Outlast
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How do players who really played Outlast rate it? TrueGG Rating 97.2%

Release date: Sep 4, 2013 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who dislike repetitive grinding

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
97.2%
± 0.7 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 5+ hours (last 180 days) · 4,098 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.7%
Steam overall
96.4%
Japanese, all time
94.0%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 17.5% of all reviews. Their positive share is 93.3%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (5h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 5 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h86%3391–2 h86%2012–5 h96%1,7645–10 h97%2,35610–20 h98%1,16720–50 h99%46750–100 h95%78100–200 h100%17200+ h92%13Positive share by playtime0–1 h33986%1–2 h20186%2–5 h1,76496%5–10 h2,35697%10–20 h1,16798%20–50 h46799%50–100 h7895%100–200 h17100%200+ h1392%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h85.8%0.0%339
1–2 h86.1%—201
2–5 h95.7%100.0%1,764
5–10 h96.7%100.0%2,356
10–20 h97.8%—1,167
20–50 h98.5%—467
50–100 h94.9%—78
100–200 h100.0%—17
200+ h92.3%—13

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 5+ hours. 7% had 20+ hours and 1% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Outlast has a TrueGG Rating of 97.2%: the positive share among 4,098 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 5+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.4%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 18% of the total, with 93% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom, grind, and pacing. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and monetization and DLC.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 94.0%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (96.7% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Grind, Movement & pacing). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive14% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Grind8% of negative reviews (1% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Movement & pacing8% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among under 2h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel15% of positive reviews (9% of negative)
  • Monetization & DLC10% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 苦手＋ 難易度＋ 謎解＋ peak＋ 作品＋ シンプル＋ 初見＋ 基本的− overrated− maybe− terrible− boring− cheap− minutes− loop− annoying

Counted from 356 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating96.4%All time, all languages · 139,829 reviews
Adjusted rating96.7%Weighted by trust (95% range 96.6%–96.9%), +0.3pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews89.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−7.2pt vs overall) · 523 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review8%28%
Very short text39%36%
Key activated outside Steam12%19%
Received for free0%2%
Owns very few games15%9%
Over 100 reviews written3%5%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.760.70

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 5.8 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 2013-09: +687 / −10 2013-10: +147 / −2 2013-11: +485 / −17 2013-12: +1,094 / −22 2014-01: +795 / −16 2014-02: +614 / −22 2014-03: +306 / −9 2014-04: +291 / −8 2014-05: +1,301 / −31 2014-06: +1,164 / −34 2014-07: +447 / −11 2014-08: +308 / −16 2014-09: +494 / −25 2014-10: +354 / −20 2014-11: +416 / −16 2014-12: +519 / −22 2015-01: +330 / −11 2015-02: +204 / −9 2015-03: +172 / −9 2015-04: +171 / −10 2015-05: +164 / −6 2015-06: +865 / −46 2015-07: +369 / −14 2015-08: +410 / −22 2015-09: +191 / −10 2015-10: +380 / −26 2015-11: +445 / −21 2015-12: +458 / −15 2016-01: +430 / −12 2016-02: +367 / −12 2016-03: +247 / −8 2016-04: +207 / −7 2016-05: +230 / −12 2016-06: +382 / −17 2016-07: +412 / −22 2016-08: +219 / −13 2016-09: +167 / −9 2016-10: +260 / −21 2016-11: +1,177 / −18 2016-12: +414 / −25 2017-01: +397 / −22 2017-02: +267 / −15 2017-03: +191 / −9 2017-04: +796 / −32 2017-05: +356 / −25 2017-06: +550 / −36 2017-07: +658 / −21 2017-08: +261 / −14 2017-09: +246 / −9 2017-10: +311 / −14 2017-11: +1,122 / −35 2017-12: +346 / −18 2018-01: +338 / −30 2018-02: +191 / −8 2018-03: +234 / −15 2018-04: +275 / −9 2018-05: +158 / −13 2018-06: +239 / −10 2018-07: +254 / −11 2018-08: +150 / −7 2018-09: +87 / −9 2018-10: +124 / −6 2018-11: +477 / −17 2018-12: +235 / −14 2019-01: +267 / −16 2019-02: +219 / −11 2019-03: +218 / −8 2019-04: +146 / −7 2019-05: +132 / −8 2019-06: +467 / −17 2019-07: +584 / −29 2019-08: +144 / −9 2019-09: +89 / −3 2019-10: +169 / −6 2019-11: +768 / −20 2019-12: +807 / −16 2020-01: +660 / −20 2020-02: +444 / −16 2020-03: +599 / −12 2020-04: +448 / −17 2020-05: +449 / −15 2020-06: +727 / −22 2020-07: +1,603 / −32 2020-08: +515 / −29 2020-09: +421 / −14 2020-10: +576 / −21 2020-11: +1,751 / −44 2020-12: +1,337 / −40 2021-01: +1,545 / −53 2021-02: +1,945 / −44 2021-03: +920 / −26 2021-04: +669 / −29 2021-05: +765 / −33 2021-06: +1,159 / −51 2021-07: +1,928 / −55 2021-08: +850 / −29 2021-09: +573 / −20 2021-10: +677 / −32 2021-11: +1,301 / −35 2021-12: +1,211 / −39 2022-01: +1,358 / −40 2022-02: +1,551 / −57 2022-03: +617 / −21 2022-04: +562 / −17 2022-05: +577 / −24 2022-06: +936 / −26 2022-07: +1,610 / −53 2022-08: +741 / −30 2022-09: +480 / −32 2022-10: +1,087 / −45 2022-11: +2,367 / −69 2022-12: +1,515 / −38 2023-01: +1,497 / −43 2023-02: +1,577 / −65 2023-03: +1,331 / −32 2023-04: +808 / −37 2023-05: +777 / −25 2023-06: +724 / −28 2023-07: +1,993 / −71 2023-08: +962 / −30 2023-09: +1,141 / −36 2023-10: +897 / −27 2023-11: +1,463 / −39 2023-12: +1,085 / −29 2024-01: +1,139 / −46 2024-02: +1,223 / −50 2024-03: +1,075 / −43 2024-04: +653 / −25 2024-05: +595 / −29 2024-06: +720 / −30 2024-07: +2,062 / −60 2024-08: +841 / −40 2024-09: +533 / −20 2024-10: +660 / −35 2024-11: +1,280 / −35 2024-12: +1,505 / −52 2025-01: +1,160 / −47 2025-02: +627 / −29 2025-03: +948 / −27 2025-04: +553 / −19 2025-05: +510 / −30 2025-06: +650 / −37 2025-07: +1,083 / −41 2025-08: +725 / −38 2025-09: +502 / −26 2025-10: +906 / −42 2025-11: +911 / −42 2025-12: +1,242 / −40 2026-01: +1,136 / −25 2026-02: +878 / −35 2026-03: +1,088 / −45 2026-04: +920 / −30 2026-05: +615 / −24 2026-06: +1,297 / −59 2026-07: +1,198 / −55 2026-08: +653 / −34 2026-09: +736 / −31 2026-10: +737 / −23 2013/092014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 96.5% 2013-09: 98.6%2013-10: 98.7%2013-11: 96.6%2013-12: 98.0%2014-01: 98.0%2014-02: 96.5%2014-03: 97.1%2014-04: 97.3%2014-05: 97.7%2014-06: 97.2%2014-07: 97.6%2014-08: 95.1%2014-09: 95.2%2014-10: 94.7%2014-11: 96.3%2014-12: 95.9%2015-01: 96.8%2015-02: 95.8%2015-03: 95.0%2015-04: 94.5%2015-05: 96.5%2015-06: 95.0%2015-07: 96.3%2015-08: 94.9%2015-09: 95.0%2015-10: 93.6%2015-11: 95.5%2015-12: 96.8%2016-01: 97.3%2016-02: 96.8%2016-03: 96.9%2016-04: 96.7%2016-05: 95.0%2016-06: 95.7%2016-07: 94.9%2016-08: 94.4%2016-09: 94.9%2016-10: 92.5%2016-11: 98.5%2016-12: 94.3%2017-01: 94.7%2017-02: 94.7%2017-03: 95.5%2017-04: 96.1%2017-05: 93.4%2017-06: 93.9%2017-07: 96.9%2017-08: 94.9%2017-09: 96.5%2017-10: 95.7%2017-11: 97.0%2017-12: 95.1%2018-01: 91.8%2018-02: 96.0%2018-03: 94.0%2018-04: 96.8%2018-05: 92.4%2018-06: 96.0%2018-07: 95.8%2018-08: 95.5%2018-09: 90.6%2018-10: 95.4%2018-11: 96.6%2018-12: 94.4%2019-01: 94.3%2019-02: 95.2%2019-03: 96.5%2019-04: 95.4%2019-05: 94.3%2019-06: 96.5%2019-07: 95.3%2019-08: 94.1%2019-09: 96.7%2019-10: 96.6%2019-11: 97.5%2019-12: 98.1%2020-01: 97.1%2020-02: 96.5%2020-03: 98.0%2020-04: 96.3%2020-05: 96.8%2020-06: 97.1%2020-07: 98.0%2020-08: 94.7%2020-09: 96.8%2020-10: 96.5%2020-11: 97.5%2020-12: 97.1%2021-01: 96.7%2021-02: 97.8%2021-03: 97.3%2021-04: 95.8%2021-05: 95.9%2021-06: 95.8%2021-07: 97.2%2021-08: 96.7%2021-09: 96.6%2021-10: 95.5%2021-11: 97.4%2021-12: 96.9%2022-01: 97.1%2022-02: 96.5%2022-03: 96.7%2022-04: 97.1%2022-05: 96.0%2022-06: 97.3%2022-07: 96.8%2022-08: 96.1%2022-09: 93.8%2022-10: 96.0%2022-11: 97.2%2022-12: 97.6%2023-01: 97.2%2023-02: 96.0%2023-03: 97.7%2023-04: 95.6%2023-05: 96.9%2023-06: 96.3%2023-07: 96.6%2023-08: 97.0%2023-09: 96.9%2023-10: 97.1%2023-11: 97.4%2023-12: 97.4%2024-01: 96.1%2024-02: 96.1%2024-03: 96.2%2024-04: 96.3%2024-05: 95.4%2024-06: 96.0%2024-07: 97.2%2024-08: 95.5%2024-09: 96.4%2024-10: 95.0%2024-11: 97.3%2024-12: 96.7%2025-01: 96.1%2025-02: 95.6%2025-03: 97.2%2025-04: 96.7%2025-05: 94.4%2025-06: 94.6%2025-07: 96.4%2025-08: 95.0%2025-09: 95.1%2025-10: 95.6%2025-11: 95.6%2025-12: 96.9%2026-01: 97.8%2026-02: 96.2%2026-03: 96.0%2026-04: 96.8%2026-05: 96.2%2026-06: 95.6%2026-07: 95.6%2026-08: 95.1%2026-09: 96.0%2026-10: 97.0% 2013/092014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 20 40 60 80 2026-09-19: +15 / −0 2026-09-20: +29 / −1 2026-09-21: +18 / −0 2026-09-22: +21 / −1 2026-09-23: +18 / −1 2026-09-24: +23 / −2 2026-09-25: +24 / −0 2026-09-26: +17 / −1 2026-09-27: +30 / −0 2026-09-28: +9 / −0 2026-09-29: +24 / −1 2026-09-30: +15 / −0 2026-10-01: +11 / −2 2026-10-02: +31 / −0 2026-10-03: +56 / −2 2026-10-04: +61 / −4 2026-10-05: +43 / −2 2026-10-06: +53 / −1 2026-10-07: +61 / −2 2026-10-08: +44 / −1 2026-10-09: +51 / −3 2026-10-10: +54 / −1 2026-10-11: +41 / −0 2026-10-12: +40 / −2 2026-10-13: +32 / −1 2026-10-14: +28 / −0 2026-10-15: +27 / −0 2026-10-16: +40 / −2 2026-10-17: +33 / −0 2026-10-18: +31 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2013-096871098.6%
2013-10147298.7%
2013-114851796.6%
2013-121,0942298.0%
2014-017951698.0%
2014-026142296.5%
2014-03306997.1%
2014-04291897.3%
2014-051,3013197.7%
2014-061,1643497.2%
2014-074471197.6%
2014-083081695.1%
2014-094942595.2%
2014-103542094.7%
2014-114161696.3%
2014-125192295.9%
2015-013301196.8%
2015-02204995.8%
2015-03172995.0%
2015-041711094.5%
2015-05164696.5%
2015-068654695.0%
2015-073691496.3%
2015-084102294.9%
2015-091911095.0%
2015-103802693.6%
2015-114452195.5%
2015-124581596.8%
2016-014301297.3%
2016-023671296.8%
2016-03247896.9%
2016-04207796.7%
2016-052301295.0%
2016-063821795.7%
2016-074122294.9%
2016-082191394.4%
2016-09167994.9%
2016-102602192.5%
2016-111,1771898.5%
2016-124142594.3%
2017-013972294.7%
2017-022671594.7%
2017-03191995.5%
2017-047963296.1%
2017-053562593.4%
2017-065503693.9%
2017-076582196.9%
2017-082611494.9%
2017-09246996.5%
2017-103111495.7%
2017-111,1223597.0%
2017-123461895.1%
2018-013383091.8%
2018-02191896.0%
2018-032341594.0%
2018-04275996.8%
2018-051581392.4%
2018-062391096.0%
2018-072541195.8%
2018-08150795.5%
2018-0987990.6%
2018-10124695.4%
2018-114771796.6%
2018-122351494.4%
2019-012671694.3%
2019-022191195.2%
2019-03218896.5%
2019-04146795.4%
2019-05132894.3%
2019-064671796.5%
2019-075842995.3%
2019-08144994.1%
2019-0989396.7%
2019-10169696.6%
2019-117682097.5%
2019-128071698.1%
2020-016602097.1%
2020-024441696.5%
2020-035991298.0%
2020-044481796.3%
2020-054491596.8%
2020-067272297.1%
2020-071,6033298.0%
2020-085152994.7%
2020-094211496.8%
2020-105762196.5%
2020-111,7514497.5%
2020-121,3374097.1%
2021-011,5455396.7%
2021-021,9454497.8%
2021-039202697.3%
2021-046692995.8%
2021-057653395.9%
2021-061,1595195.8%
2021-071,9285597.2%
2021-088502996.7%
2021-095732096.6%
2021-106773295.5%
2021-111,3013597.4%
2021-121,2113996.9%
2022-011,3584097.1%
2022-021,5515796.5%
2022-036172196.7%
2022-045621797.1%
2022-055772496.0%
2022-069362697.3%
2022-071,6105396.8%
2022-087413096.1%
2022-094803293.8%
2022-101,0874596.0%
2022-112,3676997.2%
2022-121,5153897.6%
2023-011,4974397.2%
2023-021,5776596.0%
2023-031,3313297.7%
2023-048083795.6%
2023-057772596.9%
2023-067242896.3%
2023-071,9937196.6%
2023-089623097.0%
2023-091,1413696.9%
2023-108972797.1%
2023-111,4633997.4%
2023-121,0852997.4%
2024-011,1394696.1%
2024-021,2235096.1%
2024-031,0754396.2%
2024-046532596.3%
2024-055952995.4%
2024-067203096.0%
2024-072,0626097.2%
2024-088414095.5%
2024-095332096.4%
2024-106603595.0%
2024-111,2803597.3%
2024-121,5055296.7%
2025-011,1604796.1%
2025-026272995.6%
2025-039482797.2%
2025-045531996.7%
2025-055103094.4%
2025-066503794.6%
2025-071,0834196.4%
2025-087253895.0%
2025-095022695.1%
2025-109064295.6%
2025-119114295.6%
2025-121,2424096.9%
2026-011,1362597.8%
2026-028783596.2%
2026-031,0884596.0%
2026-049203096.8%
2026-056152496.2%
2026-061,2975995.6%
2026-071,1985595.6%
2026-086533495.1%
2026-097363196.0%
2026-107372397.0%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19150
2026-09-20291
2026-09-21180
2026-09-22211
2026-09-23181
2026-09-24232
2026-09-25240
2026-09-26171
2026-09-27300
2026-09-2890
2026-09-29241
2026-09-30150
2026-10-01112
2026-10-02310
2026-10-03562
2026-10-04614
2026-10-05432
2026-10-06531
2026-10-07612
2026-10-08441
2026-10-09513
2026-10-10541
2026-10-11410
2026-10-12402
2026-10-13321
2026-10-14280
2026-10-15270
2026-10-16402
2026-10-17330
2026-10-18310
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days96.6%1,159
Last 180 days95.8%6,377
All time96.4%139,829
Japanese, last 180 days88.9%9
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