Hobo: Tough Life
- Developer
- Perun Creative
- Publisher
- Perun Creative
- Released
- 25 July 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £24.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: role playing rpg , simulator , adventure , indie
Hobo: Tough Life is a city survival RPG. You play as a homeless and your main goal is to survive. To do this you will have to deal with hunger, hostile environment, human unconcern and with forthcoming winter. Play with friends or with other players online and do whatever it takes to survive.
Best gaming PC for Hobo: Tough Life in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Hobo: Tough Life 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 Perun Creative 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 | 64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 | 64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4340 / AMD FX-6300 | Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-8370 |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 660 / AMD Radeon 7850 | Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD R9 380X |
| Storage | 20 GB | 20 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Hobo: Tough Life?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-8370 and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD R9 380X, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.