The Outlast Trials

KeenGamerJavier Bonilla

8.5/10

The Outlast Trials has been around for a while, but it is one of the best multiplayer horror games you can play today on consoles. Get ready for spooky season and consider diving into this fun and immersive experience. Make sure to bring up to three friends to enjoy it to the maximum!

Checkpoint GamingAlex Beaty

8.5/10

The Outlast Trials takes that first-person horror experience we’ve come to know from the franchise and transforms it. Players become part of the game in a way they’ve never been able to before. The Outlast games have always been known to push the barrier with players enduring visceral experiences as they delve into terrifying conspiracies. We were lucky enough to check this one out in early access last year, so has the game progressed now it’s fully released and available on console? Wi...

MP1STVitor Braz

8.5/10

Based on an actually scary and not entirely fictitious tale – it’s easy to spot some influences here and there, minus the supernatural elements – The Outlast Trials is an unexpected but successful entry in one of the best horror series of the last decade. If you are wary of the multiplayer focus, don’t be, as these trials are great for atmospheric solo runs and gruesome sights that are not for the faint of heart, so do yourself a favor and become a human guinea pig if you like shocking experiences.

Impulse GamerGareth Newnham

The Outlast Trials is a strange proposition; a cooperative four-player horror game set in Red Barrels, incredibly twisted, but until this point, exclusively

Press StartJames Berich

8/10

The Outlast Trials successfully co-opts the Outlast formula into a multiplayer experience. It does a great job at offering what Outlast does best – macabre gore and tense horror with some genuinely gruesome objectives. But while it's fun to experience with friends, the solo players will find little reason to continue playing after the first program, and reusing some of the stalkers feels like a missed opportunity.

GameTyrant Noah Cochrane

8/10

The Outlast Trials doesn’t quite stand up to its predecessors but it did a good job at keeping the Outlast theme while implementing a new gameplay style. The game reminds me a little bit of the Saw movies, in the fact that you’re playing a game to escape, but they’re a little less brutal. It’s

eXputerMoiz Banoori

Despite its fundamental co-op flaws, The Outlast Trials delivers an impressive gameplay experience across the board.

Game SkinnyMelissa Sarnowski

8/10

The Outlast Trials sticks with a strong foundation that hasn't changed much since Early Access.

GameSpotMark Delaney

8/10

Red Barrels' third Outlast game is a departure in many ways, but remains memorable for its twisted villains and the grotesque world they inhabit.

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

7/10

Ultimately, The Outlast Trials finds itself in a bit of an awkward spot. It doesn’t quite hit the mark as a single player game, though playing alone is where the true horror lies. Play it with others, and while you’re likely to have more fun, it comes at the expense of atmosphere and scares. For many though, repetition is likely to be the biggest issue with The Outlast Trials; sneaking around in the dark is only fun for so long, after all. Still, that’s not to say this experiment is a total failure — it has a lot to offer for those who do find enjoyment in its grotesque endeavors.

Xbox AchievementsRichard Walker

60/100

The Outlast Trials is almost entirely devoid of fun as a solo experience. Add friends or other random players, however, and there's ample enjoyment to be had fighting through the unrelenting horror together. As long as you have the stomach for all that blood, guts, mutilation, death, and unsettling imagery, of course.

WCCFtechUle Lopez

4/10

It's time. The Outlast Trials has finally come out of Early Access, and we now have a different beast to address compared to how the game was before. For those who read my first impressions of The Outlast Trials, some of the issues I have with the game extend to the way the Stamina system was implemented, the repetitive nature of the game, the somewhat awful and unoriginal game design, and the way it emphasized the Rigs which exist to amplify your abilities.