Outlast
Action
Horror
Survival
Stealth
Mystery
Adventure
Indie
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.
4 Sep, 2013
21 Jun, 2026
About this game
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.
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. On...
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Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Release Date:
4 Sep, 2013
Modes:
Single player
Themes:
Action, Horror, Survival, Stealth, Mystery
Genres:
Adventure, Indie
Player Perspectives:
First person
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IGDB Rating
3.9
User Rating
688
User Rating Count
78%
Rating %
Critics Rating
3.9
Critics Rating
699
Critics Rating Count
78%
Critics Rating %
Main Developers
Red Barrels
Supporting Developers
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Publishers
Red Barrels
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