Outlast (TV series)

16 players are dropped into the Alaskan wilderness and split into four teams. In order to earn a $1 million prize, they will attempt to outlast each other.

Rule #1) Must be on a team of at least two people

Rule #2) Teams can vote someone off and that someone must accept the vote

Rule #3) Cannot physically harm each other

Rule #4) Cannot lay traps to protect your camp which may harm each other

Rule #5) There cannot be more than four total teams

Rule #6) If you are without a team, you have 24 hours to be accepted into another team or you are eliminated

Rule #7) You may ask for a medical evaluation, but if you are determined unable to remain or accept help, you are eliminated

Rule #8) When down to two teams the producers initiate a race to determine the final team

Season 1 filmed in the Autumn of 2021 in Alaska, near the Neka River, on the Chichagof Island, west of Juneau.^[7][8] On May 15, 2023, Netflix renewed the series for a second season which, was filmed at Little Duncan Bay south of Petersburg, Alaska.^[3]

The Guardian's Lucy Mangan found the first season "completely addictive, ridiculous and great".^[11] The Age's Karl Quinn also noted the addictive nature of the series, but bemoaned the lack of clear rules in the competition, which in turn enabled players to cheat and potentially endanger other players.^[5] Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred says "With no rules Netflix's Outlast spawns brilliant, odious, predictable play... (it's) an average survival show that has shocking but predictable behavior to get its $1 million prize."^[12]