Outlast

Outlast

Red Barrels · September 4, 2013 · Horror, First-Person, Survival Horror, Atmospheric, Psychological Horror

Buy Outlast from GOG at $3.75 — the cheapest of 11 stores we compare.

PC
Overwhelmingly Positive96% · 138,67080Metacritic327playing now
Best price 52 Good deal
$3.75-75%
$14.99lowest tracked $1.99
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Where to buy Outlast — official stores

GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
-75%
$3.75
$14.99
Buy
GreenManGaming
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
Buy
Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
Buy
Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
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Epic Game Store
Epic Game Store
Standard Edition · Epic Games
$19.99
Buy

Cheapest Outlast keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$3.99
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Loaded
Standard Edition · Steam
-80%
$4.09
$20.59
Buy
Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$4.34
Buy
Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$4.34
Buy
Keycense
Standard Edition · Steam
-78%
$4.68
$21.33
Buy
CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$5.37
Buy

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Outlast price by region

Outlast costs £3.01 in the United Kingdom, €3.52 in Europe (EUR), $3.75 in the United States, $3.75 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.85 in Canada, A$5.49 in Australia, NZ$5.64 in New Zealand, R$11.75 in Brazil and zł15.34 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Outlast offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.01 −75% £3.19 £3.01 9
Europe (EUR) €3.52 −75% €3.69 €3.52 11
United Statesyour region $3.75 −75% $3.75 $3.99 11
Georgia (USD) $3.75 −75% $3.75 — 5
Canada CA$4.85 −75% CA$4.85 — 5
Australia A$5.49 −75% A$5.49 — 5
New Zealand NZ$5.64 −75% NZ$5.64 — 5
Brazil R$11.75 −75% R$11.75 R$20.91 6
Poland zł15.34 −75% zł16.99 zł15.34 7

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Outlast

✦ AI summary

You're an unarmed journalist trapped in a nightmarish asylum where your only survival tools are stealth, cunning, and your camera—run, hide, and uncover the horrifying truth before the asylum's twisted inhabitants hunt you down. This true survival horror experience strips away combat entirely, forcing you to rely on pure terror-driven gameplay and environmental awareness as you confront monsters born from human cruelty and madness.

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.

Outlast — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players consistently praise this game as genuinely terrifying and effective at creating intense fear, with many describing it as nightmare fuel and scariest experiences they've had. The common sentiment is highly positive regarding its horror impact, though some players find it almost too frightening and overwhelming.

Recommended Sep 8, 2026
Went poo poo in my battle bucket
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
9/10 this game made me feel genuine fear. Miles😭😭😭😭😭😭
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
Best horror game ever!
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
absloute peak the main story and dlc
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
not rly scawy and not rly hard (even on nightmare, but i didnt play insane yet, so we'll see), but HELLA cool, i've had most fun playing on normal cuz then the game turns into a runner. bad choice to give player infinite run and health in a stealth game, but because this game isnt rly scary, it made the game even more fun. The only problem I have w/ this game is its confusing at times, because there was multiple times I was walking around the item I need, without noticing it, and sometimes I was trying to find where to go, only for my way to be blocked by a high obstacle and I thought to myself "no way, that's too high to climb, I need to find another way" only to make a few laps around the map and by trial and error find out that I can indeed climb that wall, but tbh that's on me for not paying enough attention. good runner. bad horror. add limited stamina and health bar to keep the player on edge, and make enemies deal more damage so there's more risk for running by them. (ik they not gonna read this, but perhaps another fellow game dev will read this, and i hope they can learn something :3c)
Not recommended Sep 8, 2026
To be blunt, this game is overhyped and doesn't deserve the praise or attention it gets. I'm sure most of these things have been said before but let me get into it starting with the best things about it and moving to the worst. Graphics and art direction are fine! The creators put work into the visuals and beyond them being decent fidelity the atmosphere and bad guys are pretty neat to look at. Nothing super special. But very serviceable. I probably wouldn't have mentioned them if I wasn't trying to be as generous as I can reasonably justify. Story! It's well put together and coherent, the characters have motivations and the things people do make sense. But at its core is the ablest idea that mentally people have a dangerous predisposition to misanthropy and violence. I don't think the developers intended it, but it verges on bigoted in the later half of the game. Gameplay is bad. You primarily just sit in one spot waiting a kill box to move away from an objective, It's grating and boring and dragged the entire horror genre backwards by years. Truly terribly designed gameplay. I've played literal solitaire remakes with better stealth horror mechanics. I'm not joking. Cursed sol…

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