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Outlast 2 cover art

Outlast 2

Red Barrels · 2017-04-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 25, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 25, 2017 (Mac), Apr 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 25, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

Outlast 2 is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 64551 reviews).

164
playing now
91%
positive of 65k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (243 ratings)
41
Nexus mods (15k downloads)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (32,765 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 4.1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

164 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Outlast 2 is a 2017 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. The sequel to Outlast (2013), it revolves around a cameraman named Blake Langermann, who works with his journalist wife, Lynn, to investigate the murder of a pregnant woman in northern Arizona. When they are separated in a helicopter crash, Blake has to find Lynn while travelling through a village inhabited by a deranged cult that believes the Judgement Day is upon them.

Trailer

Outlast 2 trailer thumbnail

Outlast 2 - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈516,228 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 164 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,689 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~461/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 1.6M–3.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64,918 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 121 of 124 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,323 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,171 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,754 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 26 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

465852026-09-15 11:00 — 147 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 160 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 114 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 158 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 256 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 126 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 108 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 192 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 145 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 142 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 188 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 105 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 115 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 303 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 307 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 222 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 310 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 309 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 252 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 357 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 369 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 192 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 164 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8900Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 0Apr 2017 — avg 639 · peak 5,966Jul 2017 — avg 124 · peak 257Oct 2017 — avg 79 · peak 265Jan 2018 — avg 93 · peak 264Apr 2018 — avg 197 · peak 667Jul 2018 — avg 117 · peak 244Oct 2018 — avg 78 · peak 610Jan 2019 — avg 127 · peak 339Apr 2019 — avg 68 · peak 141Jul 2019 — avg 133 · peak 335Oct 2019 — avg 80 · peak 578Jan 2020 — avg 140 · peak 329Apr 2020 — avg 132 · peak 323Jul 2020 — avg 215 · peak 433Oct 2020 — avg 132 · peak 820Jan 2021 — avg 262 · peak 1,145Apr 2021 — avg 158 · peak 306Jul 2021 — avg 315 · peak 850Oct 2021 — avg 176 · peak 886Jan 2022 — avg 233 · peak 507Apr 2022 — avg 152 · peak 319Jul 2022 — avg 270 · peak 614Oct 2022 — avg 262 · peak 1,393Jan 2023 — avg 255 · peak 487Apr 2023 — avg 183 · peak 466Jul 2023 — avg 256 · peak 443Oct 2023 — avg 201 · peak 791Jan 2024 — avg 219 · peak 478Apr 2024 — avg 181 · peak 665Jul 2024 — avg 311 · peak 503Oct 2024 — avg 177 · peak 843Jan 2025 — avg 224 · peak 459Apr 2025 — avg 158 · peak 303Jul 2025 — avg 890 · peak 2,373Oct 2025 — avg 260 · peak 538Jan 2026 — avg 244 · peak 488Apr 2026 — avg 209 · peak 447Jul 2026 — avg 226 · peak 400Aug 2026 — avg 226 · peak 449
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1211212026-10-022026-10-132026-10-02: 121 new positive2026-10-02: 26 new negative2026-10-03: 18 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 28 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 19 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 17 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 25 new positive2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-10: 10 new negative2026-10-11: 44 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new negative2026-10-13: 27 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$3.332017-04-252026-10-142017-04-25 — best price $29.992017-10-26 — best price $17.992018-02-08 — best price $11.992018-06-22 — best price $10.202018-11-27 — best price $29.992019-03-02 — best price $29.992019-07-09 — best price $29.992019-11-04 — best price $29.992020-01-31 — best price $29.992020-05-07 — best price $5.992020-11-23 — best price $5.282021-03-22 — best price $4.492021-08-06 — best price $29.992021-12-20 — best price $5.992022-06-06 — best price $4.492022-10-18 — best price $4.492023-01-10 — best price $4.492023-05-05 — best price $3.602023-09-11 — best price $4.492023-12-15 — best price $3.602024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-07-12 — best price $29.992024-09-30 — best price $3.832024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-05-16 — best price $29.992025-09-25 — best price $4.992025-12-12 — best price $5.002026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-06-17 — best price $4.992026-08-19 — best price $4.992026-09-14 — best price $4.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7281912026-06-02 — 279 pageviews2026-06-06 — 262 pageviews2026-06-10 — 305 pageviews2026-06-14 — 337 pageviews2026-06-18 — 204 pageviews2026-06-22 — 258 pageviews2026-06-26 — 374 pageviews2026-06-30 — 264 pageviews2026-07-04 — 330 pageviews2026-07-08 — 323 pageviews2026-07-12 — 294 pageviews2026-07-16 — 339 pageviews2026-07-20 — 347 pageviews2026-07-24 — 302 pageviews2026-07-28 — 343 pageviews2026-08-01 — 280 pageviews2026-08-05 — 278 pageviews2026-08-09 — 238 pageviews2026-08-13 — 191 pageviews2026-08-17 — 372 pageviews2026-08-21 — 238 pageviews2026-08-25 — 233 pageviews2026-08-29 — 237 pageviews2026-09-02 — 354 pageviews2026-09-06 — 265 pageviews2026-09-10 — 219 pageviews2026-09-14 — 260 pageviews2026-09-18 — 308 pageviews2026-09-22 — 281 pageviews2026-09-26 — 255 pageviews2026-09-30 — 231 pageviews2026-10-04 — 463 pageviews2026-10-08 — 394 pageviews2026-10-12 — 728 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.5k42026-10-02 14:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 934 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 173 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 1,319 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 169 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 323 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 2,455 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 50 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "What God Has Joined"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)92,9192%25
Steam (Steam)27,1144%24
Xbox One (Xbox)16,7741%24
Switch (Nintendo)1130%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkGoreActionHorrorMatureNudityViolentSurvivalAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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