Outlast on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Outlast is a horror, first-person and survival horror game developed and published by Red Barrels.
Released on September 04th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Japanese.

It has received 124,864 reviews of which 120,452 were positive and 4,412 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.5 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.43€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Outlast into these genres:

Horror First-Person Survival Horror Atmospheric Psychological Horror Gore Singleplayer Survival Dark Adventure Action Multiplayer Indie Stealth Parkour Difficult Walking Simulator 3D Vision Sci-fi

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - 64 bits *
Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Additional Notes: * 32 bits systems are not officially supported, but should work if configured to provide 3Gb of user-mode address space. See or

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.9
Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 750M / Intel Iris Pro 5200 / Radeon HD 3xxx
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: Standard

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 12 / Fedora 20 / Steam OS
Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 750M / 9800GTX / Radeon HD 3xxx. OpenGL 3.2+
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: Standard

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

{ Graphics }--- ☑️ You forget what reality is ☑️ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑️ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑️Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑️ Teens ☑️ Adults ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑️ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑️ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑️ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑️ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑️ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑️Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑️ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑️ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑️ 9,5 ☐ 10

Nov. 2024

The harder I try to escape, the further I get into this god awful place. Like fighting a tar pit. They've been torturing people in the basement, and by method. Written on the wall- "FINGERS FIRST. THEN BALLS. THEN TONGUE

Nov. 2024

super family friendly and educational... the part in the DLC where you are strapped to a table has a math lesson, do that part in front of your kids

Oct. 2024

In Outlast , you’re not the orchestrator of violence like in Manhunt —you’re its perpetual victim. This game is a relentless spiral of fear, where survival means running, hiding, and documenting horrors too dark to comprehend. It's some kind of a masterclass in tension, forcing you to confront terror while staying defenseless—your only tools being your camera and your wits. Each step feels like a countdown to something worse, immersing you in a nightmarish cat-and-mouse chase that rarely lets up. But it’s worth noting that Outlast follows predictable patterns, sticking closely to well-worn genre tropes. The scares, while effective, are often telegraphed and play out according to a familiar script. It’s not a groundbreaking experience, but rather a well-crafted piece that knows how to hit the right horror beats. Solidly executed, but far from revolutionary. Play it before bed if life's feeling a little too dull - great experience, I've already tried.

May 2024

I played a lot of horror and survival style games When I heard the name of the game Outlast, I was curious to see the game My body was shaking when I asked because I was really afraid of other people's opinions The game has really acceptable graphics compared to the year it was made In the game, you have no weapon to defend yourself and your only way to save yourself is to run away and hide You only have to worry about the battery in this game because you only have one camera The game environment makes you tremble with fear and you can really feel the fear inside you I suggest friends who like this style of game to try it My rating for this game is 10/10

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