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The Outlast Trials cover art

The Outlast Trials

Red Barrels · 2024-03-05

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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?

3,661
playing now
93%
positive of 111k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
305
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

3,661 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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

Healthy
  • · 3,661 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23,743 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,968/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2M–5.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 110,747 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 34 of 61 observed days (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: 842 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 108 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.3k2.4k2026-08-06 21:00 — 6,294 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 4,912 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 6,518 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 6,429 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 5,717 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 6,900 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 6,921 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 5,985 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 7,292 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 7,108 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 4,487 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 6,800 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 5,778 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 4,418 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 6,540 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 5,042 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 4,069 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 4,902 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 6,356 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 4,227 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 3,193 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 5,129 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 4,546 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 3,566 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 4,920 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3,914 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,421 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,265 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 3,661 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$11.992023-05-182026-08-262023-05-18 — 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 $39.992026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4222026-05-21 — 545 pageviews2026-05-24 — 995 pageviews2026-05-27 — 611 pageviews2026-05-30 — 721 pageviews2026-06-02 — 621 pageviews2026-06-05 — 592 pageviews2026-06-08 — 623 pageviews2026-06-11 — 542 pageviews2026-06-14 — 642 pageviews2026-06-17 — 545 pageviews2026-06-20 — 504 pageviews2026-06-23 — 540 pageviews2026-06-26 — 736 pageviews2026-06-29 — 621 pageviews2026-07-02 — 596 pageviews2026-07-05 — 682 pageviews2026-07-08 — 668 pageviews2026-07-11 — 706 pageviews2026-07-14 — 727 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,149 pageviews2026-07-20 — 857 pageviews2026-07-23 — 823 pageviews2026-07-26 — 899 pageviews2026-07-29 — 626 pageviews2026-08-01 — 575 pageviews2026-08-04 — 547 pageviews2026-08-07 — 473 pageviews2026-08-10 — 527 pageviews2026-08-13 — 446 pageviews2026-08-16 — 552 pageviews2026-08-19 — 499 pageviews2026-08-22 — 478 pageviews2026-08-24 — 551 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.8k992026-08-26 19:15 — 419 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,806 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 363 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 312 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 656 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 208 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 305 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 469 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 243 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 401 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 290 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 182 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 136 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 249 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 505 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 196 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 511 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 454 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1,654 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 157 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 200 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 198 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 612 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 397 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 414 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 748 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 513 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 252 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 297 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 313 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 305 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…

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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