Kai Cenat's Outlast marathon is the horror stream of the weekend. He streamed in a fully dark room, through actual VHS cameras, with a production team triggering props and eerie sounds remotely. Kai said on stream it wasn't ending until he beat the game, and he delivered: he finished the original Outlast at about 4 hours 40 minutes, then the Whistleblower DLC at about 6 hours 50 minutes.

The setup

Clips from the opening hour show Kai walking chat through the build: VHS cameras, no lights, and a crew in the shadows ready to jump-scare him. He admitted he was terrified and said he'd try to finish "as fast as possible."

The run

Kai beat the original Outlast in under five hours and then took down the Whistleblower DLC at about the 6h50m mark. The "beat Outlast in under 5 hours" clip from @Kaimafiaupdates passed 117K views on X. Kai will be back at 6 PM ET tonight (Oct 12) to take on Outlast 2.

What the internet is saying (unverified)

These are public X reactions, not confirmed facts.

The most-shared joke is Kai's own line, "I went away reading for nine months for no reason," said after he struggled with the in-game documents. Clippers say Cuffem cracked up reacting to it.

Some viewers say the production team's jump scares "traumatized" him and that he regrets the marathon.

Fans are already calling the immersive setup a new bar for horror streams.