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 87
Got chased by LOTS of naked and mentally unstable men, it's like a dream come true - i love it. 10/10 would recommend
Plus, I can decorate my cell
Steam User 170
Very fun game, not scary at all. Only scary part is the people you find on the game.
Steam User 435
The trials are actually there to give you a break from the real game Chess and Arm wrestling simulator
Steam User 143
his game has a pleasant homely atmosphere. Lots of fun! I can’t help but note the caring attitude towards people, they allocated a room, gave them equipment, what else do you need? Fun tasks, pleasant, huge men without clothes, angry women with a screwdriver... Definitely recommend
Steam User 181
i can finally roleplay as a homeless man tossing glass bottles at the mentally unstable 10/10
Steam User 392
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 102
The Outlast Trials is a great addition to the Outlast series; even with multiplayer it stays true to its roots. It's easy to pick up and lose hours to.
The game significantly expands the Outlast lore, and my favourite element is that its multiplayer elements are tied to the lore. This keeps the co-op gameplay immersive and justified which is always something you worry about when Multiplayer is added to a Single Player game. It manages to maintain the dark, body horror unsettling atmosphere that defines the series.
At its core, the gameplay loop is simple: you enter a trial, complete various tasks, then are granted the ability to escape - all while more and more enemies spawn. Within the maps; there are tasks like the radio frequency finder which is more then just get item A for location B - however most of the time it feels like the minigame is find X Randomized Key in X randomized location.
The level design is excellent, rewarding players who learn the maps and master their layouts. Randomized elements—like door placements and item locations—keep each playthrough fresh, and one thing I enjoy is that the difficulty curve changes based on player count so you can enjoy the game alone if you want the original Outlast feel.
With that being said; replayability is a strong point. Varied loadouts, rigs, perks, and skills allows the maps you play over and over again to be tackled differently, as well various challenges and developer-led events introduce twists.
The game has "battle passes" but unlike some ingame monetization aspects; I found this one respects the player’s time, with fair rewards for playing the game, good cosmetic unlocks and incentives to keep playing even after freeing your character. I don't feel "scammed", finishing trials gives plenty of rewards.
If there’s a downside, it’s that with enough experience, the fear factor starts to diminish. You begin to see through the horror to the mechanics underneath, turning it into more of a calculated process rather than a pure survival nightmare.
All in all - very nice will continue to play. 8.5/10.