The Medium
- Developer
- Bloober Team
- Publisher
- Bloober Team
- Released
- 28 January 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £39.99
Platforms: PC, macOS
Genres: adventure
Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Explore the real world and the spirit world at the same time. Use your psychic abilities to solve puzzles spanning both worlds, uncover deeply disturbing secrets, and survive encounters with The Maw - a monster born from an unspeakable tragedy. The Medium is a third-person psychological horror game that features patented dual-reality gameplay and an original soundtrack.
Best gaming PC for The Medium in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Medium 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 Bloober Team 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 version only) | Windows 10 (64bit version only) |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen™ 5 2500X | Intel® Core™ i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | @1080p NVIDIA GEFORCE® GTX 1650 Super or GTX 1060 / Radeon™ R9 390X | @1080p NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1660 Super / Radeon™ RX 5600XT | @4K NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 2080 or RTX 3060 Ti / Radeon™ RX 6800 |
| Storage | 55 GB | 55 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Medium?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core™ i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X and your GPU is at or above @1080p NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1660 Super / Radeon™ RX 5600XT | @4K NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 2080, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.