From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’. ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions.
Best gaming PC for Beyond a Steel Sky in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Beyond a Steel Sky 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 Revolution Software 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 | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz) | Intel Core i5 3470, (3.20 Ghz) or AMD FX-8350, (4.00 Ghz) |
| RAM | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB |
| Storage | 20 GB | 20 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Beyond a Steel Sky?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5 3470, (3.20 Ghz) and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.