The Cycle
- Developer
- Yager Development
- Publisher
- Yager Development
- Released
- 12 September 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
Platforms: PC
Genres: shooter
The Cycle is a Competitive Quest Shooter or PvEvP for insiders. You play as a prospector sent on Fortuna III, a living and unstable planet swarming with hostile alien wildlife. Compete or deal a fragile pact with other Prospectors to claim as many resources as possible.
Best gaming PC for The Cycle in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Cycle 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 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- 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 Yager Development 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 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | Intel i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270; 2GB VRAM | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570; 4GB VRAM |
| Storage | 37 GB | 37 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Cycle?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i5-6600 and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.