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The Outlast Trials

€38.99
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Developer:
Red Barrels
Publisher:
Red Barrels
Platforms:
Windows
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About the Game

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?

SYNOPSIS


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. All in the name of progress, science, and profit.

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.
Coop is never forced when it comes to mandatory objectives but working together can be highly beneficial.
Whatever the number of players in your party, it’s about surviving and getting out.

Ultimately, your goal is to complete Murkoff's therapy and earn the right to be released back into society. In order to do so, you must complete the Trials and the MK-Challenges.
Trials are immersive story driven therapies that take a certain time to complete. Mk-Challenges are shorter therapies occurring in modified or redesigned section of an existing map.

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.
The tools will allow you to
  • Stun enemies
  • Blind them
  • See through walls
  • Heal yourself and people around you.
Murkoff will ask you to perform disturbing tasks in each trials or mk-challenges. Only after completing those, will you be allowed to exit the Trials or the MK-Challenges.

CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION


Customize and create your own trial patient.
Your cell is your home while you complete the therapy, you can decorate it however you wish.
Choose your tools, upgrades, and perks to fit your playstyle.
Meet the Denizens of Murkoff’s Sinyala Facility in The Outlast Trials. Each one of them will try and help you get through the Trials in one piece! Think you’ll make it?


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.
The Process:
  • Break the Self: Murkoff aims to break down the test subject’s fundamental beliefs. Aspects of self-identity are systematically attacked. Like boot camp or indoctrination, the goal is to force a person to purge themselves of anything held sacred or taboo, the things that limit their behavior. The constant assault on identity, guilt and self-betrayal eventually leads to them breaking down.
  • Build the Self: It’s a bad cop, good cop principle. The rejection of the old ideology leaves a vacuum into which the new ideology can be introduced. As the antithesis of the old ideology, it forms a perfect attraction point as the person flees the old in search of a contrasting replacement. This progress is accelerated as the new ideology is portrayed as harmonious and ideally suited to the person's needs. Collegiality and calm replaces pain and punishment. Just at the point when the person is fearing annihilation of the self, they are offered a small kindness, a brief respite from the assault on their identity.
  • Salvation: Faced with the stark contrast of the pain of the past with the rosy glow of the future that the new ideology presents, the person sheds any the final allegiance to the old ideology, confessing any remaining deep secrets, and takes on the full mantle of the new ideology. This often feels, and has been described by many, as a form of rebirth. It may be accompanied by rites of passage as the person is accepted and cemented into the new order. The rituals will typically include strong statements made by the person about accepting the new ideology fully and completely, swearing allegiance to its leaders. Saluting flags, kissing other artefacts and other symbolic acts, all solemnly performed, all anchor them firmly in the new ground.


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.

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User Reviews

Very Positive
100 user reviews
91%
Positive
103 hrs at review
Recommended

fun game to play with friends, i like to impregnate coyle

76 helpful 15 funny
131 hrs at review
Recommended

[spoiler] Lovely and family friendly game [/spoiler]. You will only deal with [spoiler] naked psychopaths [/spoiler], massive [spoiler]projectile vomiting[/spoiler], but this is absolutely fine.

22 helpful 4 funny
37 hrs at review
Recommended

Fun and good horror co-op game. Arm Wrestling is where the real g's go. Kinda underrated and not that big playerbase it should have.

12 helpful 1 funny
3 hrs at review
Recommended

Played this on Xbox then my online ran out so here I am on Steam. honestly as far as horror games go this one is easily the best for multiplayer and the outlast series is the best in horror period. Lots of maps, variables, bosses/enemies, objectives, the "passes" are free only has the cosmetic bundles. Great game.

9 helpful 1 funny
36 hrs at review
Recommended

Goated game. + Developers decided to make the catalogs (battle pass of this game) free when they could have charged you money for it. I know it's a low standard for games that you buy but it is appreciated.

6 helpful
11 hrs at review
Not Recommended

the game maybe has a decent chunk of content, but for me it feels really repetitive and i don't feel immersed AT ALL, in my opinion the most important part of a horror game is to feel immersed, this game does not come close to making me feel immersed, feels more like a simulator game to me, if immersion is important to you do NOT get this game

6 helpful 1 funny
20 hrs at review
Recommended

i do like this game but its only funny if you play with a friend, this game does NOT give a damn about solo players, even in normal mode it took me too long to finish a trial by myself, every mission was still designed for at least 2 PEOPLE how is that fair like mb i don't have friends to play, and most annoying thing someone has to distract the enemies so other person can do the mission but since u are solo u have to wait until the enemies are gone or sometimes they don't even go so you are literally STUCK.

5 helpful
446 hrs at review
Not Recommended

They decided to add a grief button to the game: "Leave with group". The team leader can press this at any point, which will instantly end the trial and result in a FAILED TRIAL. You'll get no rewards and your failed trials count will go up by 1. They can use this even at the very end of the trial, even when all objectives are done. Amazing job Red Barrels!

2 helpful
85 hrs at review
Recommended

This game is one of the best games I've ever had the opportunity to play. It is so well made, the devs seem to care about their players a lot and I have seen nothing but positive reviews on them! I love that you can change up difficulty, play solo or with others, and each trial is something new when you play. The cost of the packs are so affordable, where you'd spend $10 on one skin for another game, you get multiple skins and room decor for as little as $5. I appreciate that so much. I can't wait to see what else they do with this game and I will find myself wanting to play this game tons as time goes on. Thank you for making my new favorite game! (:

2 helpful
27 hrs at review
Recommended

If you play it alone on the highest difficulty, you’ll end up like the maniacs and freaks in the game, your mind will be twisted and fucked up. After a while, you’ll even get desensitized to all the gore. But if you hop in with randoms or friends, it turns into straight-up comedy. Totally worth it, sale or not.

1 helpful

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System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB or Radeon R7 360, 2 GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Low 720p @ 30 FPS, DX11, Ray Tracing OFF

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: WIndows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 8 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8GB
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: High 1080p @ 60 FPS, DX12, Ray Tracing OFF

FAQ

How much does The Outlast Trials cost?

The Outlast Trials costs €38.99.

What are the system requirements for The Outlast Trials?

Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB or Radeon R7 360, 2 GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: Low 720p @ 30 FPS, DX11, Ray Tracing OFF Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WIndows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 8 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8GB DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: High 1080p @ 60 FPS, DX12, Ray Tracing OFF

What platforms is The Outlast Trials available on?

The Outlast Trials is available on Windows PC.

Is The Outlast Trials worth buying?

The Outlast Trials has 91% positive reviews from 100 players.

When was The Outlast Trials released?

The Outlast Trials was released on Mar 5, 2024.

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