Timberborn
- Developer
- Mechanistry
- Publisher
- Mechanistry
- Released
- 12 March 2026
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £20.65
Platforms: PC, macOS
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? Timberborn is a sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Best gaming PC for Timberborn in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Timberborn 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 Mechanistry 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 / newer | Windows 11 / newer |
| CPU | 4-core 1.7 GHz or better | 4-core 2.9 GHz or better |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 950, Radeon R9 380 or similar | GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700 or similar |
| Storage | 3 GB | 5 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 13 September 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Timberborn?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 4-core 2.9 GHz and your GPU is at or above GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.