Daymare: 1998
- Developer
- Invader Studios
- Publisher
- Destructive Creations
- Released
- 17 September 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £24.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
Daymare: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
Best gaming PC for Daymare: 1998 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Daymare: 1998 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 Destructive Creations 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 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-BIT Required) | WINDOWS 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-BIT Required) |
| CPU | Intel®Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better | Intel®Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-9590 or better |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 with 3GB VRAM |
| Storage | 23 GB | 23 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Daymare: 1998?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel®Core i7-3770 and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.