Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past.
Best gaming PC for Outer Wilds in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Outer Wilds 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 Annapurna Interactive 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 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350 | Intel Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| Storage | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Outer Wilds?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.