Desolate
- Developer
- Nearga
- Publisher
- HypeTrain Digital
- Released
- 17 January 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £12.79
Platforms: PC
Genres: role playing rpg , adventure , indie
DESOLATE is a first person survival horror. Form a research team with up to 4 other players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions or do it all by yourself.
Best gaming PC for Desolate in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Desolate 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 HypeTrain Digital 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 | 64-Bit Windows 8 / 10 | 64-Bit Windows 8 / 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent | Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or analogue with 2GB VRAM | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or analogue with 4 GB VRAM |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Desolate?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.