The Outlast Trials
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The Outlast Trials

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

DEV: Red BarrelsPUB: Red BarrelsAppID 1304930
UPDATE PULSEevery ~6d·last 6d ago·24 recent on record

Is The Outlast Trials still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

96.3
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

92.4% of 112,072 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 92.2. The developers have shipped 3 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 4.1.

reception 92.2·support +4.1·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Current price

$39.99

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

6 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

3

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 5 days and were last heard 6 days ago — within their normal range. 3 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 1 of them major.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

patchSep 11, 2026

The Outlast Trials Adds Chemical Leak Event, Two New MK-Challenges

Murkoff's latest update to The Outlast Trials arrives with a time-limited event built around environmental hazard rather than the usual pursuit of test subjects.

What changed

  • Chemical Leak Limited-Time Event runs from September 8 (10 AM ET) through October 6 (10 AM ET). A toxic gas fills each Trial area; players must locate and shut off valves to clear it.
  • Chemical Leak Limited-Time Catalog accompanies the event. Players spend earned Event Tokens on exclusive rewards. The catalog disappears when the event ends, and any unspent tokens are forfeited.
  • New MK-Challenge: Change the Program — framed around spreading Murkoff's manufactured truth.
  • New MK-Challenge: Fund the Campaign — cast players as an instrument of institutional violence.
  • Various bug fixes and improvements, plus balancing updates to Invasion and Escalation modes and new quality-of-life options.

The valve-hunting mechanic gives the Chemical Leak event a distinct moment-to-moment texture compared to standard runs, while the token economy creates a firm deadline for anyone chasing the exclusive catalog rewards.

Two years of development

substantial routine

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46 announcements · 14 substantial · 8 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 17, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Chemical Leak - Sept. 17

Greetings Reagents,We have deployed a hotfix patch this morning to address various bugs and crashes players have experienced, thank you to everyone for reporting your issues to us!Remember that you can join our official 18+ Outlast Discord

Community AnnouncementsSep 11, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Chemical Leak - Sept. 11

Greetings Reagents,We have released a new hotfix patch to address the following issues:Escalation: Removed Permanent Damage and No Revive from Escalation. We plan to revisit these modifiers later as part of a broader rebalance of the Escala

Community AnnouncementsSep 8, 2026
New Update | Chemical Leak Limited-Time Event, 2 New MK-Challenges & more

Greetings Reagents,Reagents, hold your breath! Murkoff is releasing toxic gas into the Trials with the new Chemical Leak Limited-Time Event, featuring a new exclusive Limited-Time Chemical Leak Catalog. This update also brings 2 new MK-Chal

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Community AnnouncementsSep 4, 2026
Roadmap & Season 7.1 Dev Blog | Update Coming Sept. 8

Greetings Reagents,September has hit, and as we near the Season 7.1 update, we wanted to let you know some of what’s coming for this most recent update on September 8th at 10am ET and for the rest of the year in The Outlast Trials!RoadmapTh

Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Boneyard - July 25th

Greetings Reagents,We have deployed a small hotfix patch to address the following issues:Fix an out of memory issue that could be caused when opening and closing the loadout menu several times while in invasion cameras.If you encounter any

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Boneyard - July 24th

Greetings Reagents,We have deployed a small hotfix patch to address the following issues:Fixed an issue where Escalation Weekly savegames were not resumable.Fixed an issue where Imposters did not have to exit the trial after downing or kill

Community AnnouncementsJul 22, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Boneyard - July 22nd

Greetings Reagents,Our team has deployed a new hotfix patch to address the following issues: Improved disconnection issues in Escalation runs.Fixed an issue where Imposters would not receive a rank when leaving an Invasion early using “Exit

Community AnnouncementsJul 16, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Boneyard - July 16th

Greetings Reagents,A new hotfix patch is now live featuring the following fixes:Clarification: Console players can toggle cross-communication voice chat by holding the Start button. This is listed in the Controller Layout screen, but was no

Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2026
Project Boneyard Patch Notes | Season 7: New Coyle Trial, New MKs, & much more!

Greetings Reagents!The time has come for punishment! Reagents must join together to face Coyle in his all new Trial environment: The Prison Farm. The update also introduces 2 new MK-Challenges, many new features, including Rig Customization

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Community AnnouncementsJul 9, 2026
Project Boneyard: New Coyle Map, and so much more! Coming July 14th

Greetings Reagents,While Dr. Easterman believes control comes through reward, Coyle knows it's earned through devotion! Project Boneyard will introduce a brand-new Trial environment, The Prison Farm, and brings back Sergeant Leland Coyle in

Community AnnouncementsMay 19, 2026
New Update | Prime Time Limited-Time Event, 2 New MK-Challenges & more

Greetings Reagents,Prime Time has begun in The Outlast Trials! Murkoff’s newest therapy pushes Reagents into a relentless psychological assault where propaganda, fanaticism, and chaos collide. Face the new Prime Roulette variator featuring

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Community AnnouncementsApr 1, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Judas - April 1st

Greetings Reagents,Our team has worked on a hotfix patch addressing the following issues that will be rolling out on all platforms:Fixed missing text on some customization items.Fixed an issue where ping could be abnormally high in certain

Community AnnouncementsMar 26, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Judas - March 26th

Greetings Reagents,A hotfix patch is currently deploying that will address the following issues:Fixed an issue where the Berserker could spawn under the map in certain situations.Fixed an issue where Barricades could permanently block doorw

Community AnnouncementsMar 24, 2026
Project Judas Patch Notes | Season 6, New Environment, New MK-Challenges & more

Greetings Reagents,It's time to adjust your Murkoff Television sets for the feature presentation: Project Judas. This Season, you will get to feast your eyes on the Kress Twins attempt at political takeover! Otto and Arora have prepared qui

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Community AnnouncementsMar 19, 2026
Project Judas: New Kress Twins Map, and More Premiering March 24th

Greetings Reagents,The stage is set, and the cameras are rolling, let Anarchy reign. 🎥 The Kress Twins will return in a new Trial environment, the Television Studio, to exert their power on on the masses by installing a celebrity talking h

Community AnnouncementsFeb 17, 2026
Hotfix Patch Notes | Advent of Bogomolova Feb. 17th

Greetings Reagents,We have released a new hotfix patch to address the following issues:Fixed an issue where the Stun radius was bigger than intended in Invasion.Fixed an issue where two Prime Assets could spawn at the same time in Orphanage

Community AnnouncementsFeb 10, 2026
New Update | Advent of Bogomolova Limited-Time Event, New MK-Challenges & more

Greetings Reagents,Murkoff’s latest update ushers in the Advent of Bogomolova, a new Limited-Time Event that marks the arrival of Sister Liliya and the awakening of a dangerous new presence within the Sinyala Facility. As she lurks within s

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Community AnnouncementsDec 18, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Messiah - December 18th

Greetings Reagents,A new hotfix patch was released earlier today featuring the following fixes:Improved Imposter knife attack angles when engaging Reagents at close range.Fixed an issue where the Regroup button could trigger automatically i

Community AnnouncementsDec 12, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Project Messiah - December 12th

Greetings Reagents,Our team has deployed a hotfix patch with the following fixes:Fixed an issue where the Knife slash cooldown could be skipped by chaining another action/interaction.Fixed an issue where the Rank Points pop-up would stay di

Community AnnouncementsDec 9, 2025
Project Messiah Patch Notes | Season 5, New Prime Asset, New Environment & more

Greetings Reagents,Sister Liliya, our newest Prime Asset, ushers in Project Messiah and welcomes you into the snowcapped opulence of The Resort, a new Trial environment where Reagents can "Despoil the Auction", and prepare to face the divin

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Community AnnouncementsDec 4, 2025
Project Messiah: Meet Liliya Bogomolova | Coming Dec. 9th

Greetings Reagents,If God is love, then bloodshed is his only currency. Such is the testament of our newest Prime Asset, Liliya Bogomolova, the Praying Mantis who is otherwise known as Sister Liliya. A perfect picture of cryptic beauty, a v

Community AnnouncementsNov 26, 2025
Nominate The Outlast Trials for Labor of Love in the 2025 Steam Awards!

Attention Reagents! The Steam Award nominations for 2025 are now open and we want you to vote for The Outlast Trials in the Labor of Love category! It's been almost a year and a half since The Outlast Trials has launched (I know, we can bar

Community AnnouncementsNov 5, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Invasion - November 5th

Greetings Reagents,A hotfix patch was deployed today, here are the fixes included:Invasion Matchmaking AdjustmentsImplemented a new priority system to increase the overall chance of being selected as an Invader.Invader matchmaking priority

Community AnnouncementsOct 31, 2025
Happy Halloween! Announcing Official Red Barrels Merch Store & Geister continues

Greetings Reagents, We are thrilled to announce that we have finally launched our Official Red Barrels Merch Store featuring a collection for The Outlast Trials that ships to the US and Canada, more countries may become available in the fut

Community AnnouncementsOct 28, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Invasion - October 28th

Greetings Reagents,We have worked on various fixes, here is what is included in this most recent hotfix patch:Fixed an issue where players would occasionally stay immobile after a stab counter.Fixed the friend Invasion system so it properly

Community AnnouncementsOct 24, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Invasion - October 24th

Greetings Reagents,Our team has been working to release a patch with the following hotfixes:Consecutive projectile impacts on Imposters now have reduced effectiveness when occurring in quick succession.Fixed an issue with players on PC havi

Community AnnouncementsOct 23, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Invasion - October 23rd

Greetings Reagents,Our team has deployed another hotfix patch to address some issues that have been reported. This hotfix patch includes the following fixes:Fixed an issue where Imposters would receive an "F" and no rewards if Reagents woul

Community AnnouncementsOct 22, 2025
Hotfix Patch Notes | Invasion - October 22nd

Greetings Reagents,Our team has worked on a patch the following fixes: Fixed voice chat widget overlap when spectating cameras.,Fixed FAILED Stamp being displayed for Imposters in result screen.,Fixed tutorial text being displayed when Impo

GamingOnLinuxOct 21, 2025
The Outlast Trials new PvP invasion mode is out now with Easy Anti-Cheat added

The Outlast Trials from Red Barrels has a huge new update out now that brings in a PvP invasion mode, and there's also now anti-cheat added into the game. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-outlast-trials-

Community AnnouncementsOct 21, 2025
Major Update | New Invasion Experimental Therapy, Geister is Back & More

Greetings Reagents,A new update is upon us, and this time, no one's safe... Take a stab at our new permanent Experimental Therapy, the Invasion Game Mode, letting real Reagents slip into your Trials as knife-wielding Imposters.You’ll also f

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