| Developer | Square Glade Games |
| Publisher | Square Glade Games |
| Platforms | PC, Xbox Series S|X, Switch |
| Release Date | 11 May, 2026 |
| Genre | Open World, Van-Life, Cozy Game, Crafting |
| Metacritic Rating | 65 Mixed or Average |
Outbound is an open-world cozy crafting game purely about the excitement of van life. Most of the time, you will be driving around micro-managing the van’s energy or fuel meter, gathering resources, and crafting better equipment to make the van stronger for a quicker ride. The game balances the cozy game and item management every minute of the gameplay.
While the game’s mechanics might have a layer of simplicity to them, we at GamesHorizon went a bit deeper into every little mechanic of Outbound to show you how it works. The idea is to help you become aware of all the systems behind it, and sometimes it helps you cheat past it. While the game counted as a Cozy Game, in many ways it can be counted as one, but the survival nature of the game kicks in pretty early. Here we come to guide you through all of it.
Outbound – How to Find New Blueprints
The primary objective that should stay active all the time is to gather the blueprint, as it is the only way to create new devices in the game. It’s our crafting, first you collect the resources, and then you invest the resources to create new machines to make our van journey smoother. [Read More…]
Outbound – How To Invite Friends for Multiplayer
Why start a journey into a world alone? Everything is better with friends. Outbound does allow you to invite your friend to join in the van life. The game supports a 4-player Co-Op experience to make the journey easier than solo play. [Read More…]
Outbound – How To Get & Use the Axe
In the earlier section of Outbound, you will have limited resources; the key item for most of the action here requires logs. While you can pick up small tree logs, the bigger ones require a tool that can carry out the heavy task. [Read More…]
Outbound – All The Ways to Recharge Your Van
While the idea of riding around the world with a van might feel good, you will also have to deal with the pesky energy management to keep the van running for a long time. Especially at the beginning, when the choices of restoring the energy for your van are limited, we prepared a guide to help you look through all the ways you can recharge your van. [Read More…]
Outbound – How to Change the Color of Your Van
The color of the van conveys your personality on the screen. When you start out for the first time, you will get to pick the color for your van, but over time, you will eventually get bored with seeing the same color on the van. For a fun mix-up of color, the game allows you to change the color of your van, but it makes you work for it. [Read More…]
Outbound – How to drive your Van Uphill
You will often encounter steeper slopes in Outbound, where you can press the forward button on your controller or keyboard as hard as possible, but the van won’t move an inch. You will need a specific component installed to prepare your van for the uphill driving. [Read More…]
Outbound – A Complete Guide to Inventory
The survival nature of Outbound lies in its inventory management. Just like any survival horror game, the inventory here is limited; getting past the limit will leave you overencumbered. This disables the sprinting option, and your character will be slow as a one-legged turtle, so we have prepared a guide for a deeper look at the inventory management system to help you understand and cheese it. [Read More…]
Outbound Chapter 1 – All Collectibles
Chapter 1 holds plenty of collectibles, while not technically missable, but if you do skip it, that n means driving around the map all over again to find them. Since the game has no fast travel, make sure to grab the collectibles as quickly as possible rather than putting them off for later. [Read More…]
Outbound- How to Fix The Lighthouse in Chapter 2
To the west of the map, you will find a Lighthouse without any light inside. Our job is to light the bulb and help the sailors stranded at sea, but more importantly, activate the terminal inside the Lighthouse. [Read More…]
Outbound – How to Craft Electronics & Battery Assembler
Some materials are worth more than others. In order to craft the mid-tier upgrades and get to the next area, you will need to craft Electronics and Battery Assembler. Unlike the other resources, this one will take time and the merging of different machines working together to produce Electronics and Battery Assembler. [Read More…]
