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Paratopic

Developer
Arbitrary Metric
Publisher
Arbitrary Metric
Released
15 March 2018
Age rating
PEGI N/A
UK price
£5.49

Platforms: Linux, PC, macOS

Genres: adventure , indie

Smuggle contraband VHS tapes across the border. Discover the remnants of illicit industry. Prepare for an assassination. This is Paratopic, an atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure through a cursed fever dream.

Best gaming PC for Paratopic in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Paratopic 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 Arbitrary Metric 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 Windows 10
CPU Intel Core Duo Q8300 @ 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 or higher
RAM 4 GB 4 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 630 GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3 or Higher
Storage 0.4 GB 0.4 GB
DirectX

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Paratopic?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5 and your GPU is at or above GeForce GT 630 2GB DDR3, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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