There is a stretch in Outlast 2 where you are crawling through a cornfield at night with a camera that can barely see in the dark, and someone is hunting you, and you have no weapon and nowhere to hide, and the game just holds that feeling for longer than feels reasonable. It is extremely good at one thing: making you feel completely powerless. The story and the religious cult framing are more functional than meaningful, and the third act runs out of ideas before it runs out of runtime. But if your goal is to be genuinely frightened by a PS Plus game at ten in the evening with headphones on, this delivers that more consistently than almost anything else on the service.


Outlast 2
April 25, 2017AdventureESRB M
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Overview
About Outlast 2
Outlast 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed survival horror game Outlast. Set in the same universe as the first game, but with different characters and a different setting, Outlast 2 is a twisted new journey into the depths of the human mind and its dark secrets. No conflict is ever black and white.
Story setup
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
You are Blake Langermann, a cameraman working with your wife, Lynn. The two of you are investigative journalists willing to take risks and dig deep to uncover the stories no one else will dare touch.
You're following a trail of clues that started with the seemingly impossible murder of a pregnant woman known only as Jane Doe.
The investigation has lead you miles into the Arizona desert, to a darkness so deep that no one could shed light upon it, and a corruption so profound that going mad may be the only sane thing to do.
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At a glance
- Released
- April 25, 2017
- Platforms
- macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Action
- Play modes
- Single Player
- Age rating
- ESRB M
Media
Screenshots
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Playing together
Multiplayer & game modes
Outlast 2 offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.
Play Modes
Single Player
Content
Age ratings
How rating boards around the world have classified Outlast 2. Open a board for its content descriptors.
ACBR 18+
High impact horror themes, violence, blood, gore and sex
ESRBM
- Blood and Gore
- Intense Violence
- Nudity
- Sexual Content
- Strong Language
GRAC19+
- Language
- Crime, Anti-Social
- Fear, Horror, Threatening
- Sexuality
- Violence
PEGI18
- Violence
- Bad Language
USK18
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