Control
- Developer
- Remedy Entertainment
- Publisher
- 505 Games
- Released
- 27 August 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £32.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Control is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Federal Bureau of Control, a secretive U.S. government agency that studies paranormal phenomena. Players control Jesse Faden, who arrives at the Bureau's headquarters, the Oldest House, to find it invaded by a hostile force called the Hiss. Gameplay combines supernatural abilities with a shape-shifting firearm, and the environment is reactive and destructible.
Best gaming PC for Control in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Control 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 505 Games 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 / 64-bit | Windows 10 / 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4690 / AMD FX 4350 | Intel Core i5-7600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 280X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD | For Ray Tracing: GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Storage | 42 GB | 42 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 12 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Control?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-7600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660/1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD | For Ray Tracing: GeForce RTX 2060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.