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Outcast - A New Beginning
Explore the breathtaking alien world of Adelpha, support the local Talans in their struggles and fight your way through fast-paced battles against invading robot forces in this 3rd-person, open world, action adventure sequel to the 1999 cult classic.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Jetpack traversal and exploration” (35 of 75 reviews) and “Beautiful expansive alien world” (27); the most common complaint is “Repetitive combat and checklist tasks” (28). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
35 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“TLDR: Jetpack good. Treat it as a casual platformer with basic gun combat and free exploration. I hope they reimagine the first game more like this because these graphics are dated but serviceable, while the graphics of…”
“Good successor to the earlier games and keeps the distinctive vibe. Excellent environment which is fun to traverse. Pretty easy. The combat is not very challenging but I think this one's more about the story. I'd…”
“I played the original voxel Outcast and I absolutely loved it. Downloaded the demo (THANK YOU) and played it A LOT, then bought the full game when on sale. This is a neat sequel, not perfect by any means: 1. The…”
27 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“things I don't like: 1. The story is not that good 2. Combat is repetitive and there aren't many enemy types 3. Cutter Slade's jokes aren't so great and he tells them all the time things I like: 1. traverse, the jetpack…”
“Good successor to the earlier games and keeps the distinctive vibe. Excellent environment which is fun to traverse. Pretty easy. The combat is not very challenging but I think this one's more about the story. I'd…”
“This is a review of the first hour. I almost only read negative reviews before buying and they are correct, The start is constant cinematics, and sadly a bunch of them had scenery worth taking screenshots of, but they…”
23 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Good successor to the earlier games and keeps the distinctive vibe. Excellent environment which is fun to traverse. Pretty easy. The combat is not very challenging but I think this one's more about the story. I'd…”
“The best open world adventure game ever play!! Great story!!”
“Really good PVE and overlooked title, its a really good story and entertaining, and onsale for less than $10 a really good buy etc :)”
7 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“This is a review of the first hour. I almost only read negative reviews before buying and they are correct, The start is constant cinematics, and sadly a bunch of them had scenery worth taking screenshots of, but they…”
“Players of the original game will enjoy the lions share of this one, I think. Beautiful, expansive world with plenty to do, (no twon ha riding in this one though), same Cutter humour, music updated but stuck with the…”
“Loved it. If you enjoyed the first one, then you'll probably like this one. I like that they made an open world that wasn't a massive empty space, but a smaller and more detail rich area. If I had one thing I would have…”
6 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“things I don't like: 1. The story is not that good 2. Combat is repetitive and there aren't many enemy types 3. Cutter Slade's jokes aren't so great and he tells them all the time things I like: 1. traverse, the jetpack…”
“Players of the original game will enjoy the lions share of this one, I think. Beautiful, expansive world with plenty to do, (no twon ha riding in this one though), same Cutter humour, music updated but stuck with the…”
“I was a big fan of the original one from 1999 with the voxel terrain (so rad). Never beat it as a kid but revisited it when they came out with a patch to get it running on modern machines a while back. had a blast. and…”
28 of the 75 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“Tried to like it but I just can't anymore. Story progression is atrocious. Missions are flat, boring and/or annoying. Dialogue is very bland. Navigation through menus to enable missions is terrible. Jackpack…”
“things I don't like: 1. The story is not that good 2. Combat is repetitive and there aren't many enemy types 3. Cutter Slade's jokes aren't so great and he tells them all the time things I like: 1. traverse, the jetpack…”
“This seem like when Avatar and FARCRY made a baby. its much more simpler,theres a lot of copy paste..you get like 7 zones each one is basiclly the same with "diffrent" theme,but dialog is the same and playthrough..many…”
21 of the 75 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“Tried to like it but I just can't anymore. Story progression is atrocious. Missions are flat, boring and/or annoying. Dialogue is very bland. Navigation through menus to enable missions is terrible. Jackpack…”
“things I don't like: 1. The story is not that good 2. Combat is repetitive and there aren't many enemy types 3. Cutter Slade's jokes aren't so great and he tells them all the time things I like: 1. traverse, the jetpack…”
“This seem like when Avatar and FARCRY made a baby. its much more simpler,theres a lot of copy paste..you get like 7 zones each one is basiclly the same with "diffrent" theme,but dialog is the same and playthrough..many…”
9 of the 75 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I played the original voxel Outcast and I absolutely loved it. Downloaded the demo (THANK YOU) and played it A LOT, then bought the full game when on sale. This is a neat sequel, not perfect by any means: 1. The…”
“This is a review of the first hour. I almost only read negative reviews before buying and they are correct, The start is constant cinematics, and sadly a bunch of them had scenery worth taking screenshots of, but they…”
“performance is ridiculously bad (especially for how lackluster the visuals are) Pacing is all over the place. First hour is non-stop cutscenes after which you get dropped into an open world (derogatory). First game had…”
9 of the 75 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Players of the original game will enjoy the lions share of this one, I think. Beautiful, expansive world with plenty to do, (no twon ha riding in this one though), same Cutter humour, music updated but stuck with the…”
“Just completed the game with all points of interest cleared after 56 hours played, so good imo but not among the best as far as play time is concerned. I played with a 4080 on ultra and the world is beautiful. This game…”
“It's ok. The story is good till right around the end where it felt kinda rushed. Music, lore and worldbuilding is very good. Open world is a big bloaty on content and enemy variety is pretty minimal. My biggest gripe is…”
6 of the 75 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Tried to like it but I just can't anymore. Story progression is atrocious. Missions are flat, boring and/or annoying. Dialogue is very bland. Navigation through menus to enable missions is terrible. Jackpack…”
“performance is ridiculously bad (especially for how lackluster the visuals are) Pacing is all over the place. First hour is non-stop cutscenes after which you get dropped into an open world (derogatory). First game had…”
“This game has too many side jobs that are just too difficult to accomplish!! Crappy controls, crappy explanations ( or NO explanations) of what you're supposed to do. How in the world do these programmers expect anyone…”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“While I have some mixed feelings due to a couple of reasons described later, I still enjoyed most of the 47h (including a couple of hours to get to 100%) I put into this. Therefore I give it thumbs up despite of several flaws. The good Most of the time the game looks great,…”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs played“Hi There; I really am enjoying this game. It has action, plot and humor. Although to get the humor, you most likely have to enjoy 1990s - 2000s action movie humor. There is a lot of language play humor (The differences between different worlds languages, and the use of our…”
— a player, Steam review · 109 hrs played“This game is awful. The UI is a mess, getting a mission requires you to click multiple menus. I hate when you get to a mission only to be greeted by, you do not have the required skill pop up message, then dont tell you what skill needed. The dialog is long winded and…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Price drop on Outcast - A New Beginning!
We are happy to announce that Outcast - A New Beginning got a new pricing as of today. Going forward, the game will have a base price point of $/€ 39.99 and GBP 34.99. https://store.steampowered.com/a
Outcast - A New Beginning Patch 2024/06/04
New and updated Features Added new Quality Mode (40 FPS) on consoles (requires a 120Hz monitor and the output of the console set to 120 Hz) Improved performance and stability on Steam Deck Updated the
Outcast - A New Beginning Patch 2024/04/22
This patch brings a lot of fixes following bugs reported by players, whom we’d like to thank. New Features “Hide HUD”: Players can now select the option “Hide HUD” from the Game Settings, removing all
Accolades Trailer for Outcast - A New Beginning Out Now!
"A beautiful world and a great story." Accolades Trailer for Outcast - A New Beginning Out Now! Vienna, Austria / Charleroi, Belgium - April 16, 2024: 20 years after the award-winning action adventure
Outcast - A New Beginning Patch 2024/03/28
Changes: The Nom-Nom race controls have been simplified. You can now steer Nom-Noms easily with your controller or WASD on PC. Players can now save their game on the Galenta Optimisation: Fixing the F
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Open World · Third-Person Shooter · Action-Adventure · Dynamic Narration · Third Person · Singleplayer · 3D · Aliens · Sci-fi · 1990's · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * , Japanese * , Korean, Polish * , Russian * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 52 |
| Official site | https://www.outcast2.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, 64 Bit Processor: Ryzen 3 1300X / Intel Core i3-7530K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 980 Ti / Radeon RX 5600 XT DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space