Atomic Heart
- Developer
- Mundfish
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
- Released
- 21 February 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £54.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, 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
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 (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 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.