Outriders Demo Now Available From Square Enix on Consoles and PC

Written by Brandon Hofer on February 26, 2021

News: Get an early look at the upcoming RPG-Shooter from Square Enix and People Can Fly.

Square Enix has revealed that the free playable demo for Outriders, the high-intensity RPG-Shooter from People Can Fly, the developers of Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, and Square Enix External Studios, the minds behind Just Cause and Sleeping Dogs is available now.

Players can experience the full opening chapter of the Outriders campaign, up to around three hours of gameplay per playthrough. The demo allows multiple characters and enables players to try out all four classes in the game: Devastator, Pyromancer, Technomancer and Trickster.
Progress in the campaign will transfer to the full game for players who purchase Outriders on the same platform. So for example, if you play the demo on PlayStation 5 you will be able to transfer your progress if you buy the PS5 version. If you play the demo on the PlayStation 5 though and then buy it on Xbox Series X, your progress will not carry over.

Co-op multiplayer is available in the demo and will unlock after players finish the prologue, including a beta version of the full crossplay system that will be available at launch.

“We believe in an honest and transparent marketing campaign, and what better way to deliver on this promise than to allow players to experience Outriders before launch with a free demo on their chosen platform. This is a big demo as well, they can spend hours on Enoch, exploring different classes, powers and character builds. They can even transfer their progress to the main game”, said Jon Brooke, Co-Head of Studio at Square Enix External Studios, who continued: “What players will see in the demo is just the tip of the iceberg, it’s just the start of the epic journey players are in for on April 1”.

The Outriders demo is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, as well as Steam and GeForce Now on PC. Outriders will release on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, Epic Store and GeForce Now on PC, and Google Stadia on April 1, 2021. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Will you be picking it up?