Hope in the City
- Developer
- Lofty Sky Entertainment
- Publisher
- Lofty Sky Entertainment
- Released
- 10 November 2026
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
17-year-old Hope Song returns home from school to find her parents missing. Use Hope’s observant eye as an artist to investigate, piece together clues, and uncover a dark world beneath the surface of her peaceful life in this non-linear narrative mystery game.
Best gaming PC for Hope in the City in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Hope in the City 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 Lofty Sky 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 7 (64 bit) | Windows 10 (64 bit) |
| CPU | i7 2600k | i5 10400F |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 560 | GeForce GTX 1060 |
| Storage | 3 GB | 10 GB |
| DirectX | 9.0 | 12 |
Verified 11 October 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Hope in the City?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to i5 10400F and your GPU is at or above GeForce GTX 1060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.