Pusher

The Pusher is one of the antagonists in The Outlast Trials. He is a Specialist Ex-Pop who can be recognized by his gas mask, fumigator, and by the sound of his gas tank. The Pusher would use his fumigator to shower a Reagent with an incapacitating noxious gas, causing them to enter into a Psychosis state and begin hallucinating the Skinner Man, before rushing out to a nearby exit. To prevent this, the Reagent must find and consume an Antidote to restore all of their remaining sanity. According to the "Ex-Pop Classification" document, Pushers are comprised of former Murkoff researchers that worked at the Sinyala Facility. Accidental exposure to the various hallucinogenic gasses used on the facility's test subjects drove these particular staff members to chemical-induced psychosis. Thus, these members of staff were forcibly inducted into the Experimental Population as "Pushers".

Their gas is a mixture of different chemical substances and they are encouraged by Dr. Easterman to concoct their own "blends" for the Trials. The Pusher is a delusional, cackling maniac, pretending to be a doctor or exterminator while pursuing Reagents with his gas. He makes crude references to medicine and recreational drugs as a way to menace the Reagents, and is shown to be recreationally addicted to his gas with offhand comments about chemically induced hallucinations. He also lashes out Reagents when they resist his urge to "cure" them. The Pusher seems to be aware of the mind-altering effects of his gas, yet he takes a sadistic delight in using it to break people's minds, believing a state of intoxication to be a form of "freedom". He also has urged the Reagents "to be cool" upon starting a chase, showing he is both aware of their knowledge to the gas and enjoys tormenting them with it. The Pusher is an emaciated man who wears nothing but a gas mask, bloodied and tattered brown overalls and bloodied white underwear. His body is covered in several infected lesions, even having developed tumors on the top of his head and on the back of his legs. He walks with a visible limp, requiring two leg braces to be pierced through his lower legs. The Pusher is always seen carrying his weapon of choice: a pressure sprayer that is connected by tubing to a gas tank he carries on his back. The Pusher's gas comes out of his sprayer in the form of a bright green cloud.