How long is Outlast

«The scariest first-person horror since Silent Hill» is not very long. The game released in 2013 was about 15$ originally but now cost 20$. That’s not too much for dynamic horror with a wonderful atmosphere of classic suspense. Developers claimed that the fastest players can beat Outlast in 5 hours while the median time is 6 hours. Now we have another statistics which is described particularly in the 1st paragraph. The 2nd one offers a list of game’s chapters.

Let’s reveal how long is Outlast and what mission you have to beat!

Time needed to beat the game

Special projects collected a lot of statistics from players around the world. We provide exact numbers for Outlast and Outlast Whistleblower. With this statistics, you can realize how long a regular playthrough is for all gamers. Other numbers show how long is the game for explorers and speedrunners as well. There are different stats for each style including average time, the fastest game and the slowest one.

Discover exact timings right here:

• Time needed to complete the main story – 5 hours 17 minutes average.

The fastest time needed to complete the main story – 3 hours 14 minutes.

The slowest time needed to complete the main story – 7 hours 36 minutes.

• Time needed to collect all extras and beat the game – 6 hours 26 minutes average.

The fastest time needed for this – 4 hours 36 minutes.

The slowest time needed for this – 9 hours 06 minutes.

• Time needed to explore the game completely – 10 hours 12 minutes average.

The fastest time needed for this – 8 hours 45 minutes.

The slowest time needed for this – 18 hours 44 minutes.

• Time needed for speedrun – 1 hour 18 minutes and 45 seconds average.

Timings for DLC are below:

• Time needed to complete the main story – 2 hours 30 minutes average.

The fastest time needed to complete the main story – 1 hour 47 minutes.

The slowest time needed to complete the main story – 3 hours 21 minutes.

• Time needed to collect all extras and beat the game – 2 hours 47 minutes average.

The fastest time needed for this – 2 hours 07 minutes.

The slowest time needed for this – 3 hours 22 minutes.

• Time needed to explore the game completely – 5 hours 01 minutes average.

The fastest time needed for this – 3 hours 42 minutes.

The slowest time needed for this – 8 hours 30 minutes.

• Time needed for speedrun – 1 hour 03 minutes and 26 seconds average.

That stats show that you can complete the game and its DLC as you wish. Do you want to collect all documents and explore entire asylum? Then don’t hurry. Or maybe your goal is the fastest speedrun? Then pass locations like a bat out of hell. But be ready to twisted corridors where you can get lost easily. Means the fastest run may take several attempts. Or you can simply explore the game before performing a speedrun.

List of chapters

To realize how long is Outlast it’s a good idea to reveal every mission of the game:

1. Administration Block. The very beginning of the game where Miles Upshur encounters first enemies and allies tries to leave the asylum but fails this task.
2. Prison Block. In this chapter, Miles Upshur makes his way through gloomy prison, runs away from psychopathic brothers and suddenly goes to the drainage.
3. Sewer. Here Miles Upshur explores the sewers full of garbage and unpleasant enemies, tries to drain this location, suffers from big mutant and escapes.
4. Male Ward. In this chapter, Miles Upshur travels to lair of maniac-surgeon, losses his fingers, crawls through corridors and finds the elevator only to kill his offender.
5. Courtyard. In the strangest chapter Miles Upshur explores the yard of Mount Massive Asylum, hides from mutants and returns to the building.
6. Female Ward. Here Miles Upshur makes his way through another location attempting to find his single ally, a crazy priest who prays for the Walrider.
7. Return to the Administration Block. In this penultimate chapter, Miles Upshur finds a priest on a cross, takes keys and tries to escape again. Unsuccessfully.
8. Underground Lab. The final chapter features Miles Upshur exploring laboratories under the asylum, interacting with the main antagonist and reaching the exit.

Also, we have a complete list of chapters for Outlast: Whistleblower:

1. Underground Lab. Waylon Park starts at the place where Miles Upshur finished his way. Here Waylon Park acts as a regular worker of laboratory turning into a guinea-pig.
2. Hospital. In this chapter, Waylon Park finds himself in the center of chaos created by the Walrider, tries to find the exit and escapes from a bloody cannibal.
3. Recreation Area. Here Waylon Park also explores the yard with dozens of inmates and patients on his way to the prison where radio is located.
4. Prison. This chapter makes Waylon Park frustrated as he finds radio only to see its destruction by his former employee.
5. Drying Ground. Here Waylon Parks returns to the yard, disables the electricity to proceed to the exit, finds a lot of hostile inmates, but survives.
6. Vocational Block. During this chapter, Waylon Park feels as a bride of a crazy patient, survives and even kills this maniac proceeding to the exit.
7. Exit. Finally, Waylon Park reaches the main gates of the building avoiding hostiles and his main enemy, escapes by car of Miles Upshur and reveals secrets of Murkoff.

Probably, these lists can help you in understanding length of the game. Try to complete it in the most comfortable way. Enjoy!