Whispers of a Machine
- Developer
- Clifftop Games
- Publisher
- Raw Fury
- Released
- 17 April 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £12.79
Platforms: PC, macOS
Genres: point and click , puzzle , adventure , indie
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Best gaming PC for Whispers of a Machine in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Whispers of a Machine 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 Raw Fury 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 XP | Windows 7 / higher |
| CPU | 300 MHz Processor | 1 GHz or faster x86 or x64 processor |
| RAM | 0.1 GB | 2 GB |
| GPU | 640 x 360 32 bit | DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver |
| Storage | 0.8 GB | 0.8 GB |
| DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Whispers of a Machine?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 1 GHz and your GPU is at or above DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.