MONTRÉAL, Québec — April 22, 2025 — Season 3: Project Relapse has arrived in The Outlast Trials, bringing a host of new content — including Trial Maker mode, a fearsome new enemy, a new Prestige system, and more! Now globally available for all players as a free update, Season 3 ends Amelia’s escape attempt and introduces The Jaeger, a merciless hunter designed by Dr. Easterman to torment Reagents for their defiance. A ponderous but punishing killer, the Jaeger is guided by Murkoff via remote radio transmissions and won’t rest until the assigned target is destroyed. As well, a new game mode dubbed the “Trial Maker” will allow players to create and share their own Trials using customized Variators, subjecting their peers to whatever torment they can dream up.
Season 3 also introduces The Relapse Initiative, a prestige system offering Reagents the chance to revert their therapy level for permanent upgrades and rewards of their choosing. Additionally, a Nudity Filter is now available as a toggle, allowing players to hide nudity and sexually explicit content—because sometimes, less is more.
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The Trial Maker - “Consider the blood, sweat, and tears that go into creating The Therapy… and experience it for yourself.”
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Build your own Trial by combining various Trials, MK-Challenges, and custom Variators.
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Easily share your creations with friends using a unique Trial code allowing you to save them and replay them later.
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The Jaeger - “Just as death follows a wasted life, so does the Jaeger follow those it wishes to hold close.”
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When the Jaeger appears in a Trial, she will target one player and chase it until death.
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Experience the event by playing Trials in the “Jaeger” program.
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Part 1 will take place from April 22nd to May 6th.
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Part 2 will take place from May 6th to May 20th.
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During the event, the Jaeger is permanently present in Trials of the Special Program, and the new variator has also been added to Escalation Therapy and the Trial Maker.
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The Relapse Initiative - “The Relapse initiative is a fresh start. Together, we can go deeper.”
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Reach the new maximum therapy level (99) to access the Relapse Initiative.
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New Trial & MK-Challenges
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New Trial: Liquidate the Union
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We cannot allow the vanity of self-preservation to threaten production.
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New MK-Challenge: Spread the Disease
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Sexually transmitted disease is the secret handshake of evolutionary judgement and divine retribution.
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New MK-Challenge: Cook the Informant
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Nobody can resist interrogation by torture, and any manner of death is a mercy.
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The Season 3 update also adjusts the progression system to fit the new maximum therapy level (99). Amps are now unlocked as a batch of 3 at different milestones throughout the progression, and Reagents are now rewarded with XP based on their grade, with Performance XP improved and more rewarding based on performance during a Trial.
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THERAPY RESET: Your therapy level will be reset and all upgrades will be reverted to a locked state.
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RELAPSE NUMBER: Your relapse number increases after each relapse.
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PERMANENT UNLOCK: Unlock one upgrade of your choice to keep permanently. It won't be locked at future relapses.
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KEEP COSMETICS & STATS: All your character and cell cosmetics are kept, and your stats carry over across relapses.
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RELAPSE PLAQUE: A honorific plaque is installed in your cell room with the amount of relapses completed.
The Sweet Release, a new paid DLC pack released alongside Season 3, features timely Easter-themed cosmetics among other bonuses, and will be available for $19.99 USD. Alongside a new storyline set in Suburbs—a twisted trial zone overseen by Francoand two additional MK-challenges, Season 3 brings more content to The Outlast Trials than ever before. now freely available on Steam, Epic, PlayStation, and Xbox stores!
A full list of patch notes can be found at this link, detailing additional content, fixes, and balancing changes. As well, you can delve deeper into the world of Outlast by exploring the latest issue of the Murkoff Collections comic book series, now available for free on the official Red Barrels website.
Follow the ongoing dark mysteries of The Outlast Trials universe on Red Barrels' Website, Instagram, Bluesky, X (Twitter), Discord, Twitch, YouTube, TikTok and Facebook.
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The Outlast Trials is the third installment in Red Barrels’ critically acclaimed psychological horror series. In 4-player co-op, complete escape room-style puzzles while avoiding the twisted victims of Murkoff’s experiments using a combination of stealth, speed, and teamwork. In a unique blend of survival horror and online escape room, The Outlast Trials challenges players with Aperture Science-style tests that Jigsaw himself would shudder at. Complete Trials, return to your cell, upgrade your therapies, and steel your nerves to face horrors beyond your imagination.
Set in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, human guinea pigs are involuntarily recruited to test advanced methods of mind control in their nightmare facility. Crush your morals and test your sanity on the path to rebirth as one of Murkoff’s Reagents while discovering the secret documents littered throughout the facility.
Red Barrels
Red Barrels is the studio behind the immersive indie horror series Outlast, a series that has terrified almost 40 million players worldwide. Based in Montréal, Red Barrel’s mission is to create unforgettable experiences that leave the player’s blood running cold. Red Barrels was founded by Philippe Morin (Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune), David Chateauneuf (Lead level designer: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell: Conviction) and Hugo Dallaire (Art Director: Splinter Cell and Army of Two).
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