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 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 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 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.