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Outlast

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

DEV: Red BarrelsPUB: Red BarrelsAppID 238320

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Developer activity at a glance

Catch up on Outlast with the developer’s own announcements. Start with the newest recorded post, then explore the details before you return.

Newest identified developer post

Daily Deal - Outlast 2, 75% Off

· Published by the developer

3recent developer posts shown belowSelected from the developer record, separately from press coverage. Announcements are not necessarily shipped patches.
Last successful news check: This is our collection date, not the date of the latest patch.
  1. Newest in this record ·

    Daily Deal - Outlast 2, 75% Off

    From the recorded announcement

    Today's Deal: Save 75% on Outlast 2 and 80% on Outlast !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

    Read original announcement ↗
  2. Earlier announcement ·

    Daily Deal - Outlast, 80% Off

    From the recorded announcement

    Today's Deal: Save 80% on Outlast!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

    Read original announcement ↗
  3. Earlier announcement ·

    Outlast 2 is coming April 25th!

    From the recorded announcement

    http://store.steampowered.com/app/414700/

    Read original announcement ↗
Explore news & source history ↓
96.3
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

96.4% of 139,884 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 96.3. It is a finished game, so no support adjustment applies either way.

reception 96.3·support +0.0·Exceptional

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

Should you look into this?

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Current price

$14.99

Development

Insufficient evidence

Last heard from developers

no record

Historical posting rhythm

not yet established

Substantial updates (6 mo)

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Current silence

cannot be judged

We do not yet hold enough of this game's announcement history to describe its rhythm.

Last successful news check: Nov 8, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.

News & source history

30 recorded posts · includes developer announcements and press coverage

PC GamerOct 31, 2026
'Are we going too far with this?': One of the worst scenes in Outlast had its devs debating whether to add it to the game or not

There are many scenes from Outlast that are burned into my memory, The Groom's sequence in Outlast's Whistleblower DLC, the finger amputation from the first game, or perhaps it was landing on a bunch of baby bones in Outlast 2. There's quit…

PC GamerOct 31, 2026
Red Barrels' co-founder is just as confused as we are as to why no one's tried to replicate Outlast's success: 'Honestly, I don't know'

The Outlast series has been providing horror fans with some of the most grotesque and outrageous scenes for 13 years, and to over 50 million players. The most surprising thing about all of that, though, isn't how it's able to keep players t…

PC GamerOct 20, 2026
Amnesia: The Dark Descent's co-founder explained the 'the dynamic of Steam' to Red Barrels after Outlast's sales slowed down

Three of the most influential games from my childhood were Pokémon HeartGold, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Outlast. Knowing this, you could probably piece together the kind of person I have become—let's just say it explains a lot. So it b…

PC GamerOct 19, 2026
No publishers wanted Outlast because they'd 'rather invest $50,000 in 10 mobile games' so Red Barrels relied on public investment programs and their own savings instead

Outlast has long since established itself as a horror gaming staple with an impressive track record of two mainline games, a DLC, and an online multiplayer game that still scares the bejesus out of me. So it's hard to believe that there was…

PC GamerOct 18, 2026
Outlast designer says that one playtester was so upset by the horror series they 'ran out of the studio to go cry outside' and didn't return

Red Barrels' Outlast series has long held a reputation for pushing the envelope further than most horror games, with depictions of violence, gore and nudity that can be shocking even within a medium well versed in delivering scares. But it …

PCGamesNJun 5, 2025
After 12 years, the prices of the original Outlast games are going down forever

Resident Evil 9 could be on the way. State of Decay 3 is also in the works. But while we wait for that next generation of horror games, now might be the time to finally take a visit to - or to revisit - Mount Massive Asylum and the Colorado…

PC GamerOct 30, 2024
Lionsgate and Red Barrels are bringing 'the Outlast Universe' to the big screen

If you've ever thought to yourself that Outlast would make a good horror flick, you'll be thrilled to hear that developer Red Barrels has signed a deal with Lionsgate to bring the game series to the big screen... Read more.

VG247Oct 30, 2024
Outlast is the latest video game adaptation heading to the big screen, this time from the studio behind Saw and the producer of It

It seems like there's no shortage of video game adaptations on the way, as apparently Outlast is next on the list to jump to the big screen. Read more

PC GamerOct 31, 2019
Makers of Outlast tease their next game

The intriguing image above was posted by developer Red Barrels very appropriately on Halloween, with a promise to reveal more soon. Red Barrels is the developer of first-person horror games Outlast and Outlast 2, but this tease doesn't…

AnnouncementMar 16, 2019
Daily Deal - Outlast 2, 75% Off

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Outlast 2 and 80% on Outlast !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Rock, Paper, ShotgunDec 7, 2018
Have You Played Outlast 2?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I will never understand why Outlast caused such a stir back in 2013, more so after playing its sequel. I suppose I get why folks liked…

PC GamerMay 15, 2018
Next Outlast to be 'a departure' from series, set in same universe

I can't write about Outlast 2 without recalling Tim's 'charred baby pit' preview headline, which perfectly captures the tone of Red Barrels' survival horror sequel. Pitches like that are a hard mould to break, I ima…

PC GamerDec 8, 2017
Outlast 3 will be made 'at some point', no DLC for Outlast 2, VR game could be in the works

Fans of the Outlast series were treated to a stack of news yesterday evening, all tucked into a post on the game's official Facebook page.  After declaring the series en route to Nintendo's Switch console in the new year, Red…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunSep 21, 2017
Boo! Outlast is free right now, and its expansion too

One of the better ‘peer through a camcorder viewfinder while hiding from spooky monsters’ horror games which shambled out of the early tensies, Outlast is free for keepsies if you grab it in the next two days. Hit the Humble Sto…

PC GamerSep 21, 2017
Outlast and the Whistleblower DLC are free on the Humble Store

The Humble Store End of Summer Sale itself came to an end today, which means it's time for the Humble Store End of Summer Sale Encore! Yes, seriously, the sale is over but is also still going on, which means you've got four more d…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunApr 24, 2017
Wot I Think: Outlast 2

If you ve ever wanted to experience crucifixion from a first-person perspective, Outlast 2 will let you scratch that one off your bucket list. Moving away from the first game s psychiatric hospital, developers Red Barrels unearth another ne…

AnnouncementApr 8, 2017
Daily Deal - Outlast, 80% Off

Today's Deal: Save 80% on Outlast!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

Rock, Paper, ShotgunOct 4, 2016
Horror Fans: Outlast 2 Demo Is Out Now, Has Corn

The horror, said famous army colonel Walter Kurtz. The survival horror. Outlast 2 will have some of that, by the looks of things, and good news for impatient people who like to be scared: it has a demo out today. It s a short one at 10-15 m…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunAug 1, 2016
Corny: Outlast 2 Delayed Into 2017

Ah, the early tensies! Cast your mind back to an era when a Slender Man lurked in every corner, crazed diary entries littered the streets, and Nicola Roberts was making a real go of a solo career. Of all the first-person stealth-o-spookers …

PC GamerJul 18, 2016
Red Barrels launches Outlast horror comic series

Red Barrels' scare fest Outlast 2 may stand as an indirect follow-up to its forerunner it s set in the same universe, but breaks from the first s show-stealing Mount Massive Asylum setting and follows a different cast of characters but a ne…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunJun 7, 2016
Have You Played Outlast?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. As a survival horror fan, I was at first willing to overlook the asylum-set Outlast s stigmatisation of issues of mental h…

PC GamerFeb 24, 2016
Outlast, Sunless Sea, Door Kickers and more in Humble Indie Bundle 16

Else Heart.Break() I was burned out on Humble Bundles after the first couple. In part it was because my cup runneth over with games I've never installed and bundles contribute to Steam library shame in a big way. But there's also the f…

Community AnnouncementsNov 4, 2015
Outlast 2 is coming April 25th!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/414700/

Community AnnouncementsNov 4, 2015
Outlast 2 is coming April 25th!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/414700/

Rock, Paper, ShotgunOct 29, 2015
Boo! Outlast 2 Announced For 2016

Outlast was one of the first shiny-polished horror games to rise from the growing trend for first-person unarmed spooky walkers in 2013. It was pretty good, Ben said when we gave him a pair of extra-strong pants and sent him into a spooky a…

PC GamerOct 28, 2015
Outlast studio teasing "something" new for tomorrow

Outlast, from Montreal-based indie studio Red Barrels Games, was a pretty good horror game: Vaguely Amnesia-like at first blush but faster-paced and more overtly gruesome. It was successful enough to warrant a sequel, which Red Barrels conf…

Community AnnouncementsMar 31, 2015
Now available on Mac & Linux!

After popular demand, we're happy to announce the immediate release of Outlast for Mac and Linux! You can now explore the mysteries of Mount Massive Asylum on your favorite platform. Enjoy!

Community AnnouncementsMar 31, 2015
Now available on Mac & Linux!

After popular demand, we're happy to announce the immediate release of Outlast for Mac and Linux! You can now explore the mysteries of Mount Massive Asylum on your favorite platform. Enjoy!

PC GamerOct 24, 2014
Outlast 2 is in development

Outlast, the indie horrorfest about an unlucky journalist stumbling through a crumbling, not-at-all-abandoned insane asylum, did pretty well for itself last year. "Is Outlast scary?" our review asked, in the rhetorical way reviewers like to…

AnnouncementSep 23, 2014
Midweek Madness - Outlast, 66% Off

Save 66% on Outlast during this week's Midweek Madness*! “Outlast is the perfect nightmare. ...it's absolutely petrifying. I love it” 4.5/5 – Joystiq Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival…