If you have the game in your library and you have a VR headset you need to do yourself a favour and try this. Since The Outer Worlds is an Unreal Engine 4 game and not based on a custom platform, that at least leaves the door cracked to the potential of VR support of. NomaiVR is a VR mod for Outer Wilds, with full motion control support.
This game now feels like a natural VR release. Having played this game (pancake mode) during release I was sceptical this mod would be any good, but it's turned out to be AMAZING. You can get this experience from Steam here: Grab the MOD from the Official Games Mod Manager here: