I have the same problem. I am on the Microsoft Xbox Gamepass PC (Beta). When I hit play the game, it launches and for a second one can see a black screen and The Outer Worlds Process in the taskmanager but afterwards it just closes down. I can launch other games from XGP.
i7-6700k, 16GB DDR4-3200, 1080ti, SSD
on reddit are people with similar issues. they had success disabling anything that puts an overlay on your screen or similar. None of the described solutions over there fixed it for me.
seems like the game saves some crash information on your local drive: (I modified some of the long cryptic stuff)
W:\WpSystem\XYZ\AppData\Local\Packages\PrivateDivision.TheOuterWorldsWindows10_xyz\LocalCache\Local\Indiana\Saved\Config\CrashReportClient
there is an ini file called CrashReportClient.ini, Content:
[CrashReportClient]
bHideLogFilesOption=false
bIsAllowedToCloseWithoutSending=true
CrashConfigPurgeDays=2
so not very helpful. Could not find any files under my regular documents folder or app data folder. If you tell me where to find a meaningful crash report I am more than happy to provide it.