Outcast - Second Contact
Fair · Shooter · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 17.2h 22.9h to 100%
- Value
- $0.87/hr
- Reviews
- 78% of 1,033 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Outcast – Second Contact is the complete remake of the cult title which sparked the open world, action-adventure genre. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where your heroic journey places the fate of two worlds in your hands.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, GeForce GTX670 / AMD Radeon 7950, 15 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
70 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 39 percent on value. It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Destroy All Humans! ($29.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Mafia II: Definitive Edition ($5.99, scores 42).
More about Outcast - Second Contact
This site sampled 392 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 59 percent of the 148 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 20 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
52% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
only recommended if you like REALLY basic games.. story is basic, graphics are basic.. where the intro is a set of broad brush painted static pictures that are 'animated'.. sure its an 'artistic' style.. but it comes across as very cheap.. interface is basic.. and combat is really basic.. thats the summary.. BASICALLY! but really this game is a complete mystery.. you're not told about anything other than whats in...
2 more reviews
I never heard about Outcast, except some rumors about how it was ground breaking for open world/action adventure genre. Second Contact is retaining massive amounts of jank and charm of how I can imagine a game from 1999. It's simple, but you can fell that it set a solid ground for what was improved today. It's a sci-fi setting in an "old-school" way with humanoid aliens that are made to be distinct enought from...
Replaying the original (8/10!) I love so much in this updated version, all *very* good so far. ( Note: the sequel to this, "Outcast A New Beginning" is a truly fantastic game 10/10, one of the best and miles beyond this one.) You'll be better off with a guide as Second Coming is old school ( contrary to the A New Beginning that has something of Skirim waypoint markers ). Months ago had a problem Second Contact with...
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Cite this score
Outcast - Second Contact scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/618970/outcast-second-contactReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.