Twelve Minutes
- Developer
- Luis Antonio
- Publisher
- Annapurna Interactive
- Released
- 19 August 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £5.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: point and click , puzzle , adventure , indie
Twelve Minutes is a real-time top-down interactive thriller with an accessible click and drag interface. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe. The game blends the dream-like tension of The Shining with the claustrophobia of Rear Window and the fragmented structure of Memento.
Best gaming PC for Twelve Minutes in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Twelve Minutes 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 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- 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 Annapurna Interactive 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 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 | Intel Core i5-6600 | AMD FX-8350 |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770, 1 GB | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 8 GB | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, 8 GB |
| Storage | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| DirectX | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Twelve Minutes?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-6600 | AMD FX-8350 and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 8 GB | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, 8 GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.