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Outlast

Critic score11 critics
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First release
Sep 04, 2013
Publisher
Red Barrels
Genres
Indie, Adventure · Mystery, Action, Horror, Survival, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, 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.

Also known as Outlast 1, OutlastLauncher.exe

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Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 04, 2013
PlayStation 4
Feb 04, 2014
PlayStation 4
Feb 05, 2014
All 7 release dates
Xbox One
Jun 19, 2014
Mac
Mar 31, 2015
Linux
Mar 31, 2015
Nintendo Switch
Feb 27, 2018
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
5h
Main + Extras
6h
Completionist
4h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
bloody, psychological horror, psychological exploration, dark, investigation
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At a Glance

Critic Score
77
Main Story (IGDB)
5h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
6h
Completionist (IGDB)
4h
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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 105,106 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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