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Outlast: Measurement, Plot & Gameplay

Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by the Canadian independent studio Red Barrels. The plot centres on Miles Upshur, a freelance investigative journalist who investigates Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado, United States.

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Outlast topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Plot and Gameplay as prominent areas in the source structure around Outlast.

Related topics
66
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
73
Extracted relationships
114
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
73

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 18 topics
Plot · 16 topics
Gameplay · 10 topics
Development and release · 9 topics
Reception · 7 topics
Film adaptation · 3 topics
Sequel and prequel · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Survival horror
Publisher
Red Barrels
Composer
Samuel Laflamme
Developer
Red Barrels
Engine
Unreal Engine 3
Mode
Single-player

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Gameplay

Plot

Development and release

Reception

Sequel and prequel

Film adaptation

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Outlast connects Entity context

The extracted context around Outlast shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Outlast → AAA, Assassin's Creed, Bundle, CA, Canada Media Fund, February, In December, Morin, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Persia, PlayStation, PlayStation Plus, Prince, Red Barrels, Red Barrels' CEO Philippe, September, Splinter Cell, Steam, Terror Another extracted example is Outlast → April, Arizona, February, It, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, On March, On October, Outlast Trinity, PlayStation, Q1, Q2, Red Barrels, Sonoran, Subsequently, The, US, Xbox One. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Outlast

Top relations

related to Development and release · 23
Outlast → AAA, Assassin's Creed, Bundle, CA, Canada Media Fund, February, In December, Morin, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Persia, PlayStation, PlayStation Plus, Prince, Red Barrels, Red Barrels' CEO Philippe, September, Splinter Cell, Steam, Terror
related to Sequel and prequel · 18
Outlast → April, Arizona, February, It, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, On March, On October, Outlast Trinity, PlayStation, Q1, Q2, Red Barrels, Sonoran, Subsequently, The, US, Xbox One
related to Reception · 17
Outlast → Best, E3, Faint, IGN, It, Make, Marty Sliva, Metacritic, Microsoft Windows, Most Likely, Paper, PlayStation, Rock, Shotgun, The, The PC, Xbox One
related to Gameplay · 15
Outlast → Alternatively, Colorado, Documents, If, In Outlast, It, Lake County, Miles, Miles Upshur, Most, Mount Massive Asylum, The, United States, Unlike, Using
related to Outlast: Whistleblower · 13
Outlast → An, It, June, Linux, March, May, Microsoft Windows, Miles Upshur, OS, PlayStation, Waylon Park, Whistleblower, Xbox One
Release · 7
Outlast → Microsoft WindowsWW: September 4, 2013PlayStation 4NA: February 6, 2014PAL: February 5, 2014Xbox OneWW: June 19, 2014Linux, OS XWW: March 31, 2015Nintendo SwitchWW: February 27,…, NA: February 6, 2014, PAL: February 5, 2014, WW: February 27, 2018, WW: June 19, 2014, WW: March 31, 2015, WW: September 4, 2013
Platforms · 6
Outlast → Linux, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Composer · 1
Outlast → Samuel Laflamme
Developer · 1
Outlast → Red Barrels
Engine · 1
Outlast → Unreal Engine 3

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

miles released waylon game red one 2017 playstation player hospital's walrider hospital murkoff barrels xbox 2024 microsoft windows horror patients

Outlast relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 114 structured relationships around Outlast. Examples in this analysis include Outlast → Composer → Samuel Laflamme and Outlast → Developer → Red Barrels. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OutlastComposerSamuel Laflamme1.00infobox
OutlastDeveloperRed Barrels1.00infobox
OutlastEngineUnreal Engine 31.00infobox
OutlastGenreSurvival horror1.00infobox
OutlastModeSingle-player1.00infobox
OutlastPlatformsMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
OutlastPlatformsPlayStation 41.00infobox
OutlastPlatformsXbox One1.00infobox
OutlastPlatformsLinux1.00infobox
OutlastPlatformsOS X1.00infobox
OutlastPlatformsNintendo Switch1.00infobox
OutlastPublisherRed Barrels1.00infobox
OutlastReleaseMicrosoft WindowsWW: September 4, 2013PlayStation 4NA: February 6, 2014PAL: February 5, 2014Xbox OneWW: June 19, 2014Linux, OS XWW: March 31, 2015Nintendo SwitchWW: February 27,…1.00infobox
OutlastReleaseWW: September 4, 20131.00infobox
OutlastReleaseNA: February 6, 20141.00infobox
OutlastReleasePAL: February 5, 20141.00infobox
OutlastReleaseWW: June 19, 20141.00infobox
OutlastReleaseWW: March 31, 20151.00infobox
OutlastReleaseWW: February 27, 20181.00infobox
OutlastWriterJ. T. Petty1.00infobox
Outlastis a2013 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by the Canadian independent studio Red Barrels0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Outlast bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Red, Barrels and Released. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Outlast
    • Red
    • Barrels
    • Released
    • Playstation
    • Sequel
    • Gameplay
    • Nintendo
    • Xbox
    • One
    • Prequel
    • Switch
    • February
  • outlast
    • Red
    • Barrels
    • Released
    • Playstation
    • Sequel
    • Gameplay
    • Nintendo
    • Xbox
    • One
    • Prequel
    • Switch
    • February
  • xbox one
    • Playstation
    • Microsoft
    • Windows
    • One
    • Xbox
    • Released
    • Switch
    • February
    • March
    • Nintendo
    • Outlast
    • Linux
  • outlast 2
    • Red
    • Barrels
    • Released
    • Playstation
    • Sequel
    • Gameplay
    • Nintendo
    • Xbox
    • One
    • Prequel
    • Switch
    • February
  • the outlast trials
    • Red
    • Barrels
    • Released
    • Playstation
    • Sequel
    • Gameplay
    • Nintendo
    • Xbox
    • One
    • Prequel
    • Switch
    • February
  • survival horror
    • Gameplay
    • Outlast
    • Game
    • Linux
    • Switch
    • Also
    • Asylum
    • Massive
    • Mount
    • Nintendo
    • Upshur
    • Microsoft
  • horror elements
    • Gameplay
    • Outlast
    • Game
    • Linux
    • Switch
    • Also
    • Asylum
    • Massive
    • Mount
    • Nintendo
    • Upshur
    • Microsoft
  • psychiatric hospital
    • Massive
    • Mount
    • Upshur
    • Player
    • Miles
    • One
    • Walrider
    • Linux
    • Switch
    • Also
    • Experiments
    • Nintendo

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Outlast, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Outlast with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
OutlastOverview · splits 55 ⟂ 19
OutlastPlot · splits 57 ⟂ 17
OutlastGameplay · splits 63 ⟂ 11
OutlastDevelopment and release · splits 64 ⟂ 10
OutlastReception · splits 66 ⟂ 8
OutlastSequel and prequel · splits 70 ⟂ 4
OutlastFilm adaptation · splits 70 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Outlast

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples114
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Outlast to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Plot & Gameplay, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Outlast · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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