Action · September 4, 2013

Outlast (2013)

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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. Synopsis: In the remote mountains of Colorado, horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long-abandoned home for the mentally ill, recently re-opened by the “research and charity” branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, the asylum has been operating in strict secrecy… until now. Acting on a tip from an anonymous source, independent journalist Miles Upshur breaks into the facility, and what he discovers walks a terrifying line between science and religion, nature and something else entirely. Once inside, his only hope of escape lies with the terrible truth at the heart of Mount Massive. Outlast is a true survival horror experience which aims to show that the most terrifying monsters of all come from the human mind. Features: True Survival Horror Experience: You are no fighter - if you want to survive the horrors of the asylum, your only chance is to run... or hide Immersive Graphics: AAA-quality graphics give players a detailed, terrifying world to explore Hide and Sneak: Stealth-based gameplay, with parkour-inspired platforming elements Unpredictable Enemies: Players cannot know when - and from where - one of the asylum’s terrifying inhabitants will finally catch up to them Real Horror: Outlast’s setting and characters are inspired by real asylums and cases of criminal insanity Warning: Outlast contains intense violence, gore, graphic sexual content, and strong language. Please enjoy.

Action releases from 2013

104 Action titles launched in 2013 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume125.7k Steam reviewsTop 5% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic80/100Genre average 77 — top 42% of Action titles
Concurrent peak215 playersTop 24% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 67% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Horror · 3.6k
  • First-Person · 1.5k
  • Survival Horror · 1.4k
  • Atmospheric · 1.4k
  • Psychological Horror · 1.2k
  • Gore · 1.2k
  • Singleplayer · 1.1k
  • Survival · 1.1k
  • Dark · 833
  • Adventure · 807
  • Action · 785
  • Multiplayer · 724
  • Indie · 644
  • Stealth · 639
  • Nudity · 533

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 125.7k reviews

120.7k positive · 5.0k negative

Metacritic

80/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.3/10

Curator recommendations

97.2k

Peak concurrent players

215

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Japanese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Japanese

Press Quotes

“Easily one of the scariest games I've ever played” 9.5/10 – Bloody Disgusting “'...what (Outlast) can definitely claim to be is a great game... It’ll also intrigue, terrify and surprise you. Outlast is not an experiment in how games can be scary, it’s an exemplification...” Rock Paper Shotgun “Outlast is the perfect nightmare. ...it's absolutely petrifying. I love it” 4.5/5 – Joystiq

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

14

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 4, 2013
DeveloperRed Barrels
Base price$3.74 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Content Notes

Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Content, Nudity, Strong Language

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Editions & Packages

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