Outlast

Outlast is a first-person survival horror game that sits in the action, adventure, and indie genres. You play as investigative journalist Miles Upshur, who breaks into Mount Massive Asylum in the remote mountains of Colorado after following a tip from an anonymous source. The asylum is a long-abandoned home for the mentally ill that has recently been reopened by the research and charity branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, and it has been operating in strict secrecy.

The core loop is simple and tense. Miles is not a fighter, so your only real chance of surviving is to run or hide. You explore the facility, look for a way forward, and try to stay out of sight while the asylum's inhabitants search for you. Stealth is central to the experience, and the platforming draws on parkour-inspired movement, so you are often climbing or slipping past danger rather than confronting it head on.

The setting is what gives the game its weight. The store description says the asylum's story walks a terrifying line between science and religion, and the setting and characters are inspired by real asylums and cases of criminal insanity. The developers aim to show that the most terrifying monsters come from the human mind, and the AAA-quality graphics help make the facility feel detailed and oppressive.

What stands out most is the unpredictability. Enemies can appear from any direction at any moment, so you never feel fully safe, even when you think you have found a good hiding spot. That constant pressure is what defines Outlast for most players who try it.

• You are no fighter, so your only real options in the asylum are to run or hide.
• Stealth-based gameplay is paired with parkour-inspired platforming elements for moving through the facility.
• Enemies are unpredictable, so you cannot know when or from where one of the inhabitants will catch up to you.
• AAA-quality graphics create a detailed and terrifying world to explore.
• Full controller support and Remote Play on TV let you play from the couch.
• Single-player play comes with Steam achievements, Steam Cloud saves, and subtitles.

Outlast has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, which is the Taiwan store label 壓倒性好評, with 96 percent of reviews being positive. That is a very strong result, and it comes from a review base of hundreds of thousands of reviews, so the score reflects a broad and well-established player population rather than a handful of early opinions.

On Steam, an Overwhelmingly Positive label with a percentage this high usually means that the large majority of players felt the game delivered on what it promised. Labels from games with very small review counts can swing a lot, so they are less reliable as a guide, but a score this high across a large volume of reviews is a solid signal that the experience lands well with most people who try it.

All prices below are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. The game is currently discounted by 90 percent, from a regular price of NT$ 268 down to NT$ 26. The lowest price we have recorded is also NT$ 26, first seen on 2026-10-27, which is the same as the current price, so the current deal matches our lowest record. Discounts have been frequent on our record, and we have not recorded any free-to-keep offer for this game.

Our price record for Outlast is still short, so treat any verdict here as tentative. Because we have only just started tracking it, we cannot yet say how the price usually moves over a longer stretch.

Based on what we have, the current NT$ 26 price is at the low end of what we have seen, and the 90 percent discount is a meaningful saving against the regular NT$ 268. If you have been waiting for a deal on a well-reviewed horror game, this is a reasonable time to buy, but keep an eye on the price trend here as our record grows.

1. Sign in to your Steam account on the website or in the desktop client.
2. Open the Outlast store page and confirm the price shown there before you buy.
3. Add the game to your cart and complete the purchase, or add it to your wishlist if you would rather wait.
4. Turn on wishlist sale notifications in Steam so you hear about future price changes.
5. Check back here for the price trend before you decide to buy.

Outlast does not support Traditional Chinese. Its supported languages include English, which has full audio support, and Japanese, which also has full audio support, along with French, Italian, German, Spanish from Spain, Russian, Polish, and Portuguese from Brazil. The game is rated for adult content and contains intense violence, gore, graphic sexual content, and strong language, so it is not appropriate for everyone. The prices here are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam page before you buy.