the biggest changes in Outer Worlds 2 (quite literally) is how much longer the game is than its predecessor. As a result, the time it takes to beat Outer Worlds 2 is much more than the time it took to beat the original game – especially if you want to get every Achievement and 100% the game.

How Long is The Outer Worlds 2?

Average & Completionist Time to Beat Outer Worlds 2

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The time it takes to beat Outer Worlds 2 varies wildly depending on your preferred playstyle, whether you stop and smell the roses and immerse yourself in lore, and whether you aim to 100% the game and earn all Achievements and Trophies or not.

  • If you mainline all the main missions and spend as little time completing side content as possible to beat the game, expect to spend anywhere from 20 to 30 hours to beat Outer Worlds 2.
  • Because side content makes up such an enormous chunk of the Outer Worlds 2 experience, if you veer off the main story path to pick up a few side quests here and there, but aren't concerned with 100%-ing the game, expect to spend around 30 to 50 hours to beat Outer Worlds 2.

How Long to 100% Outer Worlds 2

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Completionist playthroughs of Outer Worlds 2 will take significantly longer than the average Outer Worlds 2 game length. There are a total of 48 Achievements in Outer Worlds 2, some of which can only be completed over multiple playthroughs or require you to complete difficult or complex tasks in-game, like getting Auntie's Choice and the Order to work together (or taking on the Archive on your own).

To 100% Outer Worlds 2, completionists should expect to spend anywhere from 50 to 75 hours in the game. The variance here mostly depends on your own skill and knowledge of where Achievement-related locations are in the game.

All Outer Worlds 2 Main Missions

Every Outer Worlds 2 Main Story Mission

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In total, there are only eight main missions in Outer Worlds 2. However, each of these main missions is comprised of dozens of sub-tasks, associated side quests, or other requirements. Each main mission listed below can serve as a kind of milestone for your playthrough to judge how far you are in the game, and how far you are from the end:

  1. A Cause Worth Killing For
  2. Recalling the Score
  3. The Saboteur of Paradise
  4. On the Trail of the Traitor
  5. Fiends in High Places
  6. An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time
  7. A Complication With the Computronic Cerebrum
  8. Sins of the Past on the Precipice of the Future

By the time you complete On The Trail Of the Traitor, you will be about halfway through the game's main story.

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The Outer Worlds 2
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Released
October 29, 2025
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ESRB
Mature 17+ / Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Strong Language
Developer(s)
Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Xbox Game Studios
Prequel(s)
The Outer Worlds
Franchise
The Outer Worlds
Number of Players
Single-player
Genre(s)
RPG, Shooter, Adventure