Outlast II is an adventure developed by Red Barrels, released 25 April 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac. It currently starts at $5.00 at GreenManGaming. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Outlast II is
Outlast II is an adventure game developed by Red Barrels and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it. You are Blake Langermann, a cameraman working with your wife, Lynn. The two of you are investigative journalists willing to take risks and dig deep to uncover the stories no one else will dare touch. You're following a trail of clues that started with the seemingly impossible murder of a pregnant woman known only as Jane Doe. The investigation has lead you miles into the Arizona desert, to a…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Outlast II holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 267 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $5.00, that works out to about $0.71 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-530, 4 GB RAM and 1GB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.00 at GreenManGaming, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Outlast II launched on 25 April 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Outlast II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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