Outlast — Settings, Requirements & Optimization

2013 · Indie, Action · Red Barrels · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 80

Outlast cover art
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Preset: Medium · Est. 6895 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationMedium
Expected FPS band6895 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerFSR 3 Quality (or DLSS if supported) — Quality mode
Ray tracingRT optional — raster first
Frame capYour estimated range (68–95 FPS) clears your 60 Hz target — lock it with a frame cap to reduce GPU load.

Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 4/9.

Official system requirements

Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.

SpecMinimumRecommended
OSMinimum:Recommended:
ProcessorOS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - 64 bits *OS: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 - 64 bits
MemoryProcessor: 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPUProcessor: 2.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
GraphicsMemory: 2 GB RAMMemory: 3 GB RAM
StorageGraphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3xxx seriesGraphics: 1GB NVIDIA GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 6850 or better
DirectXDirectX: Version 9.0cDirectX: Version 9.0c
Item 7Network: Broadband Internet connectionNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Item 8Storage: 5 GB available spaceStorage: 5 GB available space

About Outlast

Cinematic gameplay is used to make a stylistic point, and this psychological horror game performs just that. Outlast follows the story of investigative journalist Miles Upshur, that got the lead on the inhuman experiments, performed on the asylum patients. Outlast forces players to run away from danger, simply because there is no combat system. All Miles can do is to document what is happening inside the Mount Massive Asylum. Players do not have a flashlight, only a night vision camera, which constantly requires batteries in order to function. Miles will be pursued through the halls, rooms, yards and enclosed laboratories by distressed and aggressive inhabitants. Over the course of the game, players will have to solve puzzles by locating and collecting items and travel through the Asylum with realistic movement animation and horror sting sound effect, in order to make players sympathize with the protagonists.

SingleplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAtmospheric

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Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Outlast optimization card is computed

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