Outlast 2
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 89% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 5+ hours (92%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 34% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “What God Has Joined” (Find Lynn) and “Babylon” (See the distant mines where Lynn is captive): from 100% to 48% of starters.
- Only 67% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 65,579 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 6.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (67.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- What God Has Joined Find Lynn 100%
- Babylon See the distant mines where Lynn is captive Most players quit here 48% −52
- Hang in there, Baby Escape the crucifixion 44% −4
- Be Thou Clean Escape from the Scalled 40% −4
- Golgotha Reach the mine facility 38% −2
- Sancti Sepulchri Descend into the mines 36% −2
- Let No Man Put Asunder Reunited with Lynn 34% −1
- Born Again Finish the game 34%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- What God Has Joined Find Lynn 100%
- Babylon See the distant mines where Lynn is captive 48%
- Hang in there, Baby Escape the crucifixion 44%
- Be Thou Clean Escape from the Scalled 40%
- Golgotha Reach the mine facility 38%
- Sancti Sepulchri Descend into the mines 36%
- Heal the Sick Use 10 bandages 35%
- Let No Man Put Asunder Reunited with Lynn 34%
- Born Again Finish the game 34%
- Revelations Witness the end 34%
- The Road to Damascus Complete 30 recordings 28%
- Them That Hath Ears Use the microphone for 20 minutes 16%
- Sanctified Finish the game in Hard Mode 10%
- Bible Study Collect 40 documents 7.0%
- Preacher Finish the game in Nightmare Mode 5.1%
- Slip and Slide Perform a twelve-meter blood slide 4.6%
- Proper Penance Crawl for 500 meters 4.3%
- Asahel Finish the game in under 4 hours 4.2%
- Prophet Finish the game without hiding in a barrel or closet 4.0%
- Thoroughly Baptized Spend 10 minutes underwater 3.9%
- Ordination Collect all documents 3.7%
- The Apostle Paul Complete all recordings 3.7%
- Saint Finish the game in Insane Mode 3.1%
- Messiah Finish the game in Insane Mode without reloading the camera battery 3.1%