Outlast 2

Outlast 2
Developer(s)Red Barrels
Publisher(s)Red Barrels
Designer(s)
  • David Chateauneuf
  • Pierre-Luc Foisy
  • Philippe Morin
Programmer(s)
  • Réjean Charpentier
  • Mathieu Gauthier
  • François Vaillancourt
Artist(s)
  • Patrice Côté
  • Hugo Dallaire
  • Patrick Dubuc
  • Alexandre Sabourin
Writer(s)J. T. Petty
Composer(s)Samuel Laflamme
SeriesOutlast
EngineUnreal Engine 3[1]
Platform(s)
Release
April 25, 2017
  • Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • April 25, 2017
  • Nintendo Switch
  • March 27, 2018
Genre(s)Survival horror
Mode(s)Single-player

Outlast 2 (stylized as OUTLASTII) is a 2017 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. A sequel to the 2013 video game Outlast, the game features a cameraman named Blake Langermann, along with his wife Lynn, a journalist roaming the Arizona desert to explore the murder of a pregnant woman only known as Jane Doe.[2] Both get separated in a helicopter crash, and Blake has to find his wife while traveling through a village inhabited by a deranged sect that believes the end of days are upon them.

Shortly after the release and popularity of Outlast, Red Barrels announced the sequel. A gameplay demo was then released at both PAX East and E3 2016 on April 22 and June 15 respectively, with a release originally slated for Autumn 2016. Due to development delays, the game was ultimately released on April 25, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The Nintendo Switch version released on March 27, 2018, on the Nintendo eShop.

The game was met with generally positive reception upon release, with praise going towards the graphics, sound design, and atmosphere. Criticisms were reserved for the amount of gore, and difficulty. A third installment in the series, entitled The Outlast Trials, was released on May 18, 2023, via early access for Microsoft Windows, and later in full on March 5, 2024, on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. It takes place during the Cold War, and is a prequel to the first Outlast.[3]

  1. ^ Morin, Phillipe (September 3, 2021). "The Outlast Trials "is like a TV series", offering new challenges for players and developer alike". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Outlast 2". Red Barrels. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "OUTLAST 3 Trailer #1 NEW (2020) Horror Game HD". YouTube.