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The Outlast Trials

Red Barrels · 2024-03-05

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 05, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Mar 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5), May 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 05, 2024 (Xbox One)

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

The Outlast Trials is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 112097 reviews).

16,137
playing now
92%
positive of 120k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,061
twitch viewers (latest)
6.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
300
Nexus mods (260k downloads)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (19,756 ratings)
72/100
opencritic · fair · 61% recommend · from 66 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

16,137 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

The Outlast Trials is a 2024 psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. It serves as a prequel to both Outlast (2013) and Outlast 2 (2017) and revolves around test subjects who are involuntarily recruited in a mysterious Cold War experiment.

Trailer

The Outlast Trials trailer thumbnail

The Outlast Trials - Official Trailer | IGN Fan Fest 2024

≈936,190 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 16,137 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 16,859 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,107/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-03

Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 119,590 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-90%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Epic Game Store (2025-09-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 37 of 65 observed days · $28.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15k15k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 14,939 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 828 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6,485 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 511 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,882 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,242 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6,330 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,314 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,960 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,359 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,523 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,434 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,166 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,334 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,121 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,516 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,345 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3,437 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,425 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 478 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,089 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,347 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,507 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,818 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,746 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,540 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,106 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 4,959 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 662 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

126k1.8k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,843 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,912 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,826 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 14,347 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 30,434 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 36,933 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 27,634 players2026-10-04 13:00 — 86,620 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 26,213 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 42,951 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 64,991 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 20,723 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 39,802 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 39,711 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 25,166 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 100,048 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 21,612 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 31,606 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 70,761 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 19,235 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 45,603 players2026-10-09 19:00 — 36,253 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 27,237 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 107,618 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 25,897 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 56,799 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 52,330 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 16,040 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 24,097 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 27,177 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 15,756 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 60,937 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 12,501 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 15,581 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 33,010 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 16,137 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
19k946May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 18,842 · peak 36,332Jun 2023 — avg 6,923 · peak 18,928Jul 2023 — avg 3,213 · peak 7,254Aug 2023 — avg 1,377 · peak 2,581Sep 2023 — avg 946 · peak 2,164Oct 2023 — avg 1,643 · peak 9,341Nov 2023 — avg 2,235 · peak 6,009Dec 2023 — avg 1,824 · peak 3,693Jan 2024 — avg 1,466 · peak 3,360Feb 2024 — avg 1,046 · peak 2,244Mar 2024 — avg 3,070 · peak 7,314Apr 2024 — avg 1,818 · peak 3,502May 2024 — avg 1,352 · peak 2,673Jun 2024 — avg 1,244 · peak 2,495Jul 2024 — avg 2,592 · peak 6,609Aug 2024 — avg 1,788 · peak 3,512Sep 2024 — avg 1,677 · peak 3,859Oct 2024 — avg 1,281 · peak 3,278Nov 2024 — avg 1,665 · peak 4,248Dec 2024 — avg 3,344 · peak 6,599Jan 2025 — avg 2,170 · peak 5,171Feb 2025 — avg 2,447 · peak 9,876Mar 2025 — avg 2,407 · peak 5,108Apr 2025 — avg 3,058 · peak 8,873May 2025 — avg 2,404 · peak 5,474Jun 2025 — avg 3,018 · peak 7,324Jul 2025 — avg 4,286 · peak 9,245Aug 2025 — avg 2,400 · peak 4,663Sep 2025 — avg 3,567 · peak 11,584Oct 2025 — avg 4,990 · peak 14,069Nov 2025 — avg 5,340 · peak 21,490Dec 2025 — avg 10,488 · peak 28,197Jan 2026 — avg 10,406 · peak 25,892Feb 2026 — avg 6,650 · peak 16,881Mar 2026 — avg 6,515 · peak 17,922Apr 2026 — avg 5,686 · peak 15,597May 2026 — avg 5,207 · peak 20,174Jun 2026 — avg 5,089 · peak 14,487Jul 2026 — avg 8,714 · peak 18,503Aug 2026 — avg 5,003 · peak 10,450
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#14#522026-10-032026-10-142026-10-03 — #522026-10-04 — #342026-10-05 — #262026-10-06 — #222026-10-07 — #202026-10-08 — #182026-10-09 — #142026-10-10 — #142026-10-11 — #162026-10-12 — #212026-10-13 — #252026-10-14 — #34
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
6856852026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 114 new positive2026-09-21: 17 new negative2026-09-22: 27 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 22 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new negative2026-09-25: 29 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 33 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 34 new positive2026-09-28: 28 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new negative2026-09-29: 20 new positive2026-09-30: 28 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 20 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 68 new positive2026-10-02: 16 new negative2026-10-03: 685 new positive2026-10-03: 118 new negative2026-10-04: 630 new positive2026-10-04: 85 new negative2026-10-05: 571 new positive2026-10-05: 70 new negative2026-10-06: 568 new positive2026-10-06: 65 new negative2026-10-07: 532 new positive2026-10-07: 61 new negative2026-10-08: 521 new positive2026-10-08: 53 new negative2026-10-09: 511 new positive2026-10-09: 39 new negative2026-10-10: 563 new positive2026-10-10: 41 new negative2026-10-11: 574 new positive2026-10-11: 60 new negative2026-10-12: 471 new positive2026-10-12: 54 new negative2026-10-13: 337 new positive2026-10-13: 33 new negative2026-10-14: 305 new positive2026-10-14: 36 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$3.992023-05-182026-10-142023-05-18 — best price $29.992023-08-23 — best price $25.492023-09-23 — best price $29.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992023-12-07 — best price $22.492024-01-15 — best price $22.492024-03-05 — best price $29.992024-05-21 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-07-26 — best price $26.792024-08-24 — best price $39.992024-09-28 — best price $39.992024-10-25 — best price $26.792024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-10 — best price $19.992025-01-14 — best price $39.992025-02-25 — best price $39.992025-04-01 — best price $39.992025-05-09 — best price $16.002025-06-13 — best price $39.992025-07-21 — best price $39.992025-09-05 — best price $12.002025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-11-03 — best price $39.992025-12-04 — best price $39.992025-12-16 — best price $39.992026-01-10 — best price $39.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-04-01 — best price $39.992026-04-27 — best price $12.002026-05-22 — best price $12.002026-06-19 — best price $12.002026-07-21 — best price $39.992026-09-02 — best price $39.992026-10-02 — best price $3.992026-10-08 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k4002026-05-21 — 545 pageviews2026-05-25 — 861 pageviews2026-05-29 — 641 pageviews2026-06-02 — 621 pageviews2026-06-06 — 734 pageviews2026-06-10 — 559 pageviews2026-06-14 — 642 pageviews2026-06-18 — 489 pageviews2026-06-22 — 561 pageviews2026-06-26 — 736 pageviews2026-06-30 — 565 pageviews2026-07-04 — 600 pageviews2026-07-08 — 668 pageviews2026-07-12 — 684 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,025 pageviews2026-07-20 — 857 pageviews2026-07-24 — 752 pageviews2026-07-28 — 697 pageviews2026-08-01 — 575 pageviews2026-08-05 — 451 pageviews2026-08-09 — 544 pageviews2026-08-13 — 446 pageviews2026-08-17 — 604 pageviews2026-08-21 — 476 pageviews2026-08-25 — 522 pageviews2026-08-29 — 465 pageviews2026-09-02 — 544 pageviews2026-09-06 — 534 pageviews2026-09-10 — 406 pageviews2026-09-14 — 476 pageviews2026-09-18 — 400 pageviews2026-09-22 — 416 pageviews2026-09-26 — 455 pageviews2026-09-30 — 422 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,586 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,198 pageviews2026-10-12 — 1,092 pageviews2026-10-13 — 852 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.8k1172026-09-30 21:34 — 277 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 209 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 418 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 676 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 1,372 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 444 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 1,294 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 1,119 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 844 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 1,354 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 264 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 681 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 4,795 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 407 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 1,940 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 2,402 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 535 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 985 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 733 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 741 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 1,599 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 286 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1,642 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 1,726 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 484 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 1,395 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 799 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 1,205 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 2,718 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 421 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 825 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 1,115 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 468 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 880 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 744 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 551 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1,061 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
33.2%
earned "Marathoner"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing8 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2024-03-05, latest 2025-07-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,91911%27
PS5 (PlayStation)15,60818%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4,77111%27
PS4 (PlayStation)4,29728%28

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

PvEDarkCo-opActionHorrorStealthSurvivalRealisticDark HumorMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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