Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Gameplay from the closed beta playtest for The Outlast Trials, running from 28 Oct - 1 Nov, 2022.

00:37 - Opening cutscene
04:24 - Character creation
06:05 - Controls/Mechanics
37:07 - Customization

Initial release date: TBA
Developer: Red Barrels
Publisher: Red Barrels
Platform: Microsoft Windows

[In this Closed Beta, you’ll be able to play the introduction of the game, explore the Sleep Room (the in-game lobby), customize your character, make your cell your own, and take part in one of Murkoff’s Trials in Police Station featuring Leland Coyle, one of our Prime Assets. The trial is playable solo or co-op with a team of up to four players, with each participant’s performance being rated by Murkoff.]

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.

In pure Outlast fashion, the core gameplay involves avoiding enemies, hiding from them, and trying to run away. Murkoff will provide tools you can use to increase your stealth capabilities, create opportunities to flee, slow down enemies, and more. However, you will have to earn those tools and work hard to improve them.

You’re all prisoners of Murkoff trapped inside their facility. You can choose to complete the trials by yourself or you can tackle them in a team of 2, 3, or 4 players. Choose your tools, upgrades, and perks to fit your playstyle. Customize and create your own trial patient. Your cell is your home while you complete the therapy, you can decorate it however you wish. The Outlast Trials is fully playable in single-player and in cooperative multiplayer. All the content of the game can be completed alone or with a group of players. There are no limitations.