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On Steam, 97% of 105,520 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 1,767 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 2,975 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck.
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.
Story
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.
What is happening now
Outlast is a first-person survival horror game originally released in 2013, available across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, and Linux. The game puts players in the role of an investigative journalist exploring an abandoned psychiatric facility armed only with a camera and night-vision capability. Recent coverage of Outlast has been sparse, with no substantial updates or developments reported. The headlines appearing alongside the game appear to reference unrelated topics - semiconductor market forecasts and esports competition results - that merely share the word "outlast" in common with the title rather than covering the game itself. This suggests the classic indie horror title remains in a maintenance state without active news or updates to report.
More in the Outlast series
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PC and Steam Deck
Steam store pageSteam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Outlast player count
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Outlast achievements
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