Outlast

Outlast hit the house in 2014 during Genesis—those early days when the platform was still figuring itself out. We didn't know what we were building yet, just knew we were streaming everything and that Outlast's psychological horror belonged in the rotation. Miles Upshur sneaking through Mount Massive Asylum with a camera and zero combat options felt revolutionary for horror at the time. The hand-cam aesthetic, the night vision, the helplessness—we streamed 14.3 hours of people genuinely scared watching our playthrough. That 263-viewer peak was solid for early 2014, when the audience was still small but deeply committed. Outlast became the game that proved horror streaming had legs, that audiences would watch someone else get terrified instead of playing themselves.

Outlast delivered 14.3 hours streamed with 3,327 hours watched during our Genesis era, averaging 233 viewers. That 263 peak came during a time when 300 viewers was genuinely massive for StreamerHouse. The numbers reflect early adopters recognizing something special: a game that made horror interactive through shared fear.