Outlast — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2013 · Indie, Action · Red Barrels · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 80

Optimize Outlast for your hardware
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Optimize Outlast for your PC
This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.
My Outlast Settings Card
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.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - 64 bits * | OS: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 - 64 bits |
| Memory | Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU | Processor: 2.8 GHz Quad Core CPU |
| Graphics | Memory: 2 GB RAM | Memory: 3 GB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series | Graphics: 1GB NVIDIA GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 6850 or better |
| DirectX | DirectX: Version 9.0c | DirectX: Version 9.0c |
| Item 7 | Network: Broadband Internet connection | Network: Broadband Internet connection |
| Item 8 | Storage: 5 GB available space | Storage: 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.
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Tune settings →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
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.