Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the eighth Crash Bandicoot series game, though the fourth chronologically. The game retains the series' core platforming gameplay and adds new elements through the use of the Quantum Masks, who can alter levels and provide means to traverse or overcome obstacles. It also includes additional game modes for replaying levels, and the ability to control five characters, three of whom – Cortex, Dingodile, and Tawna – have their own unique gameplay and levels.

Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Activision 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.

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core i5-2500k/AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. ARM64 installation not recommended. and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GTX 970/AMD R9 390, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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