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Side Effects Guaranteed, the first Outer Worlds 2 DLC, lands on 2 December. The PC Steam Key is €29.46 (€31.87 with fees), well under its usual price.
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Obsidian has announced the first DLC for The Outer Worlds 2. It's called Side Effects Guaranteed and comes in two halves: part one on 2 December, part two some time in spring. The Steam page is already up as "coming soon", with no price on it.
What's in Side Effects Guaranteed
Here's what Obsidian has listed so far:
- a new region, Elysium Valley
- a higher level cap, now 36
- more than 15 new perks
- new outfits for your companions
- Sub Rosa, a radio station with 20 songs
- an option to start from a ready-made level 27 save
The level 27 start lets you go straight to the new content. You still need to own The Outer Worlds 2, though: the DLC doesn't run on its own.
Price and editions: nothing confirmed yet
Obsidian hasn't said what Side Effects Guaranteed will cost, or whether it's part of any premium edition or expansion pass. Until that's out, assume you'll pay for it separately on top of the base game.
The base game on PC this morning
Steam still sells it at €69.99 (no fees), with no discount. The cheapest Steam Key we found is at HRKGame: €29.46 (€31.87 with fees) with the coupon Gocdkeys12. Even with fees, that's €38 less than Steam.
It also looks good next to its own history. The key has usually gone for around €42.63 (median, before fees), and the lowest we've recorded is €24.54 on 27 June, also before fees. Over 414 days of data it's only been cheaper than today on 77 of them.
Lower down you'll see a Steam Account at Key4Games for €3.03 (€3.40 with fees) with GOCDKEYS16. That gets you a login to someone else's Steam account, so the game is never in your own library, and any DLC would have to go on an account you don't control. With an expansion on the way, we'd stick to the key.
Our call: buy now if you want to play in December
If you plan to play the DLC when it comes out, buy the base game now. Today's key price is about a third below what it normally costs, and the gap to the June low is roughly five euros. Waiting three weeks for a deal that may never come makes little sense, and the campaign will keep you busy long before Elysium Valley.
If you're in no hurry, set a price alert at around €25 and let us email you. Part two isn't due until spring, so you have time. Otherwise, the The Outer Worlds 2 key page has every store side by side. On Steam the game sits at "Mostly Positive", with 72% of 8,697 reviews in its favour.
On console, less reason to hurry
Console players have less reason to rush. On Xbox, HRKGame has the cheapest key at €41.32 (€44.07 with fees) with Gocdkeys12, against €69.99 (no fees) on the Microsoft Store. That's close to the usual €43.47 (before fees), but it dropped to €27.65 on 16 October. There's an Xbox Account at Key4Games for €16.56 (€17.45 with fees); again, it's someone else's account. Check the Xbox offers or set an alert there.
On PS5 the only key in stock right now is the PlayStation Store's, at €69.99 (no fees). Resellers had PSN keys as low as €27.84 (before fees) on 15 October, so we'd wait for them to come back. The €16.56 (no fees) offer at GamesPSN is an account, not a key. Keep an eye on the PS5 page.
Prices checked on the morning of 12 November.
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