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Outcast - Second Contact cover art

Outcast - Second Contact

Appeal Studios · Nacon · 2017-11-14

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 28, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 14, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Outcast – Second Contact is the complete remake of the cult title which sparked the open world, action-adventure genre. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where your heroic journey places the fate of two worlds in your hands.

Outcast - Second Contact is an Action and Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1032 reviews).

1
playing now
78%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (2.2k downloads)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (998 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Take on the role of Cutter Slade, an elite soldier with a strong character, sent to an alien planet as Earth's last chance. Explore an awesome world that merges science and magic, explore exotic native cities, take on formidable enemies and try to uncover the secrets of an advanced civilisation. Make the right choices in a living world that has its own ecosystem, because the fate of two universes depends on your success.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,032 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.29-91%
GameBillet$1.30-91%
IndieGala$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
WinGameStore$1.49-90%
GreenManGaming$1.50-90%
GamersGate$3.50-90%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-19) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 205 of 211 observed days · $0.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$35.27$1.002017-11-142026-10-152017-11-14 — best price $29.702018-05-17 — best price $34.992018-09-07 — best price $17.492018-12-14 — best price $14.002019-05-10 — best price $8.742019-09-24 — best price $34.992020-01-11 — best price $29.392020-03-09 — best price $5.992020-06-10 — best price $5.242020-08-15 — best price $34.992020-10-11 — best price $31.382020-12-16 — best price $5.242021-02-10 — best price $29.642021-04-08 — best price $34.992021-05-31 — best price $34.992021-09-02 — best price $34.992021-12-27 — best price $34.992022-03-28 — best price $14.992022-07-25 — best price $1.492022-10-24 — best price $1.392023-01-12 — best price $12.262023-04-19 — best price $14.992023-07-21 — best price $14.992023-11-01 — best price $1.192024-01-17 — best price $14.992024-04-08 — best price $1.192024-07-15 — best price $1.492024-10-28 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $11.892025-07-16 — best price $11.892025-10-27 — best price $11.892026-01-15 — best price $1.502026-04-07 — best price $1.492026-06-15 — best price $1.502026-08-11 — best price $1.212026-09-15 — best price $1.302026-10-15 — best price $1.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
52.3%
earned "Jan's stealth test!"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-11-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,7256%39
PS4 (PlayStation)2,56123%40
Steam (Steam)2,1477%41

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

Player tags

RPGFunnyActionRemakeSci-fiClassicAdventureOpen WorldStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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