The Outlast Trials

7 /10

OpenCritic

May 18th, 2023

Systems

Survival Horror

Developer(s):

Red Barrels

Publisher(s)

Red Barrels

Platform(s)

PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ Due TO Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Nudity, Drug Reference, Strong Language

Released

May 18th, 2023

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

Cross-Platform Play

PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series

Developer(s)	Red Barrels
Publisher(s)	Red Barrels
Platform(s)	PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
ESRB	M For Mature 17+ Due TO Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Nudity, Drug Reference, Strong Language
Released	May 18th, 2023
Multiplayer	Online Multiplayer
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Cross-Platform Play	PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series

Description

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.