Twelve Minutes
- Developer
- Luis Antonio
- Publisher
- Annapurna Interactive
- Released
- 19 August 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £19.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, 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 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 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 | — | — |
Verified 18 May 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, see the tier picks above.