The Outlast Trials

The Outlast Trials
Developer(s)Red Barrels
Publisher(s)Red Barrels
Director(s)Alex Charbonneau
Producer(s)Charles Ayotte
Programmer(s)François Cournoyer
Writer(s)J. T. Petty
Composer(s)Tom Salta
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
ReleaseMarch 5, 2024
Genre(s)Survival horror
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The Outlast Trials is a 2024 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. It serves as a prequel to both Outlast (2013) and Outlast 2 (2017) and revolves around test-subjects who are involuntarily-recruited in a mysterious Cold-War-experiment.

First announced on October 2019, the game was originally slated for a release on August 2021, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A closed beta was available from October 28 to November 1, 2022, until it was finally released via early access for Microsoft Windows on May 18, 2023, and fully launched for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on March 5, 2024. The Outlast Trials received generally positive reviews from critics.