Rootbound
- Developer
- Brainlag Games
- Publisher
- Brainlag Games
- Released
- 31 December 2026
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
Platforms: PC
Genres: adventure
A physics-based action adventure about a plantling’s quest to save its home from a mysterious blight. Equipped with your sentient backpack, you venture into a broken world. Meet lost souls, solve ancient puzzles, fight dangerous monsters, and uncover the secrets of a long-forgotten civilization.
Best gaming PC for Rootbound in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Rootbound 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 Brainlag 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 / higher | Windows 10 / higher |
| CPU | 6 Core CPU with 2.7GHz | 6 Core CPU with 3GHz |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | DirectX 12 GPU | DirectX 12 GPU |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Rootbound?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 6 Core CPU with 3GHz and your GPU is at or above DirectX 12 GPU, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.