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Outcast - A New Beginning

Appeal Studios · THQ Nordic · 2024-03-15

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Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Mar 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Explore the breathtaking alien world of Adelpha, support the local Talans in their struggles and fight your way through fast-paced battles against invading robot forces in this 3rd-person, open world, action adventure sequel to the 1999 cult classic.

18
playing now
79%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Outcast: A New Beginning is a 2024 action-adventure game developed by Appeal Studios and published by THQ Nordic. It is a sequel to 1999's Outcast. Players help defend an alien civilization while searching for their missing daughter. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 15 March 2024 to mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,717 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.11 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 81 of 115 observed days · $31.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

3422026-08-12 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 34 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 24 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$7.132024-01-242026-08-302024-01-24 — best price $59.992024-03-01 — best price $41.032024-04-11 — best price $59.992024-05-20 — best price $59.992024-06-20 — best price $29.992024-07-07 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $29.992024-09-04 — best price $29.992024-09-27 — best price $30.002024-10-26 — best price $37.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-07 — best price $29.992024-12-23 — best price $19.992025-01-12 — best price $20.002025-02-10 — best price $17.492025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-04-03 — best price $39.992025-04-25 — best price $14.392025-05-12 — best price $15.992025-06-15 — best price $13.192025-07-11 — best price $39.992025-08-22 — best price $39.992025-09-09 — best price $39.992025-10-07 — best price $13.192025-11-18 — best price $39.992025-12-03 — best price $33.992025-12-19 — best price $11.082026-01-10 — best price $39.992026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-03-27 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $31.492026-05-06 — best price $39.992026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-06-20 — best price $10.002026-07-14 — best price $39.992026-08-07 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

58172026-05-31 — 50 pageviews2026-06-03 — 27 pageviews2026-06-06 — 31 pageviews2026-06-09 — 37 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 34 pageviews2026-06-21 — 33 pageviews2026-06-24 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 32 pageviews2026-07-03 — 34 pageviews2026-07-06 — 49 pageviews2026-07-09 — 36 pageviews2026-07-12 — 35 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 38 pageviews2026-07-21 — 34 pageviews2026-07-24 — 29 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 35 pageviews2026-08-08 — 41 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-14 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 44 pageviews2026-08-26 — 38 pageviews2026-08-28 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
75.6%
earned "Say "hello" to my little friend"
19%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)94110%52
PS5 (PlayStation)87122%52
Xbox Series (Xbox)4288%52

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3D1990'sActionAliensCombatSci-fiOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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