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Ape Out

Developer
Gabe Cuzzillo
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Released
28 February 2019
Age rating
PEGI N/A
UK price
£12.79

Platforms: PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch

Genres: fighting , hack and slash beat em up , adventure , indie , arcade

Ape Out is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz. Build up nearly unstoppable momentum and use your captors as both weapons and shields to crush everyone on your procedurally generated path to freedom.

Best gaming PC for Ape Out in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Ape 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 Devolver Digital 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 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 x64 Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 x64
CPU Intel Core2 Duo E4500 (2 * 2200) or equivalent Intel Core i3-2100 (2 * 3100) or equivalent
RAM 2 GB 4 GB
GPU GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) GeForce GTX 550 Ti (1024 MB)
Storage 2 GB 2 GB
DirectX 11 11

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Ape Out?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i3-2100 (2 * 3100) and your GPU is at or above GeForce GTX 550 Ti (1024 MB), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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