Stranded: Alien Dawn
- Developer
- Haemimont Games
- Publisher
- Frontier Foundry
- Released
- 25 April 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £29.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Best gaming PC for Stranded: Alien Dawn in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Stranded: Alien Dawn today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 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 Frontier Foundry 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 64bit | Windows 10 / 11 64bit |
| CPU | Intel i7-6700 or AMD FX 8370 | Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Radeon RX 480 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| Storage | 15 GB | 15 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 11 October 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Stranded: Alien Dawn?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-10600K and your GPU is at or above GeForce RTX 2060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.