Outlast 2

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2017

$19.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A brutal, atmospheric cult-horror chase game with great visuals, sound and disturbing story. Skip it if you want stealth, subtle scares or a game as tight as the first Outlast.

Great for

Players who want intense, disturbing psychological horror with chases and don't mind a cryptic story

Main risk

Repetitive scripted chases and unclear direction make it frustrating and less scary than Outlast 1

What players love

Genuinely scary, effective jump scares

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“this one scares the hell outta me, it gives me so much anxiety even if you play it multiple times it never fails to scare you.”
Steam review · 17.5 h played ↗

“For me Outlast 2 is the scariest and creepiest of all the Outlast parts I've played.”
Steam review · translated · 44.6 h played ↗

Dark, ambitious story and cult theme

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The writing is insanely good, the final 20 minutes had me shook.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗

“The narrative is filled with symbolism, religious fanaticism, trauma, and hallucinations.”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗

“The plot deserves special attention because it's very unusual, especially the moments of Blake traveling to the school.”
Steam review · translated · 4.2 h played ↗

Terrifying atmosphere and sound design

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“The atmosphere is terrifying, the sound design is incredible, and the constant feeling that something is about to go horribly wrong never lets up.”
Steam review · 29 h played ↗

“The game does an amazing job with sound design and psychological horror. You never really feel safe, especially during chase sequences”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗

“Insanely creepy atmosphere, quality sound and a constant feeling of helplessness.”
Steam review · translated · 8.2 h played ↗

Gorgeous visuals

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Outlast 2 on the other hand, absolutely killed it with the visuals!!!”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗

“Graphics 10/10 even now, some shots look like a movie.”
Steam review · translated · 6.9 h played ↗

Memorable school sequences

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“I especially enjoyed the School sections.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗

“The school sections are particularly tense and memorable.”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗

Camcorder, night vision and recording mechanics

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“The night vision camera experience which is classic Outlast is just so good every time”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗

“i like the cam records its so intresting to listen what the character says”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Worse than Outlast 1

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“A massive downgrade over outlast 1 in every way minus the visuals.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“Much worse than the first part, a maximum downgrade in everything.”
Steam review · translated · 4.8 h played ↗

Weak, confusing story and bland villains

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Scenario wise, it was all over the place, totally incoherent.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗

“The story wasn't properly explained, so it's rather poor.”
Steam review · translated · 10.5 h played ↗

“the only really notable villains was the big dude with the little dude on his back imo”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

Constant repetitive scripted chases

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“A glorified chase simulator where not running and actually deciding to hide leads to dying and having to restart a checkpoint.”
Steam review · 28.9 h played ↗

“Endless running from hobos. Seems interesting at first, but by mid-game it turns into immense boredom.”
Steam review · translated · 6.2 h played ↗

“there are SO. MANY. CHASE. SCENES.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗

Not scary, stealth is useless

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“stealth is almost non-existent or straight up useless because of the open areas and hiding spots not making any sense”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

“Not scary at all, I could end the review there; if a horror game doesn't scare, it's a bad horror game.”
Steam review · translated · 4.8 h played ↗

“I almost never felt the need to hide in a barrel or locker throughout my entire playthrough.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗

Unclear direction and trial-and-error deaths

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“you die, die, die, and die and figure out what to do by trial and errors. Not good design.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗

“10% of the gameplay is scary. 90% of the time you don't know where to go.”
Steam review · translated · 5.3 h played ↗

“utterly useless the game is at guiding you towards where you're actually meant to be going”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

School flashbacks ruin pacing

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“There is a boring chase scene every 30 minutes, there is a boring school flashback every 30 minutes”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗

“There are far too many of them, to the point of nausea.”
Steam review · translated · 15 h played ↗

“The school parts are the most boring and useless segments of a game ever.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits

ProcessorIntel Core i3-530

Memory4 GB RAM

Graphics1GB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870

Storage30 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits

ProcessorIntel Core i5

Memory8 GB RAM

Graphics1.5GB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660 / ATI Radeon HD 7850

Storage30 GB available space

OSWindows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits

ProcessorIntel Core i3-530

Memory4 GB RAM

Graphics1GB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870

Storage30 GB available space

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