| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 03:17 UTC | 502 |
| 1 Nov, 03:17 UTC | 688 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchApril 2017 | 644 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJuly 2017 | 125 | 19% | About average (better than 39% of 9,259 other games) |
| 12 months onApril 2018 | 196 | 31% | Holds players well (better than 67% of 7,793 other games) |
Outlast 2 kept 19% of the average players it had at its launch in April 2017 after 3 months and 31% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 595 | +275 | +85.9% | 688 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 320 | +150 | +87.8% | 591 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 170 | −56 | −24.7% | 310 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 226 | 0 | +0.1% | 450 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 226 | −19 | −7.8% | 401 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 245 | +75 | +44.2% | 519 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 170 | −39 | −18.7% | 333 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 209 | −32 | −13.4% | 446 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 241 | +8 | +3.3% | 528 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 234 | −11 | −4.4% | 503 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 244 | −7 | −2.9% | 487 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 252 | +9 | +3.9% | 507 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 242 | −17 | −6.7% | 591 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 260 | +18 | +7.3% | 536 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 242 | −74 | −23.4% | 488 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 316 | −572 | −64.4% | 560 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 888 | +546 | +159.4% | 2,377 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 342 | +194 | +130.4% | 2,661 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 149 | −10 | −6.2% | 289 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 158 | −40 | −20.1% | 302 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 198 | +23 | +12.8% | 477 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 176 | −48 | −21.6% | 343 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 224 | −22 | −8.8% | 458 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 246 | −7 | −2.7% | 533 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 253 | +75 | +42.3% | 856 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 178 | +29 | +19.3% | 845 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 149 | −34 | −18.4% | 321 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 183 | −129 | −41.3% | 325 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 311 | +116 | +59.7% | 504 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 195 | −58 | −23.1% | 505 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 254 | +73 | +40.4% | 834 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 181 | −41 | −18.6% | 664 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 222 | −25 | −10% | 583 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 246 | +28 | +12.6% | 685 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 219 | +9 | +4.2% | 479 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 210 | −30 | −12.6% | 528 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 240 | +39 | +19.6% | 819 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 201 | −60 | −23.1% | 789 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 261 | +108 | +70.3% | 1,228 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 153 | −102 | −39.9% | 275 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 255 | +67 | +35.4% | 442 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 188 | +11 | +6% | 375 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 178 | −6 | −3.2% | 437 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 184 | −62 | −25.4% | 467 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 246 | −37 | −13% | 737 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 283 | +28 | +10.9% | 844 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 255 | +1 | +0.6% | 487 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 254 | −113 | −30.8% | 567 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 366 | +105 | +40.3% | 1,423 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 261 | +100 | +62% | 1,390 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 161 | −19 | −10.5% | 357 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 180 | −90 | −33.5% | 302 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 271 | +86 | +46.8% | 612 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 184 | +34 | +22.3% | 511 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 151 | −2 | −1.1% | 293 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 152 | −12 | −7.4% | 319 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 165 | −107 | −39.4% | 343 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 272 | +40 | +17.1% | 685 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 232 | +6 | +2.6% | 506 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 226 | −8 | −3.5% | 674 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 234 | +59 | +33.5% | 900 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 175 | +27 | +18.2% | 888 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 148 | −22 | −13% | 331 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 171 | −145 | −45.9% | 272 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 315 | +107 | +51.7% | 851 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 208 | +40 | +23.9% | 988 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 168 | +10 | +6.2% | 315 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 158 | −44 | −21.6% | 306 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 202 | −164 | −44.9% | 491 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 366 | +104 | +39.5% | 1,093 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 262 | +38 | +16.7% | 1,143 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 225 | −23 | −9.3% | 803 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 248 | +115 | +87% | 963 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 133 | +27 | +25.6% | 821 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 106 | −18 | −14.4% | 214 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 123 | −93 | −42.9% | 203 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 216 | +81 | +60% | 433 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 135 | +15 | +12.2% | 441 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 120 | −12 | −9% | 205 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 132 | −30 | −18.6% | 323 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 162 | +57 | +54.5% | 526 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 105 | −35 | −25.2% | 394 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 140 | −2 | −1.2% | 328 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 142 | +1 | +0.4% | 357 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 142 | +61 | +75.6% | 568 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 81 | +10 | +14.1% | 579 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 71 | −11 | −13% | 152 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 81 | −52 | −39.1% | 150 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 133 | +43 | +46.9% | 334 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 91 | +28 | +44.1% | 393 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 63 | −5 | −7.9% | 117 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 68 | −47 | −40.5% | 141 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 115 | +13 | +12.5% | 590 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 102 | −24 | −19% | 241 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 126 | +16 | +14.8% | 339 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 110 | −30 | −21.4% | 261 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 140 | +61 | +78.2% | 677 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 78 | +18 | +29% | 609 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 61 | −12 | −16.6% | 120 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 73 | −44 | −37.9% | 125 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 117 | +18 | +17.8% | 245 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 100 | +9 | +9.8% | 258 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 91 | −105 | −53.7% | 168 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 196 | +104 | +111.9% | 668 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 93 | +33 | +56.1% | 674 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 59 | −34 | −36.4% | 115 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 93 | −2 | −1.8% | 265 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 95 | −18 | −16.3% | 276 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 113 | +35 | +43.7% | 270 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 79 | +11 | +16.1% | 265 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 68 | −15 | −17.7% | 139 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 83 | −42 | −33.7% | 148 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 125 | −49 | −28.2% | 257 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 173 | −470 | −73.1% | 361 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 644 | +3 | +0.5% | 2,997 |
| April 2017Apr 2017 | 640 | — | — | 5,956 |
| December 2016Dec 2016 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| April 2016Apr 2016 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| November 2015Nov 2015 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.