New World: Aeternum
- Developer
- Amazon Games
- Publisher
- Amazon Games
- Released
- 28 September 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
Platforms: PC
Genres: role playing rpg , adventure
Explore a thrilling, open-world MMO filled with danger and opportunity where you'll forge a new destiny for yourself as an adventurer shipwrecked on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Endless opportunities to fight, forage, and forge await you among the island's wilderness and ruins. Channel supernatural forces or wield deadly weapons in a classless, real-time combat system, and fight alone, with a small team, or in massed armies for PvE and PvP battles—the choices are all yours.
Best gaming PC for New World: Aeternum in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for New World: Aeternum today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 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 Amazon Games 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 / 11 64-bit | Windows 10 / 11 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel® Core i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X | Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80Ghz / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1060 3 GB / AMD Radeon RX 590 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run New World: Aeternum?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80Ghz / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.