Summary
- The Outlast Trials has claimed the #1 spot on Xbox's "Top Paid" charts.
- Featuring co-op gameplay, this multiplayer horror title has attracted a dedicated audience.
- Despite initial criticism, The Outlast Trials offers intense gameplay with immersive voice chat, drawing in a broad co-op audience.
Red Barrels' The Outlast Trials has reached the #1 spot on Xbox's "Top Paid" charts, marking a major achievement for the cooperative horror game. Considered to be among the scariest horror games of all time, the original Outlast game established a dedicated audience, and it would seem its multiplayer successor is continuing to draw in even more fans.
First released in early access in May 2023, The Outlast Trials officially launched less than two weeks ago on March 5. The horror title features co-op gameplay in which players must face off against a series of gruesome tests, or "trials," and level up their abilities to continue facing more challenging tasks. The game is already performing incredibly well across platforms, with remarkable success on Xbox.
The Outlast Trials Review
The Outlast Trials is a delightfully disturbing multiplayer experience, but a lack of polish and scares may leave some disappointed.
As reported by Pure Xbox, The Outlast Trials is currently sitting at the #1 spot on the "Top Paid" Xbox chart. In spite of a rocky start with critics, audiences have continued to take an interest in the horror co-op title, pushing it to the top of the sales charts. Many players have enjoyed the intense gameplay along with an incredibly impressive in-game voice chat system, which adds an extra layer of immersion with distortions, echoes, and more. The various trials in The Outlast Trials feature a variety of enemies and challenges along with extreme levels of gore, making for a fun yet frightening experience. Unlike the previous two games in the franchise, The Outlast Trials features multiplayer. While some have found this reduces the scares, it may have assisted in drawing in a broader co-op audience, leading to the game's current success on Xbox.
Top-Selling Xbox Games Right Now
- The Outlast Trials
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The popularity of The Outlast Trials may have come as a surprise to some, but co-op horror gaming has continued to perform well among audiences, topping charts across platforms. Fellow co-op horror title Lethal Company topped the charts on Steam just a few months ago and has managed to maintain impressive momentum with frequent updates and rising player counts. Other multiplayer horror titles like Phasmophobia, Dead by Daylight, and Devour continue to boast impressive user scores and sales and rank among the best co-op horror games. With an extensive road map already announced for The Outlast Trials, fans of co-op horror have plenty to look forward to.
Gaming fans continue to show a strong interest in horror titles, from single-player classics to recent multiplayer releases. As The Outlast Trials joins the ranks of the best-selling games on Xbox, interested fans may want to keep an eye on this exciting co-op horror title.
The Outlast Trials
- Released
- May 18, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
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?
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.
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.
- Developer(s)
- Red Barrels
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Platform(s)
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Survival Horror
