Aliens: Dark Descent
- Developer
- Tindalos Interactive
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
- Released
- 20 June 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £34.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Best gaming PC for Aliens: Dark Descent in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Aliens: Dark Descent today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Focus Entertainment 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 10 / 11 | Windows 10 / 11 |
| CPU | AMD FX-6300 / Intel Core i3-6100 | AMD Ryzen 7 1800X / Intel Core i7-9700K |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | 3 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon R9 380 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | 6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Storage | 60 GB | 60 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Aliens: Dark Descent?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD Ryzen 7 1800X / Intel Core i7-9700K and your GPU is at or above 6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.