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
Full buyers guide →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.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 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 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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