The Gunk
- Developer
- Image & Form
- Publisher
- Thunderful
- Released
- 16 December 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £19.99
Platforms: PC, Xbox One
Genres: adventure
The Gunk is an adventure game that stars Rani, one part of our duo of gritty space haulers, struggling to make a buck as they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. They came in search of valuable resources, and it looks like they've hit the jackpot...
Best gaming PC for The Gunk in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Gunk 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 Thunderful 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 version 18362.0 / higher | Windows 10 version 18362.0 / higher |
| CPU | AMD FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or equivalent | AMD Ryzen 7 1700/Intel i7-6700K or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 580/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56/NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970 |
| Storage | 11 GB | 11 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Gunk?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD Ryzen 7 1700/Intel i7-6700K and your GPU is at or above AMD Radeon RX Vega 56/NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.