This thesis examines how Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital, 2019) utilizes isolation as a narrative and emotional mechanic. Using qualitative, interpretive analysis, the study explores how the game’s systems, spatial design, and player experience interconnect to evoke feelings of loneliness, awe, and existential reflection. Drawing on frameworks of formal game analysis, procedural rhetoric, and phenomenology of play, it argues that Outer Wilds transforms isolation from a mere absence of social interaction into a meaningful vehicle for storytelling and thematic expression. By analyzing the relationship between mechanics, space, and affect, the thesis situates Outer Wilds within broader discussions of narrative architecture, player embodiment, and the emotional landscapes of digital play.