Academia: School Simulator
- Developer
- Squeaky Wheel Studio
- Publisher
- Squeaky Wheel Studio
- Released
- 28 January 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £16.75
Platforms: PC, macOS
Academia : School Simulator is a management game that lets you design, construct, and manage the high school of your dreams! As the school Principal, watch your students as they get bullied, find love, flunk exams, and basically just try to get through the roller-coaster ride that is high school. Will you offer the best teachers and facilities or cheap out and build giant classrooms with a 1:100 student to teacher ratio? It's all up to you!
Best gaming PC for Academia: School Simulator in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Academia: School Simulator 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 Squeaky Wheel Studio 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 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit | Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 64-bit |
| CPU | 2.0 GHz | 2.8 Ghz |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | onboard | onboard |
| Storage | 0.4 GB | 0.4 GB |
| DirectX | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 08 November 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Academia: School Simulator?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 2.8 Ghz and your GPU is at or above onboard, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.