From GI.biz: “Outer Wilds is sometimes described as an experimental game, with players piecing together the game’s narrative by reliving a solar system’s last 22 minutes again and again. While that experimental streak has been recognized in the game itself — the Innovation Award is just one of five GDC Awards Outer Wilds is in the running for this year — developer Mobius Digital has been similarly experimental in how it’s brought the game to market.”
Source: N4G PC Subscriptions will "unlock the market to weirder things," says Outer Wilds dev