Within the full yr monetary report for 2023-2024, the Embracer Group revealed that Alone within the Darkish gross sales had been underwhelming. The identical was stated about Outcast: A New Starting.

Internet gross sales within the final quarter had been down 10% year-over-year, largely as a result of decrease than anticipated efficiency of those two video games:

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In This fall, outcomes had been additionally impacted by a softer-than-expected efficiency for the 2 titles Alone within the Darkish and Outcast: A New Starting, developed and printed by THQ Nordic.

Alone within the Darkish and Outcast: A New Starting each noticed a optimistic reception from customers, however a blended reception from critics and finally carried out beneath administration expectations.

On Wccftech, the Alone within the Darkish reboot starring Jodie Comer and David Harbour earned a 7 out of 10 from Nate Birch:

Regardless of my complaints, I’ve to confess, I nonetheless loved this new Alone within the Darkish total. Perhaps I’m only a sucker for that old-school survival horror really feel, or possibly Alone within the Darkish’s faults simply didn’t sink in too deeply as nobody part of the sport sticks round all that lengthy. Your first time via the sport will take round 7 or 8 hours, though a number of playthroughs are inspired in a variety of methods. As talked about, Edward and Emily’s tales aren’t that totally different, however a wide range of collectibles, secrets and techniques, and unlockable endings will hold some fortunately at the hours of darkness for some time, though others could really feel the urge to flick on the sunshine change earlier than they accumulate all the things.

Outcast: A New Starting fared far worse (5.5) in Francesco De Meo’s overview, although:

Outcast – A New Starting is a missed alternative, abandoning the distinctive parts of its predecessor for a traditional open-world design that does not work effectively. With uninspired open-world exploration, clunky motion, lackluster fight, and mediocre quest design, it is a exhausting promote for everybody however Cutter Slade’s largest followers who want to know the way the character’s story continues, as there are far superior titles in the marketplace which have executed comparable ideas way more successfully.

Did you play Alone within the Darkish and Outcast: A New Starting? If that’s the case, what did you consider them?