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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Developer
Panache Digital Games
Publisher
Private Division
Released
27 August 2019
Age rating
PEGI 16
UK price
£6.59

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One

Genres: role playing rpg , adventure , indie

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you explore, expand and evolve to advance your clan to the next generation. You relive the early story of mankind, but humanity is only one idea away from evolution or extinction.

Best gaming PC for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey 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 Private Division 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 Sp1 64-bit Windows 10 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Intel Core i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
RAM 8 GB 8 GB
GPU GeForce GTX 760 (4GB) or Radeon HD 7950 (3GB) GeForce GTX 980 (4GB) or Radeon RX 480 (8GB)
Storage 0 GB 0 GB
DirectX

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-4770K and your GPU is at or above GeForce GTX 980 (4GB), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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