Outlast similar games & best alternatives

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Outlast

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2013

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Intense horror atmosphere
  • Engaging story and lore
  • Effective sound design
  • Strong suspense and thrill
  • Well-crafted visuals for genre

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime
  • Repetitive gameplay mechanics
  • Linear progression
  • Lack of combat or defense
  • Can induce anxiety and stress

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Night of the Scissors

  • Outlast 2

  • Oakwood

  • Airtight City 密闭之城1.0

  • Butcher's Creek

  • ARAYA

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Outlast but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Echoes of the Living

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • Total Chaos

  • Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

  • ROUTINE

  • The Evil Within

Less violent

Games that feels like Outlast but with less combat and destruction

  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent

  • Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

  • Wounded - The Beginning

  • Penumbra Overture

  • ColdSide

  • Lethe - Episode One

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Outlast. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Outlast. These titles are not in What to play next.

Outlast: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Continuation.

Last update: 21/08/2026