Xbox Game Pass: 10 Must-Plays You Should Try

Not to be confused with The Outer Worlds, Outer Wilds is a sci-fi action-adventure game which is definitely not a spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas.

Indeed, rather than being set centuries after a nuclear explosion, Outer Wilds takes place exactly 22 minutes before the sun goes supernova and destroys everything- which is certainly a bit of a buzzkill for anyone who made plans for the weekend, even more so than a Coronavirus quarantine.

The object of the game is not to prevent the Supernova from happening; you aren't a god, after all. You are merely a waylaid space-farer keen on finding out how you got there and perhaps if there's a way out of the time loop you find yourself in- there's no blue Police Box around to save the day on this occasion, sadly.

In the 22 minutes you are given, finding clues and interacting with people and the environment is crucial, to learn all you can in preparation for the next playthrough when the time loop resets.

It's like Groundhog Day, only without Bill Murray and more aliens. The threat of imminent death is oddly thrilling; you won't find anything else so uniquely compulsive on the Game Pass.