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Outward Definitive Edition

Nine Dots Studio · Prime Matter · 2022-05-17

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RPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 26, 2019 (PlayStation 4), May 17, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 26, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 30, 2020 (Google Stadia), Mar 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.

Outward Definitive Edition is a 2022 RPG priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (73% of 31397 reviews).

968
playing now
73%
positive of 32k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
57/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
3.98★
PlayStation Store rating (6,270 ratings)
68/100
opencritic · fair · 25% recommend · from 12 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

968 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 968 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,565 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~196/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 14,017 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 631k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 31,546 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Humble Store$1.99-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $47.88 · on sale 89 of 212 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20192026Week of 2019-03-01: 1,018 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 448 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k1112026-09-15 12:00 — 163 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 271 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 168 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 252 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 388 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 189 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 158 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 301 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 221 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 236 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 272 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 208 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 111 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 387 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 527 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 259 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 446 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 499 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 329 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 637 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,102 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 673 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 582 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 968 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.3k186Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 3,292 · peak 10,015Jul 2019 — avg 850 · peak 2,767Oct 2019 — avg 485 · peak 1,677Jan 2020 — avg 729 · peak 2,258Apr 2020 — avg 779 · peak 1,606Jul 2020 — avg 1,219 · peak 2,969Oct 2020 — avg 372 · peak 951Jan 2021 — avg 1,634 · peak 4,442Apr 2021 — avg 560 · peak 1,272Jul 2021 — avg 787 · peak 1,856Oct 2021 — avg 300 · peak 717Jan 2022 — avg 525 · peak 1,082Apr 2022 — avg 278 · peak 575Jul 2022 — avg 667 · peak 1,351Oct 2022 — avg 458 · peak 815Jan 2023 — avg 892 · peak 1,714Apr 2023 — avg 597 · peak 1,280Jul 2023 — avg 771 · peak 1,650Oct 2023 — avg 417 · peak 1,053Jan 2024 — avg 695 · peak 1,382Apr 2024 — avg 452 · peak 929Jul 2024 — avg 495 · peak 902Oct 2024 — avg 483 · peak 1,057Jan 2025 — avg 621 · peak 1,329Apr 2025 — avg 525 · peak 1,054Jul 2025 — avg 380 · peak 665Oct 2025 — avg 650 · peak 1,452Jan 2026 — avg 575 · peak 1,143Apr 2026 — avg 680 · peak 1,356Jul 2026 — avg 406 · peak 873Aug 2026 — avg 356 · peak 663
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-242026-10-152026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 7 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 9 new negative2026-10-15: 6 new positive2026-10-15: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$47.86$0.002019-03-262026-10-142019-03-26 — best price $39.992019-10-07 — best price $39.992020-01-20 — best price $15.992020-05-21 — best price $15.992020-10-24 — best price $13.592021-04-02 — best price $11.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-10-27 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $13.992023-03-09 — best price $39.992023-05-11 — best price $43.712023-08-07 — best price $16.792023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-01-29 — best price $8.792024-03-07 — best price $5.992024-05-16 — best price $5.992024-07-29 — best price $3.992024-09-30 — best price $39.992024-12-02 — best price $39.992025-02-21 — best price $39.992025-05-16 — best price $39.992025-07-18 — best price $39.992025-09-18 — best price $39.992025-11-06 — best price $39.992025-12-03 — best price $46.662025-12-24 — best price $47.142026-01-16 — best price $46.462026-02-06 — best price $47.162026-02-27 — best price $47.212026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-04-11 — best price $39.992026-05-01 — best price $4.792026-05-21 — best price $46.382026-06-09 — best price $4.792026-06-26 — best price $45.592026-07-17 — best price $4.792026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3502026-10-01 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.1%
earned "Fresh Off the Boat"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)2,4022%43
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,6341%42
Switch (Nintendo)400%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

RPGCo-opFantasySurvivalAdventureDifficultOpen WorldSouls-likeExplorationLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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