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The Dark Queen of Mortholme

Developer
Mosu
Publisher
Monster Theater
Released
06 December 2024
Age rating
PEGI N/A
UK price
£2.57

Platforms: Linux, PC, macOS

Genres: role playing rpg , indie

You are the Dark Queen—the most powerful being of your entire universe. Your lair is breached by an aspiring hero—a pitiful thing, easily crushed. Except they keep coming back. A 20 minute anti-game about an unconventional relationship and the capacity for change.

Best gaming PC for The Dark Queen of Mortholme in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Dark Queen of Mortholme 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 Monster Theater 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 XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / and 11 Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 / and 11
CPU 2GHZ+
RAM 2 GB 3 GB
GPU 128 MB 512 MB
Storage 0.2 GB 0.2 GB
DirectX — —

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run The Dark Queen of Mortholme?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 2GHZ+ and your GPU is at or above 512 MB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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