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A Way Out

Developer
Hazelight Studios
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Released
23 March 2018
Age rating
PEGI 18
UK price
£24.99

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One

Genres: adventure

From the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons comes A Way Out, an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison. What begins as a thrilling breakout quickly turns into an unpredictable, emotional adventure unlike anything seen or played before. A Way Out is an experience that must be played with two players. Each player controls one of the main characters, Leo and Vincent, in a reluctant alliance to break out of prison and gain their freedom.

Best gaming PC for A Way Out in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for A Way Out today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Electronic Arts on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 7 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit Windows 7 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
CPU Intel core i3-2100T @ 2.5GHz/AMD FX 6100, or better Intel Core i5 3570K; AMD Ryzen 3 1300x or equivalent
RAM 8 GB 16 GB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650Ti 2GB, AMD Radeon HD 7750 2GB Nvidia GTX 960; AMD R9 290 or equivalent
Storage 25 GB 25 GB
DirectX

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run A Way Out?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5 3570K; AMD Ryzen 3 1300x and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GTX 960; AMD R9 290, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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