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Outlast

Red Barrels · 2013-09-04

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 19, 2014 (Xbox One), Mar 31, 2015 (Mac), Feb 04, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Feb 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 04, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 31, 2015 (Linux)

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 an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 138,810 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

284
playing now
96%
positive of 140k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
646
twitch viewers (latest)
10.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
77/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (701 ratings)
81
Nexus mods (59k downloads)
4.63★
PlayStation Store rating (179,302 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 53% recommend · from 30 critics
5.8h
to beat · rushed 4.6h · completionist 3.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by the Canadian independent studio Red Barrels. The plot centres on Miles Upshur, a freelance investigative journalist who investigates Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado, United States.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 284 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,698 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~962/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.6M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 139,691 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2024-11-21) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 127 of 129 observed days · $1.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,603 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,751 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,337 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,945 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,159 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,928 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,301 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,211 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,358 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,551 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,367 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,515 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,497 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,577 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,993 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,463 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,062 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,505 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,242 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,136 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 878 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,198 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9491322026-09-15 11:00 — 209 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 342 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 230 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 271 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 434 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 205 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 162 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 326 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 268 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 258 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 297 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 238 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 177 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 607 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 949 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 433 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 692 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 825 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 538 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 666 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 820 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 439 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 284 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k3Aug 2013Aug 2026Aug 2013 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2013 — avg 277 · peak 1,021Apr 2014 — avg 117 · peak 247Aug 2014 — avg 179 · peak 341Dec 2014 — avg 204 · peak 648Apr 2015 — avg 121 · peak 299Aug 2015 — avg 185 · peak 588Dec 2015 — avg 175 · peak 506Apr 2016 — avg 135 · peak 329Aug 2016 — avg 139 · peak 240Dec 2016 — avg 180 · peak 600Apr 2017 — avg 292 · peak 1,043Aug 2017 — avg 118 · peak 215Dec 2017 — avg 340 · peak 915Apr 2018 — avg 229 · peak 691Aug 2018 — avg 163 · peak 289Dec 2018 — avg 182 · peak 516Apr 2019 — avg 124 · peak 272Aug 2019 — avg 152 · peak 262Dec 2019 — avg 227 · peak 567Apr 2020 — avg 214 · peak 413Aug 2020 — avg 217 · peak 375Dec 2020 — avg 351 · peak 1,052Apr 2021 — avg 240 · peak 430Aug 2021 — avg 262 · peak 437Dec 2021 — avg 342 · peak 775Apr 2022 — avg 229 · peak 435Aug 2022 — avg 269 · peak 412Dec 2022 — avg 383 · peak 917Apr 2023 — avg 256 · peak 563Aug 2023 — avg 285 · peak 613Dec 2023 — avg 330 · peak 810Apr 2024 — avg 249 · peak 474Aug 2024 — avg 282 · peak 514Dec 2024 — avg 447 · peak 956Apr 2025 — avg 238 · peak 505Aug 2025 — avg 311 · peak 549Dec 2025 — avg 446 · peak 1,006Apr 2026 — avg 334 · peak 872Aug 2026 — avg 301 · peak 542
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1371372026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 137 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 37 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 38 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 25 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 29 new positive2026-10-02: 27 new positive2026-10-03: 34 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 56 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 45 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 51 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 48 new positive2026-10-08: 47 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 48 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 48 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 45 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 21 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.402015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-21 — best price $19.992015-12-04 — best price $19.992016-09-26 — best price $19.992017-04-10 — best price $3.992017-09-05 — best price $2.992018-01-11 — best price $3.992018-06-12 — best price $2.992018-11-06 — best price $19.992019-02-03 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-10-01 — best price $4.992020-01-22 — best price $3.992020-04-08 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-03-24 — best price $19.992021-10-25 — best price $2.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-02-10 — best price $2.402023-06-09 — best price $19.992023-10-09 — best price $2.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-04-30 — best price $2.992024-07-26 — best price $3.002024-10-22 — best price $2.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $3.742026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $3.792026-06-16 — best price $14.992026-08-15 — best price $3.752026-09-13 — best price $3.752026-10-03 — best price $3.752026-10-14 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4862026-05-31 — 784 pageviews2026-06-04 — 661 pageviews2026-06-08 — 716 pageviews2026-06-12 — 878 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,014 pageviews2026-06-20 — 909 pageviews2026-06-24 — 731 pageviews2026-06-28 — 913 pageviews2026-07-02 — 803 pageviews2026-07-06 — 890 pageviews2026-07-10 — 723 pageviews2026-07-14 — 815 pageviews2026-07-18 — 948 pageviews2026-07-22 — 854 pageviews2026-07-26 — 874 pageviews2026-07-30 — 660 pageviews2026-08-03 — 671 pageviews2026-08-07 — 582 pageviews2026-08-11 — 570 pageviews2026-08-15 — 593 pageviews2026-08-19 — 611 pageviews2026-08-23 — 603 pageviews2026-08-27 — 530 pageviews2026-08-31 — 531 pageviews2026-09-04 — 685 pageviews2026-09-08 — 672 pageviews2026-09-12 — 537 pageviews2026-09-16 — 486 pageviews2026-09-20 — 737 pageviews2026-09-24 — 778 pageviews2026-09-28 — 698 pageviews2026-10-02 — 842 pageviews2026-10-06 — 874 pageviews2026-10-09 — 815 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

48k242026-10-01 22:34 — 501 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 331 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 472 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 417 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 320 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 806 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 503 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 551 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 470 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 1,171 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 429 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 318 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 368 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 726 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 431 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 479 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 369 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 696 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 192 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 346 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 46,452 viewers2026-10-12 04:12 — 30,838 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 402 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 215 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 394 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 490 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 285 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 646 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
49.5%
earned "ILLUMINATED"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-05-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)84,4794%14
Steam (Steam)56,6118%14
Xbox One (Xbox)45,2642%17

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

DarkGoreIndieActionHorrorNudityStealthSurvivalAdventureAtmospheric

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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