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The Outlast Trials

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2024

Should you play it?

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?

What works

  • Strong cooperative multiplayer experience
  • Immersive horror atmosphere and sound design
  • Engaging progression and customization
  • Frequent updates and community content
  • High replayability with friends

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited map and mission variety leading to repetitiveness
  • Enemy ai can be inconsistent or glitchy
  • Long loading times and some technical issues
  • Lack of proximity voice chat limits communication
  • Some players find difficulty spikes frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SURV1V3

  • Sker Ritual

  • Sinister Night 2

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Zombie Panic! Source

  • Labyrinthine

Less competitive

Games that feels like The Outlast Trials but with less competition against others

  • Backrooms Lost Runners

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • Obscure

  • Resident Evil 0

  • Knights End

  • Malum

More relaxing

Games that feels like The Outlast Trials but with a more relaxing feel

  • After the Fall®

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Sketchy's Contract

  • Final Exam

  • Abyssus

  • FOREWARNED

Less expressive

Games that feels like The Outlast Trials but with less self-expression and customization

  • Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath)

  • F.E.A.R. 3

  • Blood Typers

  • Granny: Escape Together

  • Backrooms: Extractions

  • Bureau of Contacts

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The Outlast Trials: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026