The loot shooter Outriders will receive a free demo version in February where you can experience the story. MeinMMO summarizes all the info about the release, platforms, and content for you.
What is Outriders? This is a third-person shooter set in a dark sci-fi environment. The game is developed by People Can Fly and published by Square Enix.
You can either go alone or in a group with up to three players. Outriders describes itself as a full RPG with a story campaign and compares itself with games like Diablo 3.
On missions, you collect gear, level up your character, and become more powerful. There are a total of four different classes. Each offers a talent tree with three paths and has 8 special abilities available.
These are the different classes:
- Devastator (Devastator)
- Trickster (Trickster)
- Pyromancer (Pyromancer)
- Technomancer (Technomancer)
You can find everything about the classes here on MeinMMO: Everything we know so far about the 4 character classes of Outriders – Gameplay and Skills
When is Outriders released? After a delay, the official release is on April 1, 2021. Then Outriders will be released for PC (Epic Games Store and Steam), Google Stadia, Xbox Series X, S and One, PS5 and PS4. Before that, there will be a free demo where you can test the loot shooter.
Update, March 8, 2021: We have updated the article with current information, articles, and first impressions of the demo.
The launch trailer for the demo:
All information about the demo launch, platforms, and download
The demo has been available since February 25, 2021.
The demo has been available since February 25.
Officially, the demo is available on PC on Steam and NVIDIA GeForce Now, Xbox Series X, S, and One, as well as PS4 and PS5. The Epic Games Store and Google Stadia are excluded.
You can find it in the respective stores, i.e. Playstation Store, Xbox Store, Steam Store, and Epic Store.
On PC, the demo requires at least 24 GB of storage space, and on consoles at least 22 GB.
No, the download only starts with the beta at 6:00 PM.
Yes, the demo is free. However, you must create an account with Square Enix to participate. You can find the registration on the official website.
Players will be able to experience the first hours of the main story. In doing so, you will face your first rival. After that, you can further explore the area in a side mission. Progress can then be carried over to the main game. You can collect loot, level your characters up to level 7, and reach World Tier 5.
Depending on how much time you invest after completing the missions and which classes you test, the extent can range from 2 to 3 hours to more than 12 hours.
You can try out all four character classes in the demo. On MeinMMO, you will find a summary of the 4 character classes – Gameplay and Skills
In the demo, as well as in the main game, you have six character slots.
You need an Xbox Gold membership. A PS Plus subscription is probably not necessary, but without a subscription, you’ll have to verify your age.
Except for the prologue, the entire demo can be played in coop. There is a matchmaking function, or you play directly with friends.
In the final game, a crossplay feature is confirmed. There is also crossplay in the demo, but in a kind of beta phase. You must manually activate the feature. You also need the Square account for that. You can find more about it in our guide: What you need to know about crossplay and multiplayer in the demo
The shooter is quite brutal. Therefore, Outriders has an age rating of 18 years from USK.
What has happened in Outriders after the demo launch
- Aside from much criticism regarding the technical condition, there are also many positive voices about Outriders
- One of the biggest criticisms was the motion blur settings and the camera shake in cutscenes, which can cause seasickness and motion sickness. With a trick, you can disable motion blur on PC.
- The first update for the demo has also been released and brought some improvements and changes to the loot. Because in the demo, there are already over 10 legendary weapons that players can find.
What our readers think of Outriders has been evaluated in a survey: Many of you complain about the Outriders demo, but the majority finds it good
The system requirements for Outriders
The developers have already announced what your PC needs to have in order to run Outriders smoothly:
Minimum requirements for 720p / 60fps
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- Operating system: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5-3470 / AMD FX-8350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750ti / AMD Radeon R9 270x
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 70 GB of available storage
Recommended hardware for 1080p / 60fps
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- Operating system: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 70 GB of available storage
In the video, People Can Fly presented the PC features in detail:
General, interesting info about Outriders
This is how many hours the full game is expected to occupy you: Outriders has a story campaign that according to the official website will provide about 30 hours of gameplay, as long as you focus on a single character and the story.
If you complete side missions and also play different classes, the extent is expected to double, to around 60 hours.
After that, you can expect extensive endgame content with expeditions and 15 difficulty levels (World Tiers) that should keep you entertained: Outriders in the endgame – this is how it continues after the story
This is roughly what the story is about: The Earth is destroyed, and the last remnants of humanity have taken refuge on the planet Enoch. Players take on the role of an Outrider and are part of an elite team that is to explore the planet.
However, upon landing on the planet, the Outriders encounter a strange anomaly storm that causes strange things to happen. Your character gains special abilities but is frozen for 30 years. In the meantime, the rest of humanity settles on Enoch and gradually falls back into old patterns.
You finally awaken amidst the chaos and try to help. Your task is also to track down the origin of a mysterious signal.
This signal initially led people to this planet. Apparently, they see it as the salvation of our species. However, on Enoch, there are numerous dangers, both from humans and from vicious creatures against which you must fight.
You can watch the story trailer here:
This is how Outriders differs from Anthem and others: Unlike other well-known loot shooters like Anthem, The Division 2, or Destiny 2, Outriders will not be a live-service game. This means there will be no season or battle pass. Outriders is not designed for an “infinite” lifespan, as the aforementioned titles.
Outriders is supposed to come to market “finished”. While DLCs are not categorically excluded, the developers emphasize that there are no fixed content plans for the future. The focus is on the story, loot, PvE, and coop battles.
Why we at MeinMMO are currently less convinced about the “finished” state of the game, you can read here: Outriders wants to come as a “finished game” – but the demo does not seem so
Will you try the Outriders demo? Or are you not interested in another loot shooter? If you have already checked it out, how do you find Outriders so far?
On the occasion of the demo, we were also able to talk to the developers of Outriders in an interview: With these 2 things, Outriders wants to stand out from other loot shooters
