Outlast — Steam Launch Options

11 community-verified launch options for Outlast on Steam ↗.

DeveloperRed Barrels

PublisherRed Barrels

Released2013-09-04

EngineUnity Engine (heuristic)

-force-low-power-device

Uses integrated GPU for battery life (macOS).

Unity Documentation
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mangohud

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
-popupwindow

Creates borderless popup window in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-force-opengl

Forces OpenGL rendering (legacy) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-screen-height

Set vertical screen resolution (e.g., -screen-height 1080)

Unity Engine
-force-vulkan

Forces Vulkan rendering API in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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gamemode

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
-force-d3d11

Forces DirectX 11 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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-screen-width

Set horizontal screen resolution (e.g., -screen-width 1920)

Unity Engine
-window-mode

Set window mode: exclusive, windowed, or borderless

Unity Engine
-force-d3d12

Forces DirectX 12 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
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