The Outer Islands Demo

Explore Gondola Island and the first major section of Asylum Rock, part of a quarantined island chain off the coast of Scotland.

In this playable demo, step into the role of Detective Constable Anne Shepherd in 1956 and begin your investigation into the vanished inhabitants of the Outer Islands. Search abandoned interiors, examine objects and documents, uncover hidden routes, and solve environmental puzzles as you follow the trail from Gondola Island toward Asylum Rock — a vast automated hospital that has been sealed for twenty years.

The demo offers a substantial opening slice of the full game, moving from island exploration into the stranger mechanical systems of the hospital itself. Study Malin’s abandoned machinery, uncover how the island’s routes still function, and begin to understand why the hospital has not truly stopped operating.

There are no combat pressures in this demo. Progress comes through observation, deduction, environmental puzzles, and careful exploration.

Your objective is simple: understand the island well enough to reach Asylum Rock, then survive long enough to discover what the hospital still thinks it is doing.