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Transference

Developer
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher
Ubisoft Entertainment
Released
18 September 2018
Age rating
PEGI 16
UK price
£20.99

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One

Genres: puzzle , adventure , indie

Transference is a psychological thriller. Meet a troubled family and solve their riddle through a multi-branching narrative by experiencing the limits of techno-psychology and escaping a maze-like puzzle concealing a corrupted truth.

Best gaming PC for Transference in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Transference 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 Ubisoft Entertainment 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 iginally released f / Windows 7 / the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS iginally released f / Windows 7 / the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD FX-6350 Intel i5-4590| AMD FX 8350
RAM 8 GB 8 GB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7870 Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD 290
Storage 8 GB 8 GB
DirectX 11 11

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Transference?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i5-4590| AMD FX 8350 and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD 290, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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