Highlights

  • The Outlast Trials, a co-op multiplayer horror game, will be released on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on March 5, 2024.
  • The game features deadly trials and gruesome solutions to escape, with a progression system that unlocks more challenges and story segments.
  • While the game will have cross-play, allowing players on different platforms to team up, it will not have cross-progression, meaning PC players will have to start from scratch if they switch to console. This has disappointed some fans.

Developer Red Barrels has finally confirmed that The Outlast Trials will be coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on March 5, 2024. The co-op multiplayer title was among the best horror video games released in 2023 and quickly caught the attention of fans on PC. Many players have been waiting for confirmation on the game's console release date and can now look forward to joining the horror on PlayStation and Xbox.

Bringing the terrors of Outlast into a multiplayer realm, The Outlast Trials is an online co-op horror game where players are forced to complete a series of deadly trials that require gruesome solutions to escape. The game was initially released on Steam with the promise of it eventually coming to other platforms. Almost seven months after it first launched, Red Barrels has confirmed a 2024 release date for consoles.

Reborn Entrance, Orphanage Entrance, and Courtroom in The Outlast Trials
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Red Barrels, best known for the single-player horror game franchise Outlast, has now confirmed that The Outlast Trials will be coming to PlayStation and Xbox on March 5, 2024. In a reply to the announcement post, Red Barrels noted that The Outlast Trials will have cross-play but no cross-progression. With cross-play, fans can team up with their friends in multiplayer, regardless of which platform each person is playing on. This means a team could include players on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox all squading up together. However, the lack of cross-progression has come as a major disappointment for fans of The Outlast Trials.

The Outlast Trials PlayStation and Xbox Release Date

  • The Outlast Trials PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X Release Date: March 5, 2024

Cross-progression allows players to start the game on one platform, then transition to another platform and continue from where they left off. Without cross-progression, anyone who started The Outlast Trials on PC will have to start from scratch if they move to console. This portion of Red Barrels' announcement came as a surprise to fans who were looking forward to swapping platforms. One of the key features of the game is its progression system, in which each completed trial opens up more challenges and story segments. As such, the lack of cross-progression would be a major setback for anyone swapping from PC to console.

One fan in particular shared their disappointment with the lack of cross-progression, noting that all their items and upgrades, known as Rigs in The Outlast Trials, will be lost if they swap to console from PC. Considering the sheer amount of time and work that many players have put into the game, the lack of cross-progression makes it a difficult choice for fans wanting to move to PlayStation or Xbox.

As more studios prioritize cross-progression, fans have more options when gaming. However, when developers opt against cross-progression, it forces players to stick with the platform the game released on or move to their preferred platform and start all over. While fans await the horrors of The Outlast Trials on PlayStation and Xbox, some are hoping that the decision on cross-progression will be changed.