Who is the Outsider?

In Outsider, you'll join my childhood friend Nando in his online encounters with a woman who claims to be an extraterrestrial. This "game" is a faithful recreation of their conversations based on the detailed records he left me before disappearing over a decade ago.

Outsider is a dynamic narrative, choice-rich game where you will play as Nando's "inner voice" in an online chat, helping him navigate the experience of meeting someone claiming to be from an advanced civilization.

Outsider's main play area is a fully-featured simulated chat interface. Your first job will be to help Nando figure out whether "Mara", the alleged extraterrestrial, is who she claims to be. How could an advanced being prove they are from another planet solely through online chat?

The game avoids the all-too-common problem of interrupting conversations with long and indistinguishable options. All choices are supported by emoji "helpers" that indicate the answer's tone and likely impact.

Some choices enable you to skip parts of the story and make progress while not missing anything important. You can spend more time reading about topics that interest you and fine-tuning the story's pace without affecting the game's endings. A plethora of reading options, such as multiple fonts (including a special Dyslexia-friendly font), adjustable text speed and fast-forward help you explore all branches without getting bogged down by content you've already read.

Nando eventually starts having unexplained dreams. Are they telling him anything? Crack a unique metapuzzle and help him peel hidden layers from the narrative. If you can't solve it, you can still reach many endings... But special rewards await expert puzzle hunters!

Game Features

• A dynamic hand-crafted narrative where decisions matter: In Outsider, individual choices always affect the story but will only change Nando's fate in aggregate. Don't sweat missing one of the many endings because of a single unexpectedly important choice.

• Over 100K words and dozens of decisions: the game has more paths than atoms in the Universe. Nonetheless, you can still explore all of them with a few playthroughs.

• No "bad" or "gotcha" endings: there will always be something to learn from the experience - no matter what you decide.

• Detailed depiction of Alien technology: Nando's contact story taught him the answers to some of our most important and oldest questions. Outsider's alien technology is equally credible and extraordinary.

• A tough, optional overarching puzzle: a mystery that will keep puzzle lovers on their toes while allowing everybody else to experience many game endings.

• Multiple locations around the world: Nando traveled all over the world for work and leisure. Follow him to the United States, Brazil, China and more, where he meets friends while hiding his online life with the mysterious woman.

• Comprehensive reader features include fast forward, inline history scrolling, advance-on-click, keyboard-only operation and much more.

• Accessibility options allow you to heavily customize your experience with different fonts, including a Dyslexia-friendly one, text speeds and font sizes.

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04
• Processor: Intel Core i3/Ryzen 3Memory: 8 MB RAMStorage: 500 MB available space
• Memory: 8 MB RAMStorage: 500 MB available space
• Storage: 500 MB available space

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04
• Processor: Intel Core i5/Ryzen 5Memory: 8 MB RAMStorage: 500 MB available space
• Memory: 8 MB RAMStorage: 500 MB available space
• Storage: 500 MB available space