Outriders

About Outriders

Outriders is a sci-fi RPG shooter with co-op multiplayer made by People Can Fly and published by Square Enix. It dropped April 1 2021 for PS4 PS5 Xbox Windows and cloud platforms. You play a mutated colonist on Enoch a planet ravaged by storms and chaos. The story follows your quest to track a mysterious signal while surviving slums forests and deserts. You pick a class with unique abilities and gear up with guns or psychic powers. It’s a 1-3 player co-op grind with loot progression and a dark tone. The game leans on fast combat and team synergy over deep storytelling.

Gameplay

You build a character from three archetypes, Psyker Assassin or Trickster, each with distinct skills. Combat mixes quick gunplay with flashy psychic moves like fireballs or mind control. You loot weapons and gear that scale with level but often feel underwhelming compared to the best-in-slot. Missions involve base clearing resource gathering and boss fights. Side content includes hunting monsters and completing world quests. Multiplayer is optional but rewarding; teamwork matters more than solo play. The UI clutters your screen during firefights and the camera often struggles in tight spaces. Progression is linear with minimal branching but plenty of loot to chase.

What Players Think

The PlayPile community rates it 75.6 on IGDB from 93 reviews. Average playtime is 28 hours with 37% completing the main story. Moods are split: 19% love the co-op and progression 24% criticize combat and camera. Reviewers praise the class variety and loot but call the world “lifeless” and missions “repetitive.” One user wrote “The firefights are fun but the quests feel like busy work.” Completion rates drop after 30 hours due to diminishing returns. 12% of players hit 100% achievements including 7 rare boss kills. Prices dropped to $30 post-launch but the game still feels overpriced for its content.

PlayPile's Take

Outriders works best as a co-op grind for RPG fans who want quick combat and loot loops. It’s not great solo and the world lacks depth but multiplayer sessions with friends make it tolerable. The $30 price tag is reasonable for 30+ hours of content but the lack of post-launch updates hurts longevity. Achievement hunters should avoid it, the 100% requires 50+ hours and rare drops. Play it if you enjoy team-based shooters with loot progression. Skip if you want meaningful story or polished gameplay.

Storyline

Play as an Outrider, the vanguard of the colonisation efforts of Enoch, now altered by the anomaly storms, your power grows as you discover the hostile planet of Enoch. Embark on a dark and desperate journey across the planet to the source of a mysterious signal.