"Outlawed isn’t a bad game, but there are better games out there more deserving of your time, money and attention, and I recommend playing those instead."
Massively Multiplayer.
Singleplayer.
Co-op Multiplayer.
PvP Multiplayer.
Outlawed feels like it was once intended to be an NFT game, but to avoid Steam’s sitewide ban of blockchain games, it pivoted to become a more traditional game.
The problem is that Outlawed still feels like a game that would be better suited for the infant play-to-earn market, instead of the wider gaming market, where it will face stiff (overwhelming) competition for better and more established titles.
I have played many extraction games, and hundreds of first-person shooters, and my first impression of Outlawed is that it is an ok low-budget extraction shooter. Still, with so many other extraction shooters on the market that are sold at a similar price or even in some cases free-2-play such as Call of Duty DMZ, I see no reason to waste time or money on a game that has a very low chance of surviving, let alone improving in any meaningful way.
I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by how well Outlawed performed. While gunplay was generic, it also felt good, and I have no complaints in this regard.
Unfortunately, almost every aspect of the game is generic at best and substandard at worst. It feels like it was cobbled together from asset parts and starter kits, and while I am sure there is plenty of developer-written code, when everything looks and feels this generic, it’s difficult to get excited about the game.
Ironically the one area in which the developers appear to have invested a substantial amount of time was making characters, artwork and items that sexually objectify female characters, including a series of nude lafrge breasted cultures for the player to collect, a variety of essetnally lignere clad playable female characters, and billboards scattered throughout the world featuring women in various stages of uindress, including a billboard that comprised of little more than female characters wearing just thongs from behind.
While some dismiss the sexualised portrayal of female characters in games as a non-issue, I feel strongly that making content purely to titillate is wrong, and while there is a time and place for nudity in games, making every female character eye candy is offensive, and for those who are prone to acting on their lust, dangerous.
Within seconds of entering the game world, the first thing that hit me was that Outlawed feels like a low-poly knock-off of Call of Duty DMZ. While I do not believe any assets or animations were copied from Call of Duty DMZ, it’s clear that it and games like it were a strong source of inspiration for the developers, and in the case of some UI elements and animations, very strong inspiration indeed.
While the character models for the most part look pretty good considering the atehshthic, I must admit that I am not sure exactly what style the developers are going for, with player character models ranging from more realistic GTA styled characters, to Fortnite-esque cows, sentitant bannanas, and even a hotdog man, not to mention a character wearing what appears to be a copyright safe version of the Scream Mask, and a selection of female characters which for some reason decided to cause chaos while wearing only underwear, and in one case a skimpy bikini and a cardbox box as a hat.
Outlawed is a extraction shooter video game developed and published by Okami Studio, it was released on 12 March 2025 and retails for $14.99.
Outlawed is available exclusively on PC.
As of April 2025, around 2500 people play Outlawed on a fairly regular basis.
Outlawed suffers from low activity, meaning that while off-peak matchmaking is possible in populated regions, finding full lobbies in less populated regions is unlikely outside of peak playtimes.
Outlawed offers the following matchmaking options:
The following peripherals are officially supported:
Outlawed is unrated and contains:
While OUTLAWED is not the worst extraction shooter you could play this year, better games have struggled to fund ongoing development, resulting in premature closure.
Unfortunately, this is the most likely fate of OUTLAWED, which could result in the developers being forced to suspend development or even sunset it entirely before the end of 2025 unless something drastic happens sooner rather than later.
If Outlawed had been released as a free-2-play title, it would have had a chance of surviving more than a few months.
Unfortunately it was not, and it is already circling the drain, and nothing the developers can do or say will change that unfortunate reality, beyond making it free to play, cutting back on the sexual content, and hoping for a miracle.
We found Outlawed to be a poor game, meaning that while it has some redeeming qualities, it's ultimately disappointing and not recommended for most gamers.
