Alien: Isolation has gone gold, so here are the system requirements

Never fear, because Alien: Isolation is finished and ready to ship next month. Actually, do fear, because that's the point of the game I guess. In case you're frightened that your PC will lack the power to run Creative Assembly's new survival horror, take a look at the system requirements below.

I do hope these specs don't leave you horrified.

Minimum PC Specifications:

Operating System: Windows 7 (32bit)

Processor: 3.16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

RAM: 4GB RAM

Hard Drive: 35GB required for installation

Video Card: 1GB DirectX® 11 (AMD Radeon HD 5550 or Nvidia GeForce GT 430)

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Recommended PC Specifications:

Operating System: Windows 7 (64bit)

Processor: AMD: Phenom II X4 955 – 4 Core, 3.2 GHz or INTEL: Core 2 Quad Q9650 – 4 Core, 3.0 Ghz

RAM: 8GB RAM

Hard Drive: 35GB required for installation

Video Card: 2GB DirectX® 11 (AMD GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia gpu: GeForce GTX660)

Broadband Internet Connection

Alien: Isolation will release October 7. Check out our hands-on impressions based on the r ecent Gamescom build .

Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on GamesRadar+, TechRadar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include indie games, obscure Metroidvanias, speedrunning, experimental games and FPSs. He thinks Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed is an all-time classic that will receive its due critical reappraisal one day.