I don't tend to explore much when I play games, but something about Outer Wilds made exploration very compelling and satisfying. Wandering about was rewarded with knowledge rather than an item, and learning bits and pieces of information that seems pointless at first but later seeing how it becomes useful was quite satisfying. Wandering into a planet only to get eaten by an angler fish was terrifying, but later finding out how to avoid them was great. The whole game was basically like this, constantly learning new things and finding new leads which was very fun to do. My one major complaint is that within the game's loop, there are some events that require quite a lot of waiting. That got dull when I needed to wait on sand to drain away a few times. Other than that, this game's pretty darn great.