Best Outer Wilds planets

Brittle Hollow leads the Outer Wilds planet ranking with 1345 ELO points over 22 duels, ahead of Ember Twin and Timber Hearth.

An 89-point gap separates Brittle Hollow from Ember Twin at the top, the largest divide in the ranking. The crumbling planet wins 68% of its duels, suggesting its collapsing architecture and hidden secrets captivated players more than any other destination. Timber Hearth claims third with 1201 ELO and a 58% win rate across 33 duels, while Giant's Deep follows at 1167 ELO with a 47% win rate over 30 duels. Ash Twin rounds out the top five with 1163 ELO, narrowly edging out the final contender by 84 points. The bottom tells a stark story: Dark Bramble sits alone in sixth place with just 1079 ELO and a 30% win rate across 27 duels, confirming that its maze of fog and lurking dangers inspired more dread than affection among explorers.

This ranking draws from 285 duels submitted by 32 players across 6 contenders, last updated 12 October 2026. Each planet in the solar system offers distinct challenges and mysteries, from sand-buried caves to storm-tossed islands, and this vote captures which environments left the strongest impression. Cast your own duels on VAINKEURZ to shape the ranking and see how your favorite planet compares to the community's choice.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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