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Outlast
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Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by the Canadian independent studio Red Barrels. The plot centres on Miles Upshur, a freelance investigative journalist who investigates Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado, United States.

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Outlast is a single-player video game developed and published by Red Barrels. The title was released in 2013 and utilizes the Unreal Engine 3. It is classified under the Indie, Action, and Adventure genres. The game is available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, and Linux platforms.

The work received an ESRB rating of Mature. Various review scores have been recorded, including 77/100, 52%, 73/100, and 75/100. A Metacritic score of 80 is also listed. The game has a user rating of 3.76 and a critic rating of 77 based on 11 reviews. It has been referenced by 67 other encyclopedia articles.

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Game data

Metacritic 80
Released
2013-09-03
User rating
3.76 / 5
Genres
Indie, Action
Platforms
PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS, Linux
ESRB
Mature

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Game details · IGDB

77Critic score · 11 ratings
77User score · 694 ratings

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.

Released
2013
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Platforms
PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes
Single player
Engine
Unreal Engine 3
Developer
Red Barrels
Publisher
Red Barrels

Key facts

Video game.title
Outlast
Video game.image
Outlast cover.jpg
Video game.developer
Red Barrels
Video game.publisher
Red Barrels
Video game.writer
J. T. Petty
Video game.composer
Samuel Laflamme
Video game.engine
Unreal Engine 3
Video game.genre
Survival horror
Video game.modes
Single-player

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Gameplay
  • Plot
  • ''Outlast: Whistleblower''
  • Plot
  • Development and release
  • Reception
  • Sequel and prequel
  • Film adaptation
  • References
  • External links

Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by the Canadian independent studio Red Barrels. The plot centres on Miles Upshur, a freelance investigative journalist who investigates Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado, United States.

It was released for Microsoft Windows on September 4, 2013, PlayStation 4 on February 4, 2014, and Xbox One on June 19, 2014. Linux and OS X versions were released on March 31, 2015 while a Nintendo Switch version was released on February 27, 2018. Outlast received generally positive reviews from critics for its atmosphere, horror elements, and overall gameplay. As of October 2024, it has a playerbase of 37 million.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Outlast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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