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Outcast - A New Beginning

Appeal Studios · THQ Nordic · 2024-03-15

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Outcast - A New Beginning is an Action game released in 2024, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1727 reviews).

7
playing now
79%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (3.3k downloads)
3.67★
PlayStation Store rating (1,819 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 189 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,727 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99-55%
GOG$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 87 of 146 observed days · $31.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26826820242026Week of 2024-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3022026-09-15 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29113Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 291 · peak 1,114Apr 2024 — avg 62 · peak 233May 2024 — avg 31 · peak 89Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 195Jul 2024 — avg 59 · peak 180Aug 2024 — avg 67 · peak 252Sep 2024 — avg 33 · peak 140Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 87Nov 2024 — avg 21 · peak 87Dec 2024 — avg 43 · peak 96Jan 2025 — avg 30 · peak 97Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 71Mar 2025 — avg 27 · peak 85Apr 2025 — avg 19 · peak 56May 2025 — avg 19 · peak 61Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 67Jul 2025 — avg 23 · peak 80Aug 2025 — avg 22 · peak 92Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 84Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 59Nov 2025 — avg 23 · peak 81Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 75Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 90Feb 2026 — avg 32 · peak 113Mar 2026 — avg 22 · peak 64Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 38Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 47Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$7.132024-01-242026-10-142024-01-24 — best price $59.992024-03-11 — best price $42.992024-05-07 — best price $44.782024-06-17 — best price $26.662024-07-07 — best price $29.992024-08-05 — best price $29.992024-09-13 — best price $59.992024-10-16 — best price $49.792024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-11 — best price $19.992025-01-04 — best price $39.992025-02-03 — best price $39.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-04-07 — best price $39.992025-05-01 — best price $29.992025-06-05 — best price $39.992025-07-11 — best price $39.992025-08-26 — best price $13.192025-09-25 — best price $13.192025-11-05 — best price $39.992025-12-03 — best price $33.992025-12-23 — best price $10.992026-02-09 — best price $7.222026-03-21 — best price $10.002026-04-20 — best price $31.492026-05-08 — best price $8.492026-06-05 — best price $31.992026-07-10 — best price $9.992026-08-07 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $39.992026-09-13 — best price $39.992026-09-23 — best price $39.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

52212026-05-31 — 50 pageviews2026-06-04 — 37 pageviews2026-06-08 — 45 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-24 — 32 pageviews2026-06-28 — 42 pageviews2026-07-02 — 41 pageviews2026-07-06 — 49 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 26 pageviews2026-07-18 — 38 pageviews2026-07-22 — 32 pageviews2026-07-26 — 23 pageviews2026-07-30 — 28 pageviews2026-08-03 — 28 pageviews2026-08-07 — 45 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-15 — 36 pageviews2026-08-19 — 35 pageviews2026-08-23 — 44 pageviews2026-08-27 — 23 pageviews2026-08-31 — 30 pageviews2026-09-04 — 32 pageviews2026-09-08 — 31 pageviews2026-09-12 — 30 pageviews2026-09-16 — 29 pageviews2026-09-20 — 40 pageviews2026-09-24 — 37 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 21 pageviews2026-10-06 — 49 pageviews2026-10-09 — 33 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-15 (Steam store data)

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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