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Developer Francis Coulombe
Look Outside is a 2025 survival horror role-playing video game developed by Francis Coulombe and published by Devolver Digital. The game takes place in an apartment building as a strange phenomenon outside begins transforming those who observe it into grotesque monsters. The player controls a solitary man named Sam as he survives in the building, exploring different areas, fighting enemies, interacting with other… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
790 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
97
LovedLoved
491 positive · 16 negative
95% range 95–98%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 491 | 16 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 127 | 0 | 128 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
10,733 of 10,920 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
97% recommend · 298 yes, 9 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 307 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (14,837 of 15,105 positive).
Players describe Look Outside as a deeply moving cosmic horror RPG with stunning pixel art and a surprisingly hopeful tone. [1][2][3] Many reviewers praise the game's immense content, rewarding combat, and emotional storytelling. [4][5][6] Some players find the difficulty punishing, with unbalanced encounters and frustrating mechanics. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
I've been looking for days...weeks..months if not years for a new experience. Something that makes me feel something. Something that moves me. Something potentially horrific but not sexual. Something beautiful as it is depressing. This is the best game I've played in more years than I can remember. The ending left me staring at my screen, drinking in the music and utterly frozen. This story is as relatable as it is …
- [2]
Most normal day in Quebec. Setting that aside, this is a really cool eldritch body-horror game with pretty great writing. Despite the 'horror' aspect, which is a pretty significant portion of the game as you'd expect, this game also has a lot of kindness and hope in it. Check it out if you don't hate RPGM-style games!
- [3]
For a game that does such terrifying things to people- the way it warps their bodies, their minds: it's a game that truly, deeply, loves people. There's a tenderness to it- not the painful tenderness of Spine, but not dissimilar. There's a hope to it- not the hope of Jasper, but not dissimilar. There's all this care and optimism in the face of a world that is as bleak and cruel as can be and yet which is still …
- [4]
I don't know how, this game made me care about a bunch of sociopaths, a mutated baby rat, asmongold (but a lot better), and A FREACKING VENDING MACHINE If you liked Fear & Hunger, this game is 100% going to be your liking The Goods: -The atmosphere is incredible -Stupid amounts of content in this game for the prize -The lore is really good (Unity and mask ending is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥) -Combat is actually enjoyable and …
- [5]
Insane game. Very few games are as confident as this one. It knows its good without even trying. There's honestly TOO much content to see in this game. For $10 dollars it's a no brainer. This is easily one of the best rpgmaker game of all time, and I don't think there will be a game that will be coming for the crown anytime soon. The art does a lot of the heavy lifting initially, but man there's just so many layers …
Summarised from 34 of the 457 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
97% of the 307 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Look Outside. The complaint that keeps coming up: unbalanced difficulty with frequent cheap deaths. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Look Outside received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic determined that 94% of critics recommended the game. Critics praised the game's particular use of horror, as well as its general atmosphere. Jordan Biordi of CGMagazine praised Look Outside for its ability to create genuine horror from its nightmarish monster designs and disturbing atmosphere while still making them feel compelled to move forward. Lucas White of Shacknews similarly described the game as being "about that character in a horror movie who foolishly opens the door the audience just knows the killer is standing behind", saying that curiosity is a…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 790 · most liked firstHey folks, I'm gonna start a new recommendation thread, and because I very recently did a huge thread of 50 indie game recommendations, it might be a little shorter, and I'll be aiming for NO OVERLAPS! Are you ready? 1. Look Outside I'll be brief. Just play this immediately, trust me.
positive · AI labelView post →all the horror game battle portraits so far, as well as a couple of new ones (using the Look Outside palette)
neutral · AI labelView post →just finished getting every achievement on Look Outside. phenomenal game, highly recommend if you like cool rpgs or cosmic/body horror. Holy fuck. had a really wild and down-to-the-wire experience with the final boss on Hard Mode and it felt so good to Just Barely win >w<
positive · AI labelView post →Hey folks, I've added Look Outside to my Steam Curator page with the most enthusiastic recommendation I can possibly give, this is currently vying with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as my game of the year so far, it's an incredible survival horror RPG. Play it!👍 store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/...
positive · AI labelView post →I've been looking for days...weeks..months if not years for a new experience. Something that makes me feel something. Something that moves me. Something potentially horrific but not sexual. Something beautiful as it is depressing. This is the best game I've played in more years than I can remember. The ending left me staring at my screen, drinking in the music and utterly frozen. This story is as relatable as it is inhuman. It tethers the imagination to the ground with such force that it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2. Look Outside Horror RPG with turn-based combat and some of the most gorgeously grotesque pixelart I've ever seen, magnificently offputting creature designs, it's astonishingly good and still might be my game of the year. I can't recommend it highly enough, and it's a steal even at full price!
positive · AI labelView post →Look Outside has received 6 nominations for @horrorgameawards.bsky.social ! Including game of the year, best indie horror and best narrative! Check the link below to vote, and maybe it could win!
neutral · AI labelView post →Look Outside has been an unexpected success from its humble beginnings as a small game jam project. @frankiepixel.bsky.social has some big plans for it the rest of the year and penned a lovely look at the community’s support and path ahead. 🪟👀 store.steampowered.com/news/app/337...
neutral · AI labelView post →What an experience, its like Earthbound if it was made by David Cronenberg. Definitely the indie goty of 2025, f**k you Geoff.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Look Outside" is an rpg survival game that starts out horrifying, and slowly becomes about keeping community and love alive in the most dire of circumstances also, Audrey is there. She's a girl vending machine you can be friends with
neutral · AI labelView post →#Lookoutside #Pixelart These are some enemy designs i worked on for the indie game Look Outside! Hope you enjoy spooky plant monsters heheheh. Based on the Titan Arum and Rafflesia
neutral · AI labelView post →Look Outside the kind of game where this mangled meat atrocity will offer to remake you in her image and you’re low key considering it because she’s just really nice to you
neutral · AI labelView post →Answering some RPG Game Design questions for the RPG Workshop, and also detailing some Look Outside art assets! www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel...
neutral · AI labelView post →Look Outside is my favorite game of the year. amazing art and music, really memorable characters, tons of great moments and also lots of replay value. please please check it out if you like rpg maker games or survival horror
positive · AI labelView post →Look Outside is a game about mentally stable people (the teeth family thought right before the “feeling great” part hits different) #art #lookoutside
neutral · AI labelView post →Sam from the beautiful game Look Outside met Inspekta. Wow. Life is beautiful and Anything can happen
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Look Outside might be my game of the year so far. I was enjoying it but bumped into some difficulty that kinda stopped me in my tracks, so I started a new playthrough and realized there was a LOT I'd missed. I'm having a much better time now, and I got friends! Creepy horrible friends!
positive · AI labelView post →Look Outside started as a small game jam project and has now surpassed 100,000 copies sold on Steam! Congrats @frankiepixel.bsky.social! See what the fuss is about at 20% off during the Steam Summer Sale. store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mentioned it a bunch, but Look Outside, fantastic as it is, was just a small side-project. Malison is Couloumbe's BIG game.
neutral · AI labelView post →This wasn't made with an intention to drive the player desperate, sad or hopeless. This was made by someone who loves humanity and respects your time. Genuinely one of the greatest examples of media where the journey is as good as the destination. If you love horror media and can't help but empathise with weird monster freaks, this game is for you. Just play it, stop reading the reviews.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TONIGHT AT 8PM ET! Looking out the window may turn everyone into grotesque monsters, but that's not going to stop us from playing pixel art horror game LOOK OUTSIDE! twitch.tv/secretsleepoversociety
neutral · AI labelView post →Fueled to draw some beasts and cosmic horror critters First urge is clenched, second is in the works,,, probably Man I am beeming with ideas after completing Look Outside rahhh such a good game 😞
positive · AI labelView post →Jerma told me (and all the other adult's he was babysitting) to play this game and I'm glad I listened to that weird yellow M&M looking unc
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I looked outside,,, (Look Outside is a great game :3)
positive · AI labelView post →I don't know how, this game made me care about a bunch of sociopaths, a mutated baby rat, asmongold (but a lot better), and A FREACKING VENDING MACHINE If you liked Fear & Hunger, this game is 100% going to be your liking The Goods: -The atmosphere is incredible -Stupid amounts of content in this game for the prize -The lore is really good (Unity and mask ending is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥) -Combat is actually enjoyable and actually intuitive (you know, don't throw fire to guys with water, or use stabbing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Square Enix over here with the resources of an entire country yet nothing they make comes close to the beauty that is this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look Outside is now available DRM-free on GOG! Also it is 30% off right now as part of the Devolver spring sale. www.gog.com/en/game/look...
neutral · AI labelView post →More polishing work on some end-game sprites for Look Outside tonight! Tune in to see some animation, but beware: Spoilers for the end of the game! #lookOutside www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel...
neutral · AI labelView post →started playing Look Outside and I wanted to doodle out some silly stuff from it bc i am such a scaredy cat and this game is hard for me for that reason!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Rats!! Rats!!! RATS!! AAAA! Working on some new Floor 1 content for the next update to Look Outside. Tune in here for a chill game development stream - www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel... #LookOutside
neutral · AI labelView post →Look Outside - v2.3 Announcement (out now) www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4G-... Notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/337... -New Content and Secrets -Bug Fixes -Design Tweaks -Game Balance -Visual Polish
neutral · AI labelView post →After playing "Fear and Hunger 1" and "Fear and Hunger 2 Termina" a while ago, I was always on the search for a game that would "scratch the same itch" I suppose and with "Look Outside" I finally found what I was looking for. Not only are the visuals and the atmosphere absolutely stunning, but every other element of this game has quickly liftet "Look Outside" atop of mylist of my favorite games of all time. The first run I did in this game I was frequently in awe of how much content and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes hi hello, Look Outside is on sale right now, and this is a game I CANNOT recommend enough. It deserves as big a fandom as thing like Undertale and Deltarune. It's insanely charming, very in-depth, and the art is absolutely incredible. store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/...
positive · AI labelView post →Drawing more monsters tonight for Look Outside, my latest survival horror RPG game! Tune in here to see the pixels! www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel... #pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →managed to finish a protag only run of Look Outside and Wowgh i have learned new things about this game and that is Wonderful. Thank You Sad Mario
positive · AI labelView post →Most normal day in Quebec. Setting that aside, this is a really cool eldritch body-horror game with pretty great writing. Despite the 'horror' aspect, which is a pretty significant portion of the game as you'd expect, this game also has a lot of kindness and hope in it. Check it out if you don't hate RPGM-style games!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Insane game. Very few games are as confident as this one. It knows its good without even trying. There's honestly TOO much content to see in this game. For $10 dollars it's a no brainer. This is easily one of the best rpgmaker game of all time, and I don't think there will be a game that will be coming for the crown anytime soon. The art does a lot of the heavy lifting initially, but man there's just so many layers to this game. The writing is just genuinely interesting and funny. There's so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look Outside is 10 bucks, and is easily one of the best games this year, maybe even my game of the year. And it's a price point where I can just buy it for friends. store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/...
positive · AI labelView post →My review will mean nothing and nobody will ever look at it. BUT, this is truly a wonderful game, the combat feels good and is fun, the encounters are always tough enough to make you have to actually apply strategy, the art is absolutely astounding. The interactions you get between characters is fun and lets you better understand them. Multiple playthroughs are warranted due to different party members you can get and builds. Overall, 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Phenomenal example of what a cosmic horror game should be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I said that Look Outside might be my game of the year, that's how good it is
positive · AI labelView post →store.steampowered.com/bundle/94429... Get the Horrors Lurking in your Apartment Building bundle! If you loved Look Outside and havent tried Lone Survivor yet, it is a classic Indie survival horror game and was a big inspiration on Look Outside, give it a shot!
neutral · AI labelView post →unemployed man saves the world from cosmic horrors beyond human comprehension and becomes a good neighbor: the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look Outside isn't really my kind of game but it has the least cowardly romance option I think I've ever heard of in my fucking life
neutral · AI labelView post →Working on more pixel art polish for end-game stuff in Look Outside! Tune in here - www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel...
neutral · AI labelView post →GAMERS, ITS TIME TO GAME. We're gonna hang out for a bit, and then play some late game Look Outside, one of my fave horror games of the year www.twitch.tv/supereyepatc...
positive · AI labelView post →For a game that does such terrifying things to people- the way it warps their bodies, their minds: it's a game that truly, deeply, loves people. There's a tenderness to it- not the painful tenderness of Spine, but not dissimilar. There's a hope to it- not the hope of Jasper, but not dissimilar. There's all this care and optimism in the face of a world that is as bleak and cruel as can be and yet which is still filled with people who can all, as we always have done, love and look out for each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look Outside Okay, another game recommendation. This still might be my game of the year. Yes, it's that good. Yes, it's only 10 bucks. It just got a big update, you should give it a go. store.steampowered.com/app/3373660/...
positive · AI labelView post →If this game looks or sounds remotely interesting to you, stop reading and just try it! I'm having a hard time finding the right words to do this game justice. Here's a few facts: "Look Outside" is special. It will surprise you at least once per in-game day. I regret at least two choices. The story and the atmosphere are rather bleak. The storytelling however and many of the characters are genuinely wholesome. It's not terribly scary, but there's a lot of body horror and cosmic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW CUTE, HORRIFYING, HILARIOUS, DISGUSTING, WHOLESOME, TRAGIC, SILLY, DARK, PROFOUND, WRENCHING, CLEVER, AND DUMB THIS GAME IS!! SO MANY PEOPLE TO BEFRIEND OR KILL, SO MANY ENDINGS AND HIDDEN QUESTS, AND AN AMAZING OST! LOOK OUTSIDE IS A MASTERPIECE 10/10 I'M BUYING IT AGAIN
positive · AI labelView post →I looked outside. Im currently an amorphous blob of flesh, muscle, and sinew. 10/10 would reccommend. Hard to play with 10 hands. 5 sets of eyes, and like 50 fingers though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Streaming Look Outside! Come huff my bulge while I game, pup. twitch.tv/itisidog
neutral · AI labelView post →This game has so much to do that you'll miss a lot of it on your first playthrough. So, play it again. And again. And again. And never stop.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look Outside is a survival horror, party based rpgmaker game. You play in a modern apartment as something cataclysmic has happened. You explore and play in turned based combat. The game has challenging combat, excellent horror sprites, and a good story as well. In a lot of ways its like a more accessible fear and hunger with limited resources, horrible consequences, and a lot of mysteries to uncover. This game is excellent but it does have one pretty big flaw. You start the game with a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know how when you come across a really good game, like a REALLY good game, you think about it all the time, even when you're not playing it? You wish that you were playing it, you re-go over everything that you did during your last play session so you can try to make sure you didn’t miss anything, and you think about what you want to do the next time that you play it? This is that. This is that game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The horror of fear and hunger (- the rape) mixed with the wholesomeness of undertale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Review is Dedicated to my [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZV8m5sNsM] Cousin I’ve known about Look Outside for a while. I’ve been a fan of the developer and played one of his previous [url=https://frankiesmileshow.itch.io/] Games but I wasn’t rushing to play this one. Then I saw it release at a very cheap price and still didn’t buy it. One day my cousin gifted me the game. Thank you, cousin, I love you! When I started the game, I didn’t expect much. I thought it would just be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look Outside is the first game to have the balls to ask the hard hitting political question “what if you were in quebec” and gamers couldn’t handle it
positive · AI labelView post →Look Outside is such a smart, fun, horrifying and beautiful game.
positive · AI labelView post →Polishing more ending slides and late game assets for Look Outside tonight on my live stream! Tune in here - www.twitch.tv/frankiepixel...
neutral · AI labelView post →
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