Paint the Town Red
- Developer
- South East Games
- Publisher
- South East Games
- Released
- 29 July 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £16.75
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC, macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: shooter , role playing rpg , adventure , indie , arcade
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.
Best gaming PC for Paint the Town Red in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Paint the Town Red 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 South East 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 7 SP1 / later | Windows 10 / later / 64 Bit |
| CPU | Intel Dual-Core 2 GHz (or AMD equivalent) | Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent) |
| RAM | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| GPU | DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4 GPU with 1024MB VRAM | DirectX 11, Shader Model 5 GPU with 2048MB VRAM |
| Storage | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| DirectX | 9.0 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Paint the Town Red?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent) and your GPU is at or above DirectX 11, Shader Model 5 GPU with 2048MB VRAM, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.