Atomic Heart
- Developer
- Mundfish
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
- Released
- 21 February 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £54.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
Genres: shooter , role playing rpg , adventure
Atomic Heart is an adventure first-person shooter, events of which unfolds in an alternate universe during the high noon of the Soviet Union. The principal character of the game is a special agent P-3, who after an unsuccessful landing on enterprise "3826" is trying to figure out what went wrong.
Best gaming PC for Atomic Heart in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Atomic Heart 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 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 (20H1 version / newer / 64-bit versions) | Windows 10 (20H1 version / newer / 64-bit versions) |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i5-2500 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-7700K |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | 4 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon R9 380 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
| Storage | 90 GB | 90 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Atomic Heart?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and your GPU is at or above 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.