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Play an ordinary adventurer in Aurai, planning survival-focused expeditions, fighting creatures, and exploring alone or in co-op.
Released 17 May 2022
Navigate By Landmarks
Combine Ritual Spells
Drop Packs Midfight
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Developed by Nine Dots Studio · Published by Prime Matter, Deep Silver
You play an ordinary traveler in Aurai, not a chosen hero. After a shipwreck, you return to a home burdened by debt and set out into a dangerous fantasy world.
Explore regions on foot, using landmarks and a compass to navigate rather than relying on a marker for your position. Prepare for journeys by managing food, water, sleep, temperature, illness, and supplies; take on missions and search caves, ruins, and dungeons.
Combat rewards preparation as well as timing: use weapons, traps, buffs, and crafted items, and drop your backpack to move more freely. There is no character-level system; skills learned from trainers, equipment, and enchantments shape your build. Play solo or in local split-screen or online co-op. The Definitive Edition includes both DLCs, including New Sirocco city-building.
Players who enjoy Outward often praise the feeling of undertaking a real expedition: learning the world, preparing supplies, and gradually mastering its interconnected survival and combat systems. Spell combinations, build choices, and playing alongside a friend also recur as highlights. Other reviews find the long walks, opaque mechanics, demanding survival routines, and punishing setbacks tedious, so reactions to the game’s deliberate challenge are sharply divided.
The Definitive Edition delivers the ultimate experience for Outward players.
Experience the overhauled and complete Outward experience in the Definitive Edition, which natively includes the content of The Soroboreans and The Three Brothers. Beside the new weapons, dungeons and unique mechanics, you can also expect quality of life improvements. Adventurers, now is your best chance to explore the world of Aurai!
Outward delivers an immersive RPG experience coupled with survival gameplay, offering a deeply-rewarding challenge for the most avid gamers.
As an ordinary adventurer, you’ll not only have to hide or defend yourself against threatening creatures, but also brave the hazardous environmental conditions, protect yourself against infectious diseases, make sure you get enough sleep, and stay hydrated. Embark on perilous expeditions across untamed lands to reach new cities, undertake varied missions and discover hidden dungeons crawling with formidable enemies.
In order to survive in the dazzling yet deadly world of Aurai, you’ll have to be cunning, clever and prepared. Devise diverse strategies to defeat your foes and don’t neglect your basic needs, sharing your journey with a friend, locally or online.
Create your own landmark in Aurai by helping the population to survive in this ruthless world! With the new City Building mechanic, you are part of rebuilding the Refugee Camp into New Sirocco.
Armor up and get stronger as you can enhance your weapons, trinkets and armors through the enchanting system! From increasing damage, weather resistance, elemental damage, personalization and even more, you will find your perfect enchantment among over 85 recipes.
Survive in the wilds as you explore the land
Play solo or cooperatively, split screen locally or online
Ritualistic, step-by-step approach to spellcasting
Constant auto-saving means you must live with your decisions
Encounter dynamic defeat scenarios
A unique experience with every playthrough
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 72 |
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| Players | 1–2 |
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| Multiplayer | Outward Definitive Edition supports solo play and 2-player cooperative multiplayer. Co-op is available both online and locally via shared/split screen. The store text states local split screen and online co-op; no competitive modes are stated. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game is tagged as moddable, and multiple reviews state mods can raise co-op player count from 2 to 3 or 4 players. Reviews also mention multiplayer-related QoL mods. These modded player counts are not official support. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
