Can I Run Outlast?
Red Barrels released Outlast in 2024. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. The game ships for Windows alone. 14 languages are covered by the store listing. Its Steam review count passes 87 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. There are 27 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB or Radeon R7 360, 2 GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 8 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | WIndows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Outlast places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. 16 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played from a first person view.
Why Outlast is demanding
The ask Outlast makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 6 GB, so on Outlast the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. Disk footprint is light, near 40 GB. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. DirectX 12 is named, so Outlast expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Outlast?
Outlast targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB or Radeon R7 360, 2 GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, 8 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.42x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.8x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.35x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Outlast's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Outlast?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Outlast?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB or Radeon R7 360, 2 GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Outlast need?
Outlast needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Outlast?
The RTX 3060 runs Outlast comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Outlast?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Outlast is the GPU.