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Outshine

Outshine

Unleash your powers against your oppressors in this arcade, fast-paced typing game. Avoid traps, destroy enemies, defeat bosses to seek your revenge, and rush to the top of the leaderboards.

Released Nov 3, 2022 Developer Fishing Cactus Publisher Fishing Cactus, PID Games Platforms Windows TypingArcadeFast-PacedIndieSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

89.0%positive100 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Outshine takes the familiar act of typing and reshapes it into a fast-moving action experience where accuracy, speed, and quick judgment determine whether you survive. Developed by Fishing Cactus and published by Fishing Cactus and PID Games, it is a single-player typing action…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Very cool game if you like typing. I do. The bosses are pretty cool too with a really good short story.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“huge”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

28achievements
9.3%median completion
1.5%rarest: Hubris
52.6% of players 48.4% of players 44.3% of players 31.3% of players 28.7% of players 25.6% of players 19.5% of players 17.9% of players 16.3% of players 16.0% of players 14.9% of players 14.4% of players 12.7% of players 11.4% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 8.2% of players 7.7% of players 7.1% of players 6.9% of players 6.3% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 2.3% of players 1.5% of players 52.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
52.6%Combo ! — Reach max letter combo of 50
48.4%Belief — Kill 100 enemies
44.3%Now, you're ready — Die for the first time
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Hubris — Kill 100000 enemies
2.3%Ascend — Kill 10000 enemies
3.9%Stenographer — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 23, 2024
Achievements! Hotfix #3

Hey Light Chasers, We received some reports about the kill count achievement not working. We have looked into it and fixed the issue, now all achievements are unlockable. Fixed killing achievement not

Aug 23, 2023
THANK YOU! Hotfix #2

Hey Light Chasers, Thank you for your support! We have listened to your feedback and addressed some issues in this hotfix: Fixed "Й" in Russian language not being recognized Improved (un)loading times

Mar 06, 2023
Outshine is now available in Russian, Polish, and Portuguese Brazil

Hi Light Chasers, Our team is happy to announce the release of our new language patch including Russian, Polish, and Portuguese Brazil. We hope that you will enjoy the update. On a side note, we also

Dec 05, 2022
Outshine is now available in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean

Hi Light Chasers, We are glad to announce that after a few weeks of playtesting with our Asian community, Outshine is now ready to be released in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Thank you for all your

Nov 05, 2022
THANK YOU! Hotfix #1

Hey Light Chasers, First and foremost, thank you for your support! We really enjoyed watching your videos and streams. We have noticed a few issues that are addressed in this hotfix: Fixed enemy spawn

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsTyping · Arcade · Fast-Paced · Indie · Singleplayer · Third Person · Minimalist · 3D · Action · Shoot 'Em Up · Sci-fi · Score Attack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian *
Achievements28
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 2400 -OR- AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD6870 -OR- GeForce GTX 295 Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system