The Outlast Trials
SYNOPSIS
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?Set in the era of the Cold War, human guinea pigs are involuntarily recruited by the good folks at the Murkoff Corporation to test advanced methods of brainwashing and mind control. In a world of distrust, fear, and violence, your morals will be challenged, your endurance tested, and your sanity crushed.
SURVIVE: SOLO OR COOP
You’re all prisoners of Murkoff trapped inside their facility. You can choose to complete the trials by yourself or you can tackle them in a team of 2, 3, or 4 players.
HIDE OR FLIGHT
In pure Outlast fashion, the core gameplay involves avoiding enemies, hiding from them, and trying to run away. Murkoff will provide tools you can use to increase your stealth capabilities, create opportunities to flee, slow down enemies, and more. However, you will have to earn those tools and work hard to improve them.
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
Choose your tools, upgrades, and perks to fit your playstyle.Customize and create your own trial patient.Your cell is your home while you complete the therapy, you can decorate it however you wish.
INVESTIGATE
You’ve been abducted by the Murkoff Corporation to undergo unethical experiments that will modify your psyche and behavior throughout the Trials.Collect documents and items that will help prove Murkoff’s malpractice against its patients.
Content and Photosensitivity Warning:
The Outlast Trials contain strobing and flashing lights that could cause a small percentage of people to experience seizures when exposed to certain lights, patterns, or images. This game also contains intense violence, gore, graphic sexual content, and strong language. Please enjoy.
Game Discussion
Steam User 373
In the first 2 minutes, the game hit me with naked male and female genitalia, sexual innuendos, racism, ableism, political hatred, religion, cocaine abuse, child endangerment and abuse, possible zoophilia, violence against animals, and lots, and lots of sexual and provocative imagery ... Game of the Year 10/10
Steam User 181
i can finally roleplay as a homeless man tossing glass bottles at the mentally unstable 10/10
Steam User 389
I was playing with a black character and my friend was playing with a white character and the cop decided to keep chasing me. Very realistic 10/10
Steam User 61
I bought this game only bc my friends bought it & asked me to play with them. My expectations were low, but they were absolutely blown out of the water ~2.5 hours in.
The game has excellent polish, really unique chasers w/ creepy (& sometimes funny) dialogue. The horror element is fantastically portrayed & doesn't just rely on cheap jumpscares, many of the uneasiness comes from the environment itself.
Maps are fleshed out & the procedural generation for trial item locations are just enough to keep you on your toes; each map takes around ~1hr 15min, less if you're experienced (there are 6 main maps with constant weekly modes & events being updated).
Content is really user-friendly w/ many cosmetic + room decorations all free & achievable through game progression. Trial puzzles actually make you feel smart for completing them.
I also want to shoutout the devs for making the premium content actually achievable through in-game progression, at a large but reasonable grind. I really like how it works almost like a reward for dedicated players who stick around & it shows that they care about a good game experience over profit + greed.
The only personal cons so far is that there's a moderate earning curve, and the maps do lack a clear waypoint indicator (everything sort of blends together & you lose track easily. There are times where I have passed by an item I needed at least 5 times before I realised it had a faint outline), but that could just be chalked up to my lack of initial game knowledge.
All in all: 9/10 game. I really encourage people to try this one out, especially if you have friends who are also looking to play. The game is quite fresh in what it offers and you will not be disappointed.
Steam User 63
content gets quiet repetitive really fast. There are about 15 hours of unique content, and the rest is simply replays of the same levels but in more challenging conditions. I can see how this can get really boring quickly as a solo player, but in multiplayer, replaying the levels and perfecting your run is pretty fun. Your play style will change the more you know about the objectives, enemies, locations and map, so when you replay a level, you won't be getting 100% the same initial experience
Steam User 52
Best arm wrestling game I've ever played. Very challenging and yet easy to play. Oh and there's a whole game mode about going on trials, but idk never played it.
Steam User 88
Big naked men chasing you ✅
Ridiculous amount of violence ✅
Induces sheer panic ✅
Literal hallucinations ✅
Oodles of blood ("strawberry jam") ✅
Literally people's heads exploding ✅
Psychopaths populate all of the levels ✅
The most blood and gore I have ever seen ✅
Makes you go insane ✅
Did I say hallucinations? ✅
More blood. ✅
Overall, 11/10, please help