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Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Developer
Blackbird Interactive
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Released
24 May 2022
Age rating
PEGI N/A
UK price
£29.99

Platforms: PC

Genres: simulator , strategy

Welcome to LYNX, the galaxy’s leading ship-salvaging corporation! Across your career, you’ll have the privilege of paying your debt to us by purchasing salvaging rights to increasingly large and valuable ships. Cut them open and extract as much value as possible!

Best gaming PC for Hardspace: Shipbreaker in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Hardspace: Shipbreaker today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Focus Entertainment 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 (64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit)
CPU Intel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Intel i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
RAM 8 GB 16 GB
GPU 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 380 6 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 980 Ti / Radeon RX Vega 56
Storage 4 GB 4 GB
DirectX 11 11

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Hardspace: Shipbreaker?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i7-8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and your GPU is at or above 6 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 980 Ti / Radeon RX Vega 56, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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