Outlast is an adventure developed by Red Barrels, released 4 September 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux. It currently starts at $3.75 at GreenManGaming. The main story takes about 5.8 hrs to finish.
What Outlast is
Outlast is an adventure game developed by Red Barrels and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the remote mountains of Colorado, horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long-abandoned home for the mentally ill, recently re-opened by the “research and charity” branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, the asylum has been operating in strict secrecy… until now. Acting on a tip from an anonymous source, independent journalist Miles Upshur breaks into the facility, and what he discovers walks a terrifying line between science and religion, nature and something else entirely. Once inside, his only hope of escape lies with the terrible truth at the heart of Mount Massive. Outlast is a true survival horror experience which aims to show that the most terrifying monsters of all…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, mystery and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Outlast holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 724 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5.8 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.75, that works out to about $0.65 per hour of the main story, or $1.07 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU, 2 GB RAM and 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. 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 $3.75 at GreenManGaming, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Outlast launched on 4 September 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Outlast yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 10
Dlc
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