Red Barrels just slashed The Outlast Trials to $11.99 — a clean 70% discount off the $39.99 base price — and Steam shoppers noticed. The co-op horror title rocketed to #4 on the platform’s Top Sellers chart, sandwiched among whatever else is moving units this weekend. The deal runs through May 28.

This matches the game’s all-time low, first hit back in September 2025 according to price tracker IsThereAnyDeal. If you’ve been waiting, you’re not going to do better.

What you’re getting for twelve bucks: a first-person survival horror experience built around cooperative play for up to four. You can run solo, but the design clearly favors teamwork — sneaking, hiding, and suffering through Murkoff Corporation’s grotesque “therapy” experiments alongside friends (or strangers who quickly become fellow trauma survivors). The series’ signature helplessness — no combat, just flight and stealth — carries over from the earlier Outlast games, now tuned for replayable mission structure and progression grind.

The player base backs it up. Steam shows 11,084 concurrent players as of today, and IsThereAnyDeal reports an all-time peak of 32,896. Translation: matchmaking won’t have you staring at empty lobbies. At 94% positive across 48,691 reviews, the consensus is durable — this isn’t a honeymoon period. Players with 70, 80, even 90-plus hours are still thumbs-upping it.

IsThereAnyDeal also lists GreenManGaming running the same 70% off at $12.00 if you prefer your keys elsewhere. Either way, it’s impulse-buy territory for a game that consistently delivers on its premise.

Horror deals come and go. This one earned its spot in the top five.

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