The Outlast Trials, Purple Barrels’ co-op horror recreation set in its wider Outlast universe, simply broke its concurrent-player document, eclipsing 120,000 gamers. The earlier excessive got here when the sport launched in Steam Early Entry in 2023 and the participant rely climbed to 36,000.
At present’s new document means the indie horror recreation reset the bar with a complete greater than 4 occasions increased than its earlier finest.
Purple Barrels credited just a few massive components for the document. For one, The Outlast Trials is having fun with an enormous low cost within the Steam Autumn Sale, on sale for $4–though that sale ends tomorrow (Thursday, October 8), should you’re .
The studio additionally revealed that roughly half of the gamers contributing to that whole are from China, as the sport is seeing a surge in recognition there. Naturally, the Halloween season helps too, though it isn’t one of many new horror video games popping out this month.
The Outlast Trials made its model 1.0 debut within the spring of 2024. Although it is playable solo, it is meant to be skilled as a co-op recreation for as much as 4 individuals. Seasonal content material and occasions have come to the sport usually since then, including new villains, talents, maps, and extra.
Up subsequent for the sport is its annual Geister occasion for Halloween, adopted by Season 8 in December, which is able to add one other new main villain, or “Prime Asset,” in addition to a brand new map and extra occasions.
The Outlast Trials is a favourite on GameSpot, featured in our finest horror multiplayer video games listing and our finest horror video games (general) listing. In my Outlast Trials assessment, I stated it is “able to being as terrifying as earlier Outlast video games, and although you’ll commerce away some scares when taking part in with an even bigger group, they’re seemingly to get replaced by nervous laughs as you and your allies narrowly evade monsters at nighttime.”
