Outlast

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• survival horror

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• horror game^*

• stealth game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Outlast

Engines

• Unreal Engine 3

Localized titles

• Outlast

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Captions available^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Russian^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Japanese^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Japanese^*

Community tags · historical

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  3,584^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  1,511^*

• Survival Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  1,434^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  1,350^*

• Psychological Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  1,245^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  1,226^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,088^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  1,079^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  833^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  807^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  785^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  724^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  644^*

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  639^*

• Nudity^*

  Votes · historical

  533^*

• Parkour^*

  Votes · historical

  376^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  354^*

• Walking Simulator^*

  Votes · historical

  217^*

• 3D Vision^*

  Votes · historical

  208^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  194^*

System requirements

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 12 / Fedora 20 / Steam OS^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  GeForce GT 750M / 9800GTX / Radeon HD 3xxx. OpenGL 3.2+^*

  Storage

  5 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Standard^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - 64 bits *^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Network

  Broadband Internet connection^*

  Storage

  5 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX Compatible^*

  Conditions

  * 32 bits systems are not officially supported, but should work if configured to provide 3Gb of user-mode address space. See or^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  OS X 10.9^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  GeForce GT 750M / Intel Iris Pro 5200 / Radeon HD 3xxx^*

  Storage

  5 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  Standard^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  1GB NVIDIA GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 6850 or better^*

  Memory

  3 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.8 GHz Quad Core CPU^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  3 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  35^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

Developers

• Red Barrels

Publishers

• Red Barrels

• 2013-09-04

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

  Market

  worldwide

• 2014-02-04

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 2014-02-05

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  worldwide

• 2014-06-19

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  worldwide

• 2015-03-31

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Linux

  Market

  worldwide

• 2013-09-03 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2013-09-03^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 4, 2013^*

Detailed specifications