Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? Timberborn is a sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Best gaming PC for Timberborn in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Timberborn 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 Mechanistry 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 / newer | Windows 11 / newer |
| CPU | 4-core 1.7 GHz or better | 4-core 2.9 GHz or better |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 950, Radeon R9 380 or similar | GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700 or similar |
| Storage | 3 GB | 5 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Timberborn?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 4-core 2.9 GHz and your GPU is at or above GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.